Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote: > The Oxford Dictionary lists the first definition of "pretty" as > > Orig. cunning, crafty. Later (of a person) clever, skillful; > (of a thing) cleverly made or done, ingenious, artful. > > and states that it is derived from Old English praettig, "capricious, > overbearing".
Whereas the Dutch term prettig means "agreeable, gratifying, pleasant"; I strongly suspect the meaning of the English term evolved as a result of the commonality. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
