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No fan of the NYT. (or abortion) but I applaud this move on the grounds that the word is actually foetus no matter who says otherwise.
by jaldhar 4y ago
No fan of the NYT. (or abortion) but I applaud this move on the grounds that the word is actually foetus no matter who says otherwise.
- cato_the_elder 4y ago> Indeed the spelling fetus is the etymologically correct one as it derives from the Latin term 'fetus' meaning "offspring". The foetus usage is derived from the erroneous belief that the spelling fetus was an Americanism for which an original 'o' had been dropped. (from https://radiopaedia.org/articles/fetus-vs-foetus https://radiopaedia.org/articles/fetus-vs-foetus)