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I always think of devas as "must" instead if need. It makes the difference a bit easier.
September 18, 2015
FredCapp
701
Aŭ, esti pli specifika, Bezoni: (stand in) need (of), be short of, require, suffer from lack of, want; Be under an obligation to.
Devi: Have the duty of doing, to have to, incumbent, obligatory
Sed, ŝajnas, ke nuntempa strat-Esperanto ŝanĝis ilin iomete.
August 23, 2015
vytah
- 32
It's a calque from Polish or a similar language:
sub – pod – under
skribi – pisać – to write
subskribi – podpisać – to sign
September 11, 2015
salivanto
- 1270
And German: unterschreiben.
In fact, this is what Google gives for the etymology of the English word "subscribe": late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write.’
January 5, 2018
