LL-L "Etymology" 2008.09.16 (02) [E]

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.09.15 (03) [E]

Here's what the Online Etymological Dictionary has to say about
"chock-full":

*chock-full*

c.1400, chokkeful, possibly from choke "cheek." Or it may be from O.Fr.
choquier "collide, thrust." Chock-a-block is nautical, said of two blocks of
tackle run so closely they touch.

Notice the reference to "chock-a-block", which means something like "packed
in close together" in modern English.

I kind of like the link to sailing – Dutch sailors picking up a term from
Turkish sailors and in turn passing it along to English sailors.

Kevin Caldwell

From: wim <wkv at home.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"2008.09.13 (01) [E]

From wim verdoold

wkv at home.nl

Etymology

Tjok..

Hi ,

About Tjokvol..

Çok is also "a lot" in turkish..    and dutch sailed a lot to all parts..

Just a thought,

Wim.
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