Where does “get out of jail free card” come from?
get out of jail free card (English) comes from English Monopoly, from Latin monopōlium, from Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.
get out of jail free card (English): something that will relieve an undesired...
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- something that will relieve an undesired...
Ancestry of “get out of jail free card”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Monopoly | — |
| 2 | Latin | monopōlium | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μονοπώλιον | right of monopoly; an entity possessing a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |