[Lexicog] rules when it comes to latin word roots

[Mike_Cahill at SIL.ORG]

Mike Maxwell wrote:

   Or maybe, as another respondent mentioned, some people are averse to
   coinages which combine Latin and Greek roots.  I'm not so sure about
   that, though, as I doubt most people know or care.  As an example of a
   mixed blood word, "aromatherapy" comes to mind.  "Aroma" can be traced
   back to Latin, and "therapy" to Greek (although I'm told the latter may
   have first been "Latinized").

I think the principle is right, but is this the best example?
"Aromatherapy" is a pretty modern coinage, no? and both "aroma" and
"therapy" are independent words, fully (I would think) Anglicized. So
creation of this compound might involve quite different principles than
"gravi-pathy", in which neither component is independent.

Mike Cahill



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