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[โ€“] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

The term, yacht, originates from the Dutch word jacht (pl. jachten), which means "hunt", and originally referred to light, fast sailing vessels that the Dutch Republic navy used to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries.

[โ€“] huppakee@feddit.nl 15 points 3 days ago

We also use the word for hunting in fighter jets (jachtvliegtuig = hunt airplane, straaljager = jet hunter), imagine Dutch being as influential now as is was then; we'd have yacht airplanes.

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