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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (6839)	11/8/1999 7:52:00 PM
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From Tammy Dotts: I'm trying to find the etymology of sabotage. I believe it came from the French root sabot meaning 'a type of shoe,' but I need to know how it developed into today's current meaning of subversive/destructive behavior. The popular etymology of this word is that it originated when striking workers threw their sabots into machinery to damage it. However, the accepted origin of sabotage is that it comes from the fact that sabot meant 'clog.' The word saboter was derived from it, with the meaning 'walk noisily in clogs.' That was later associated with 'clumsiness,' and then with 'bungling,' and finally with 'the purposeful destruction of machinery or equipment by factory workers. ' The latter meaning gained a broader application when it came to include any purposeful and disruptive destruction. The word entered English around 1910. takeourword.com

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