In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

Some examples of words whose present-day meaning has evolved from a quite different original

Word                                     Original meaning 

Girl                                  A child or a young person of either sex, a youth 

Knight                             A boy, youth, lad (Only in Old English)

Mess                               Portion of food

Lady                               One who kneads bread

Cloud                              A mass of rock; a hill

Organ                             A musical instrument 

Want(vb)                        To be lacking or missing; not to exist

Nice                               Foolish, stupid, senseless

Sad                                Satisfied, sated, weary (of something)

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   (what other meaning??). “To want” something still means that you don’t have that, hence your desire to obtain that...

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    Well, an organ can still be a musical instrument, and ‘want’ actually makes a lot of sense as a word evolution, and if...

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    ok i knew mess (because mess hall), organ, want, and nice

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    So if I say that John is sad and wants Sherlock, it would still be fairly close to the truth…? :(

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