• From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@g...>
• To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 10:29:53 +0100

Origin

Late 19th century: from the related English dialect word geck ‘fool’,
of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gek ‘mad, silly’.

Live and learn.


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Dave Pawson
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