OatmealMakeMeAnxious t1_j6hl9s0 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:28 AM Reply to Most longer words will soon disappear. by TheConstructorFL It's a documented process in linguistics... Though I can't remember for the life of me what. Basically, human language constantly cannibalizes words, and then sticks new prefixes and suffixes on them. Permalink 5
OatmealMakeMeAnxious t1_j6hl9s0 wrote
Reply to Most longer words will soon disappear. by TheConstructorFL
It's a documented process in linguistics... Though I can't remember for the life of me what.
Basically, human language constantly cannibalizes words, and then sticks new prefixes and suffixes on them.