Ancestors

Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-02-05 at 18:22

'Homosexual' and 'heterosexual' aren't as different as they look.

The parts 'hom-' and 'he-' stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root. It meant "one".

From this root we've also got the word 'same'.

Click my new infographic to learn all about these words and their histories.

The box on the right features additional derivatives of this root in Latin, Ancient Greek and Germanic.

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Written by Café-Junkie on 2025-02-05 at 18:39

@yvanspijk

Interesting!

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Old-High-German "samo" probably still 'survived' in German "sammeln" (collecting), correct?

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Toot

Written by Yoïn van Spijk on 2025-02-05 at 18:45

@CafeJunkie It's the same root: 'sammeln' was derived from Proto-Germanic *samaz as *samlōnan. It's mentioned in the box on the right, along with other forms. ^^

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Descendants

Written by Café-Junkie on 2025-02-05 at 18:50

@yvanspijk

Thanks.

I should probably read more carefully.

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