[shiroiuma]

"Hypocenter", like "epicenter", is English, not Greek. These words, like many words in English today, are made of Greek components, which is why kids are taught in grade school English class about Latin and Greek roots.

No, not every language works this way, because not every language uses Latin and Greek root-words like this.

[Aachen]

Ah yeah because everyone in England says hypo the sofa instead of under the sofa. Definitely not Greek

> not every language uses Latin and Greek root-words like this

I was responding to the text above where the person was amazed you can build/recognise a new word from parts. Idk who made the statement you're negating