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Wait, what? I think the author is just ignorant of Greek and Latin roots (it's ok, most native speakers are too). iso-tope is literally "at the same place" co
by aristus 16y ago
Wait, what? I think the author is just ignorant of Greek and Latin roots (it's ok, most native speakers are too).
iso-tope is literally "at the same place"
commun-ism is literally "share-ism"
- sabat 16y agoYou're absolutely right. It's just that, at least in the case of isotope, most people wouldn't realize that "iso" and "tope" have meanings. They might notice that "iso" also occurs in "isolate" but probably wouldn't look much beyond that. The author's point is that the Chinese use simple, everyday words instead of archaic words from dead versions of languages.
- Nitramp 16y agoBe careful. "isolate" comes from Latin "insulare" (or insolare? I don't know). "isos" is Greek for equal, and "in" is a Latin prefix for not.
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