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I recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…

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vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Makes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”

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- FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  From etymonline:
  
  The slang sense of “hit, sock” is 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) “face” (1923).
  
  So probably not.
  
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antsu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Hello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.

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madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”

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Derpenheim@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yes, 7 tolls of the clock

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