Problem with latin roots is that the root words don’t really get used anymore, meanwhile the individual characters that compose Chinese words are still used and taught to this day.
True, English is kind of a monstrosity that blends in words from pretty much anywhere with no consistency to hold it all together.
But this word does have a classical root, and many scientific terms at least try to use a semblance of Latin and Greek structure in them (although they are very loose with the rules as well).
Problem with latin roots is that the root words don’t really get used anymore, meanwhile the individual characters that compose Chinese words are still used and taught to this day.
True, English is kind of a monstrosity that blends in words from pretty much anywhere with no consistency to hold it all together.
But this word does have a classical root, and many scientific terms at least try to use a semblance of Latin and Greek structure in them (although they are very loose with the rules as well).