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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    Do you think the term post comes from the Old French? When it means carrier, what does it mean? Etymologically, and it refers dually to: 1)

    The action of “porre” (Latin); to place, to put, to arrange, etc… 2)

    The noun of “porre” (Latin); places, posts, positions, etc… the postal network that the courier uses to deliver the cargo.

    (The two meanings are clearly defined by the time Italian starts using “posta” as a verb and noun , which is when the French start using the term to refer to a network for carrying mail).

    ‘Me’ comes from the Old French ”mail’. While literally meaning “travel bag”, it figuratively means “cargo”.

    The United States are using the terms more correctly, since “mailing the post” would mean “delivering the courier as cargo” (or “cargoing the courier”).

    Why does the term “post” refer

    to the letters/parcels being handled by the postal service which is similar to referring to the results/websites you find on Google as “Google”. (and is only for UK)

    2) The term “email” would need to become a verb, which is like how the noun “Google” became a verb.

    If I could move “email” to a verb he would need to a verb.

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