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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2018-12-02 10:30 am
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Etymology of "polyamory"

Language Log digs into the "polyamory is wrong" because it mixes Greek and Latin silliness. It turns out thatthe oldest use in English of that prefix- is a direct borrowing from Latin; the next oldest are with French and Latin roots, not English.