Classic Etymology
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Notes, Comments and Reflections Pandora's Word Box
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Exchange of Ideas in Words:
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DYSTHYMIA relates to THYMOS, Greek for SOUL. Tell me if your THYMUS is OK. AMNION conveys ideas concerned with GATHERING notably the fetal AMNIOTIC membrane that holds the AMNIOTIC FLUID until an AMNIOCENTESIS is performed. MENINGES has roots in MENINX which in Greek conveys concepts of MEMBERship and MEMBRANE. GENOCIDE implies systematic killing of a population. GENO stresses GENUS for "to beget" and ancestry. CHOANA: Funnel or Infundibulum. DEMOS in Greek denotes PEOPLE as shown by panDEMIC epiDEMIC or even DEMOcracy. How PANDEMIC acquired the sense of "dis"ease, I do not know. Anyone? We will post replies. |
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LETO (his mother) has to do with
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Update 26/Feb/2001
February 10, 2001