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[–] Paulemeister@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago

According to etymonline, it's from the French estandart meaning a military banner, or from the Medieval Latin standardum. These in turn possibly come from the old Frankish standhard, so literally to stand hard like a flag or a long-standing tradition.

[–] specimen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there’s a wacky Japanese comic book about this

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say its more bizarre than wacky.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

Don't be too adventurous now