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I was curious about the use of "terrestial", and it looks like it means "not aquatic" rather than "not from outer space".
by tome 3y ago
I was curious about the use of "terrestial", and it looks like it means "not aquatic" rather than "not from outer space".
- wegfawefgawefg 3y agoi think terrestrial would mean earthly. from the latin root, terra, for earth. from space is extra-terrestrial. But then greek is geo, or gaio like gaia. but we dont call aliens super-gaians. I dont know where im going with this. Language is messy. English doesnt include every version of every root. We do have subterranian though. Superterranian?
- curiouscavalier 3y agoWe've sent spiders to space[0] (honestly, it's like we _want_ a horror movie to play out). But who knows - maybe one day we'll get DNA from extraterrestrials. [0] https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/world-s-first-spidernaut-lands-smithsonian https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/world-s-first-spidernau...