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The dictionaries seem to attribute the words to Latin, while the -oo sound seems to come from Greek. The root word of both coming from a word for fold, "-plus"
by qbrass 8y ago
The dictionaries seem to attribute the words to Latin, while the -oo sound seems to come from Greek. The root word of both coming from a word for fold, "-plus" in Latin and "-plos" or "-ploos" in Greek.
Greek and Latin have been mixed up enough over the years that it should be acceptable to use either pronunciation regardless of the true origin of the word.