[euroderf]

> Octopus is a word created in modern scientific latin by nonnative (scientific) speakers out of greek parts brought into English. There are no real rules there.

I recall reading that back in the day, there were criticisms that the neologism "television" would never catch on ... because it combined Greek and Latin roots.

[anthk]

>because it combined Greek and Latin roots.

Romances in a nutshell.

[abudabi123]

Is it true the majority of imperial Rome personal names had -anus endings and they are not in vogue in Modern English for the obvious soundalike to Uranus?

And given the time available to an octopus while she waits for her eggs to hatch, what is the recommended reading list from the Loeb library for the octopus's consciousness if there were a universal translator babelfish she could use?

[anthk]

In Spanish it's the same. Ano = anus. Trajano, Adriano...

Yet we still have names ending in -ano. Mariano, Emiliano, Cipriano, Maximiliano...