▲ 1030 ▼ ard (mander.xyz) submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (2 children) Today I learned I might be too ret. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 child) The root means "slow", BTW, so it does get to join that list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* I'm no expert at this, but it seems to be the suffix here is 'tard' not 'ard', coming from Latin. The root already has tard in it, from Latin retardare. It also has the word tard in it, French for late. Retard also means late in French. Does anyone here know? This post also had me wondering about retard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 child) The root means "slow", BTW, so it does get to join that list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* I'm no expert at this, but it seems to be the suffix here is 'tard' not 'ard', coming from Latin. The root already has tard in it, from Latin retardare. It also has the word tard in it, French for late. Retard also means late in French. Does anyone here know? This post also had me wondering about retard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* I'm no expert at this, but it seems to be the suffix here is 'tard' not 'ard', coming from Latin. The root already has tard in it, from Latin retardare. It also has the word tard in it, French for late. Retard also means late in French. Does anyone here know? This post also had me wondering about retard. permalink fedilink source parent
