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umanwizard
on Feb 20, 2019
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Latin was the international language of Europe for almost a thousand years after the collapse of the Roman Empire, during which time many scientific advancements were made. There are plenty of Latin words for things that didn't exist in Antiquity.
thaumasiotes
on Feb 20, 2019
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There are tiny communities who use recreational Latin today. Here's the Vicipaedia article on the telephonum:
https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephonum
But that doesn't really constitute a good argument that there is a Latin word for telephones.
_emacsomancer_
on Feb 21, 2019
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Given that
telephone
is Ancient Greek (though obviously coined more recently), I don't see why there shouldn't be a Latin word for it.
marktangotango
on Feb 21, 2019
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Thank you, beautiful refutation of an argumentative quarralous, I would even say bad faith, assertion, which we see entirely to often now imo.
Pharmakon
on Feb 21, 2019
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I had no idea this existed, and you just made my day with it.
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