Ticia said:

> Actually, the 'homo' refers to 'same' (as in same sex), not to homo as
> in Homo Sapiens (man).

There are lots of other "homo-" words in which the root means "same"
too: homogeneous, homoeopathic, homonym, homomorphism, homologue....

> Not sure where *that* 'homo' comes from...

>From the Latin for "man". The other "homo-" is from Greek.

Rich

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