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Chucks_u_Farley t1_ja1xybc wrote

Etymology? Wonder where that came from?

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spaceturtle8008 t1_ja2fnre wrote

Etumos in ancient Greek means "truth", and etymology was looking for the true meaning of words. A little underwhelming now that I've looked it up I can't lie.

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FartingBob t1_ja3181v wrote

But what about the etymology of the word "etumos"?

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thedefinitionofidiot t1_ja3ugkf wrote

Ultimately, we can reconstruct that there was a Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es- that meant something like "to be" (also the root of the English word was) that came into Greek as eteos and its closely related or derived cousin etumos.

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FartingBob t1_ja45m2u wrote

nice! Proto-indo-european is fascinating how a random language that was one of thousands in Eurasia ended up basically being the root of 95% of language spoken across Europe.

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thedefinitionofidiot t1_ja4kl8o wrote

Especially considering the fact that humans were already living on the continent during the period when PIE would have been spoken. Basque alone stands as the only pre-PIE language still widely spoken in Europe.

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metamongoose t1_ja4z86p wrote

Uralic languages too - Finnish, Hungarian etc.

But Basque is the only language that has no surviving relatives.

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Holycrap328 t1_ja2qqh5 wrote

Derived from "Entymology, which is, of course, the study of Ents.

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Athildur t1_ja2x1v6 wrote

Not to be confused with entomology, which is the study of insects. I imagine there's a potential for some awkward moments in confusing the two.

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bend1310 t1_ja55wg5 wrote

Oh. My. God.

It's finally here. I've always wanted to do this.

Relevant XKCD

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Athildur t1_ja637hm wrote

If I've learned anything during my time on the internet, it's that there's always a relevant XKCD. Bless you.

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p-d-ball t1_ja2fp2l wrote

"Etym" meaning "I have no freaking idea" and "ology" meaning "love of," which secretly means "study of" in Ancient Greek.

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Card_Zero t1_ja37i7w wrote

Nuh-uh, -ology is (from lógos) words, reckoning, and narrative. No aspect of loving any of it.

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