system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it called "giving up"?

If you think about it, it doesn't really make sense. Try explaining it to somebody whose native language isn't English.
gpt
"Give" has meant "to yield" since the 1600s, from a Middle English word (yeve) merging with the original definition, the Middle English "yiven." And it's based on the concept of giving tribute.

From there, it'd be a relatively simple leap to "give up." To present tribute to someone above you, to surrender.