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I think Terry Pratchett does a bit about this
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Yep, it's a footnote in Soul Music: "Wizards were rumored to be wise - in fact, that’s where the word came from.* *From the Old wys-ars, lit.: one who, at bottom, is very smart."
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"-ard" doesn't literally mean "arse", like Terry Pratchett said, but it was a universal suffix, usually derogatory, based on "-ard" being understood as making something sound like a person's name It's the equivalent of calling someone "Brainy McGenius here"
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...Well I do now!
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With that knowledge, I expect a "Rename wizard things with 'wiseass' meme to crop up"
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wise-Assery
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*Looks at his user icon* ... Yes. (Though the most-prolific wizard from that series isn't MUCH of one! Though I suppose he's technically a wizzard.)
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