▲ 952 ▼ Radio transmissions (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago A few additional fun points about this: "Crab" is Germanic. "-ification" itself has its roots in Latin, so even your proposal would be "Latinised". "carcino- comes from Ancient Greek. True crabs' scientific name, "Brachyura", is Neo-Latin derived from Ancient Greek. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lupus@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago I mean most of the European languages do the same with mostly ancient Greek and Latin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago A few additional fun points about this: "Crab" is Germanic. "-ification" itself has its roots in Latin, so even your proposal would be "Latinised". "carcino- comes from Ancient Greek. True crabs' scientific name, "Brachyura", is Neo-Latin derived from Ancient Greek. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lupus@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago I mean most of the European languages do the same with mostly ancient Greek and Latin. permalink fedilink source parent
