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overdale | 15:51 Sun 11th Feb 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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Who invented the word mate
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This time you've got to go back at least as far as Old Teutonic times, when the word 'gamaton' stood for 'companion'. As ever, I'll tell you again that there is no possibility of telling you who 'invented' it!
18:34 Sun 11th Feb 2007
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please. go. away. now. forever.
13:03 Mon 12th Feb 2007
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"Mate", as in "checkmate" means dead.
It comes from the Hebrew, as most Persian words do (but don't tell the Iranians).
18:29 Mon 12th Feb 2007

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