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Language change! It's a thing.
For example, 'precipitation' originally meant “haste” and “the act of hurling or casting down”—it had no connection to water falling from the sky. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/precipitous-does-not-mean-rainy
For example, 'precipitation' originally meant “haste” and “the act of hurling or casting down”—it had no connection to water falling from the sky. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/precipitous-does-not-mean-rainy
'Habit' originally meant "clothing."
(We still call a nun's clothing a 'habit.') https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/habit
(We still call a nun's clothing a 'habit.') https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/habit
'Mean' originally meant "humble" or "ordinary."
(From there to "stingy" and from there to "cruel.") https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/how-mean-became-nasty-cruel-unkind-origin
(From there to "stingy" and from there to "cruel.") https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/how-mean-became-nasty-cruel-unkind-origin
'Wonderful' meant "astonishing" until the 20th century, when it started being used to mean "excellent." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wonderful
The original meaning of 'nice' was "wanton" or "dissolute."
Kinda changed since. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/nice-multiple-meanings
Kinda changed since. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/nice-multiple-meanings
The oldest meaning of 'bully' was "sweetheart."
No joke. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bully
No joke. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bully
'Catastrophe' originally meant just "the conclusion or final event of a dramatic work." https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/debacle-catastrophe-and-disaster-before-they-were-bad/catastrophe
'Debacle' originally meant "the breaking up of ice in a river."
