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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Meaning.
The root “cyber” comes from English word-proper “cybernetic”, which in turn comes from Greek kyberntiku00f3s (= / kybernao means “to guide”).
Many Greek loan-words spelled with the Kappa were rendered in Latin script with a C, while other were spelled with K, some others evolved into a G. Compare English phrase ” energy c inu00e9tique” with French ” u00e9nergie c inu00e9tique “. I think the Greek root of kyber was pronounced differently, “guber “, and “cyber”, eventually becoming “cyber” with Soft C as opposed to its initial form where it was pronounced much more
difficult (“H “?) The root of the word has entered and re-entered Latin and other languages multiple times across centuries and hence one Greek root could be transliterated into Latin script as “guber”, and the latter one giving birth to the English word “government”.
In fact “Cybernetic” () in Greek simply means governmental, gobernatorial or related to government.
Why do you think cybernetic means “a machine that can guide “?
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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Meaning.
The root “cyber” comes from English word-proper “cybernetic”, which in turn comes from Greek kyberntiku00f3s (= / kybernao means “to guide”).
Many Greek loan-words spelled with the Kappa were rendered in Latin script with a C, while other were spelled with K, some others evolved into a G. Compare English phrase ” energy c inu00e9tique” with French ” u00e9nergie c inu00e9tique “. I think the Greek root of kyber was pronounced differently, “guber “, and “cyber”, eventually becoming “cyber” with Soft C as opposed to its initial form where it was pronounced much more
difficult (“H “?) The root of the word has entered and re-entered Latin and other languages multiple times across centuries and hence one Greek root could be transliterated into Latin script as “guber”, and the latter one giving birth to the English word “government”.
In fact “Cybernetic” () in Greek simply means governmental, gobernatorial or related to government.
Why do you think cybernetic means “a machine that can guide “?
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- 99920 votes
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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Meaning.
The root “cyber” comes from English word-proper “cybernetic”, which in turn comes from Greek kyberntiku00f3s (= / kybernao means “to guide”).
Many Greek loan-words spelled with the Kappa were rendered in Latin script with a C, while other were spelled with K, some others evolved into a G. Compare English phrase ” energy c inu00e9tique” with French ” u00e9nergie c inu00e9tique “. I think the Greek root of kyber was pronounced differently, “guber “, and “cyber”, eventually becoming “cyber” with Soft C as opposed to its initial form where it was pronounced much more
difficult (“H “?) The root of the word has entered and re-entered Latin and other languages multiple times across centuries and hence one Greek root could be transliterated into Latin script as “guber”, and the latter one giving birth to the English word “government”.
In fact “Cybernetic” () in Greek simply means governmental, gobernatorial or related to government.
Why do you think cybernetic means “a machine that can guide “?
- 271281 views
- 8 answers
- 99920 votes