Comment by compiler-guy
4 hours ago
Language evolves. Historical meaning can inform our understanding of modern usage but doesn’t dictate or govern it.
Linguists call this “semantic drift” and it occurs in every language we know of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change
Wikipedias first English example is:
Awful – Literally "full of awe", originally meant "inspiring wonder (or fear)", hence "impressive". In contemporary usage, the word means "extremely bad".
Possibly even more directly, the etymological fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy
Just because we can - and should - understand what people mean when they use words wrongly, doesn't mean that words don't have correct meanings. That makes the world poorer, for no benefit at all.
Why aren't you responding in Old English then? Surely that would be more correct since it is closer to the origin
Why aren't you busy burning old manuscript and books, since they don't conform to your "new meaning" of words?