2006-06-16 01:52:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I would have to say beggars, cause they would have to be the ones begging.
2006-06-26 13:13:36 · answer #1 · answered by maxine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beggar: OLD FRENCH
c.1225, from O.Fr. begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du. beggaert "mendicant," with pejorative suffix. The order said to take its name from Lambert le Bègue "Lambert the Stammerer," a Liege priest (d.1177). The order quickly drew imposters and fell from repute. The verb meaning "to reduce to poverty" is from 1528.
2006-06-29 19:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by Ouros 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from beg to ask for as charity aor as a gift to ask for earnestly as a kindness or favor to ask humbly .Beggar is a person who begs or ask for charity a person who are very poor
2006-06-28 04:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though the concept has probably been around as long as our species (animals do it too), the first written reference I found is a word only.
"lidim": to receive (in charity) (la, 'abundance', + dim4, 'to beg').
Simply put, best guess dating is around 3000 BC and presumably from cuniform translations.
2006-06-28 14:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by toastposties 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋