• Acamon@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ah yes, concise is not my strength. I avoided getting into the etymology of ‘meta’ and how it comes from an ancient librarian dealing with untitled manuscripts… So thought I was doing well!

    • watson@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      i’m actually quite familiar with ancient Latin and Greek. So I understand the etymology of the term. There’s a fine line between descriptive and verbose.

      And nonetheless, thank you very much for your answer. And, in no way, was I making a criticism.

      Btw, “meta-“ is the Ancient Greek prefix meaning “after” or “beyond”