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Helio- is actually "sun", not "hole", and it's Greek, not Latin, but I 100% agree with you: it's pointless technical vocabulary that only serves to obfuscate. I
by cwnyth 2mo ago
Helio- is actually "sun", not "hole", and it's Greek, not Latin, but I 100% agree with you: it's pointless technical vocabulary that only serves to obfuscate. I think in this particular case, it's just some internet neologism (which is a good word, since coinage can mean a couple different things), made based on analogies with older phobias. For those of us who know Latin and Greek, though, all we can really do is shrug at the eagerness to make the clumsiest words possible.
- brador 2mo agoWhat would be the correct latin/greek word for it?
- kortilla 2mo agoHypochondriac
- stavros 2mo agoMelanotrypophobia, although the Greek term is "mayri trypa", literally "black hole".
- brador 2mo agoAny relation to the words melancholy?
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoYes, that is cognate with ancient Greek μελαγχολία, and with the same root: μέλας https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melancholy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melancholy
- stavros 2mo agoYes, as the sibling said, melancholy means "black bile".
- cwnyth 2mo agoMelanastrophobia, perhaps? "Black star phobia". I don't think a modern term has been coined for black holes from ancient Greek vocabulary.
- antonvs 2mo agoThe translation of the name appears to be intended as “black star fear”.
- TeMPOraL 2mo agoWith the "black star" being the name for "black hole" back when they were purely theoretical idea.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoMy headcanon is that the neologism was coined by Vicky Karayiannis, widow of Chris Cornell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell#Personal_life The modern Greek terms for "black hole" are: μαύρη τρύπα or μελανή οπή https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B7_%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B1 https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B7... helio- cannot mean "star" in a generic way but invariably refers to our own Sun. If referring to some other star, then we use aster-.