User talk:2A00:23C4:1132:7B00:D00F:D60:8A76:3A6B

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Hi Folks,

As I'm not a member & a bit shaky on editing, I shan't attempt an edit, especially since someone might go "huh! What's he think he's talking about" & undo it. However, under Etymology is the statement " the term lade is related to the modern load." - the RMG may think this is true, but they're wrong.

If you visit Etymonline, who compile their site from various major dictionaries, including the OED, you will find this entry on lade https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=lade. You will see that the root they give is "to pile up". Now scroll down the page I've given you until you get to the entry for load. This comes from a quite different root, "to go forth". Etym are very specific about this is in the load entry, "It seems to have expanded its range of senses in early Middle English, supplanting words based on lade (v.), to which it is not etymologically connected." (my bolding).

Whether you choose to wholly believe a museum over a dictionary on a matter of etymology is up to you! But I suggest that the passage needs modification to reflect the distinct possibility that the RMG look like they've got it wrong.

Hope this is of help,

Regards,

2A00:23C4:1132:7B00:D00F:D60:8A76:3A6B (talk) 10:31, 21 September 2021 (UTC)Rædwulf