I didn’t know the “eu” in “eugenics” came from greek.
Further fun facts: Eugene (the name) is greek for noble born, but since like most people we did away with nobles a long time ago now eugenic just means to have good manners, so when the modern term ‘eugenics’ came to Greece it was regreekified into eugonics (ευγονική).
Further fun facts: Eugene (the name) is greek for noble born, but since like most people we did away with nobles a long time ago now eugenic just means to have good manners, so when the modern term ‘eugenics’ came to Greece it was regreekified into eugonics (ευγονική).
Naming the Jude Law’s character in Gattaca “Eugene” was not very subtle.
It’s not that verbing nouns weirds language so much as the regreekification.