• @Architeuthis
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t know the “eu” in “eugenics” came from greek.

    Further fun facts: Eugene (the name) is greek for noble born, but since like most people we did away with nobles a long time ago now eugenic just means to have good manners, so when the modern term ‘eugenics’ came to Greece it was regreekified into eugonics (ευγονική).

    • -dsr-
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      81 year ago

      It’s not that verbing nouns weirds language so much as the regreekification.

    • @GorillasAreForEating
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      711 months ago

      Naming the Jude Law’s character in Gattaca “Eugene” was not very subtle.