Ruminations.
Where does the word "answer" come from?
"Answer" comes from Old Englishand "against" and swerian "to swear" - so its original meaning as a noun was probably confined to use in law courts. Its generic use as "a solution to a problem" is from 1300. The verb form derives from the noun form; by the early 1200s it meant "to be responsible for;" the subtly different meaning "to suffer the consequences of" is from the late 1200s. By the 1570s it meant "to give back in kind," and the first instance of the meaning "to solve or find the result of" is from 1742. One of the obsolete meanings of the word is "to serve for," as in the 1611 King James translation of Ecclesiastes 10:19 : "A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things." Links.NightCafe Image Source