Etymologizing - "andro," "gyn," "(more) syn-/sym-"

from Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution · host Liam Connerly

Did you know senate cones from the Latin "SENEX"? It means "old man" and it's because the senate was made up of old, white, SENILE, men... andro + gen; andro + gyn + ous; andro + cracy; miso + gyny; gynec + ologist; sym + bio + otic; syn + nonym +ous; syn + nonym; syn + archy; syn + optic;

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