HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

words, words, words

• Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:14:14 -0500
• To: histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Harry Whitaker <hwhitake@nmu.edu>
• Subject: words, words, words
• Message-ID: 3.0.1.32.19980129101414.006dffe4@pop.mail.nmu.edu

Found this in a list discussion of words, a propos of the recent
lexicographic discussions on this list; the context implied that the writer
was somewhat surprised by the Latin-Greek combination:

-dyslexia- here the Greek *legein* is paired with the Latin root *dys*,
"abnormal, impaired"


Whit