• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point, but that word has a specific, medical meaning today. It does not refer to Autism.

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      2 months ago

      If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point

      No, they wouldn’t.

      Socio- is from Latin socius meaning companion or ally. Only the suffix has Greek roots. The term was coined way after the ancient Greeks and Romans.