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by 4ad 763 days ago
The purpose of language is to facilitate communication. Your observation seems trivial at best and tautological at worst.
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There's some value in observing that there is a regularity to the terms used for a particular discipline, as opposed to a jumble of organically-grown jargon. For one, it tells you that learning a seemingly-unconnected vocabulary (Greek suffixes, in this case) can help you understand terms you've never otherwise encountered in their entirety.