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Seesaw
Raffee
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2012/07/02 - 4:18am
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Where does the word 'seesaw' come from? What's the idea behind it? (Maybe I have to imagine two people sawing a log or whatever with one of those saws requiring two persons to work with!)

Rafee

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2012/07/02 - 9:57am
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There's several good etymology websites I use. This one: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=seesaw&searchmode=none

provides some insights that seesaw (as a playground toy) is indeed related to the repetitive motion of sawing timber with a two-person crosscut saw.

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