Abstract
The article explains the origin of the French expression tirer une lettre de change, which is opaque for present-day speakers. Originally, it was the money that was drawn (home) by means of a bill of exchange, but already in the second half of the 16th century the verb tirer 'to draw' coulod also take as a direct object the bill itself, thereby obscuring the original meaning.
| Originalsprache | Deutsch (Österreich) |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 511 - 520 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |
| Volume | 131 |
| Ausgabenummer | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2015 |
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