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Well in greek - τομή means cut, incision - εκ-τομη is out+cut (ie remove) - στομία, is from στόμιο which means mouthpiece
by spapas82 2y ago
Well in greek
- τομή means cut, incision
- εκ-τομη is out+cut (ie remove)
- στομία, is from στόμιο which means mouthpiece
- deathanatos 2y agoYour comment reminds me of my rhetoric professor, who was Greek, and who once expressed to us that memorizing the terms in our lesson should be easy, since they were literally just the words themselves. Of course, it was all Greek to me.
- romanhn 2y agoMemorizing a large amount of Greek and Latin word roots was my superpower when I was studying for the SATs. I could decipher a large chunk of words even if I've never seen them before.
- stevage 2y agoWhen I was in grade six, my teacher made us all learn about half a dozen greek or Latin roots each week. Incredibly useful, I still remember heaps of them decades later.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoI read the entire Webster's unabridged dictionary one summer, with special attention to what the root words meant in the original ancient languages. I've only seen the word 'oedemic' one time but it was easy to figure out.
- anthk 2y agoAs a Romance speaker that's almost a builtin superpower.
- BoringTimesGang 2y agoThat's what studying Japanese is like for Chinese speakers.
- aatd86 2y agoGiven your username, seems to have stuck. ;o)