Loophole: Is made up of ‘Loop’, which actually originates in the Latin ‘loupa’, later ‘loupe’ in middle English, which meant a small window. And ‘hole’, which comes from the proto-Indo-European (PIE) word ‘kel’, which later became ‘hul’ in early German and ‘hohl’ in modern German. Today loophole is used to mean an almost unnoticeable hole in a…
I said I would look into this one for my wife, we couldn’t work out why it was ‘off’ when it seemed like the property must have had a licence. The reason behind this is actually quite simple; up until 2009 a property would receive either an ‘on-licence’ to sell alchol to be consumed on site…
I said I would look into this one for my wife, we couldn’t work out why it was ‘off’ when it seemed like the property must have had a licence. The reason behind this is actually quite simple; up until 2009 a property would receive either an ‘on-licence’ to sell alchol to be consumed on site…
Etymology Of The Day 