← Back to context Comment by chrisweekly 3 months ago enumerable -> innumerable(opposite meaning) 5 comments chrisweekly Reply thaumasiotes 3 months ago > (opposite meaning)Funnily enough, e- means "out" (more fundamentally "from") and in- means "in(to)", so that's not an unexpected way to form opposite words.But in this case, innumerable begins with a different in- meaning "not". (Compare inhabit or immiserate, though.) chrisweekly 3 months ago Yeah, English has so many quirks. As a software dev, the "enum" type cane to mind, making this one easier to spot. (shrug) thaumasiotes 3 months ago > Yeah, English has so many quirks.Arguably true in general, but in this specific case everything I said was already true in Latin. 1 reply → davidalayachew 3 months ago Thanks, you are right. Wish I could edit it.
thaumasiotes 3 months ago > (opposite meaning)Funnily enough, e- means "out" (more fundamentally "from") and in- means "in(to)", so that's not an unexpected way to form opposite words.But in this case, innumerable begins with a different in- meaning "not". (Compare inhabit or immiserate, though.) chrisweekly 3 months ago Yeah, English has so many quirks. As a software dev, the "enum" type cane to mind, making this one easier to spot. (shrug) thaumasiotes 3 months ago > Yeah, English has so many quirks.Arguably true in general, but in this specific case everything I said was already true in Latin. 1 reply →
chrisweekly 3 months ago Yeah, English has so many quirks. As a software dev, the "enum" type cane to mind, making this one easier to spot. (shrug) thaumasiotes 3 months ago > Yeah, English has so many quirks.Arguably true in general, but in this specific case everything I said was already true in Latin. 1 reply →
thaumasiotes 3 months ago > Yeah, English has so many quirks.Arguably true in general, but in this specific case everything I said was already true in Latin. 1 reply →
> (opposite meaning)
Funnily enough, e- means "out" (more fundamentally "from") and in- means "in(to)", so that's not an unexpected way to form opposite words.
But in this case, innumerable begins with a different in- meaning "not". (Compare inhabit or immiserate, though.)
Yeah, English has so many quirks. As a software dev, the "enum" type cane to mind, making this one easier to spot. (shrug)
> Yeah, English has so many quirks.
Arguably true in general, but in this specific case everything I said was already true in Latin.
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Thanks, you are right. Wish I could edit it.