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by moksha256 1499 days ago
Indeed...you can trace the origins of the word "capital" to the word "cattle".
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layer8 1499 days ago
I believe it’s the other way around: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Etymology
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User23 1499 days ago
Chattel persists in the common law.
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monocasa 1498 days ago
Or the tern "chattel slavery".
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