> Actually, the 'homo' refers to 'same' (as in same sex), not to homo as > in Homo Sapiens (man).
Rich replied:
There are lots of other "homo-" words in which the root means "same" too: homogeneous, homoeopathic, homonym, homomorphism, homologue....
Ticia:
> Not sure where *that* 'homo' comes from...
Rich:
>From the Latin for "man". The other "homo-" is from Greek.
Hmm... I had always wondered if these two roots might come from a common proto-indo-european root, but never took the time to look it up. Apparently, they don't:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/homo.html
Reggie Bautista Comparative Linguistics is Fun Maru
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