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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 158046, member: 56"]Amazon is a word that incorporates an "alpha privative"... more or less using an "a" at the start of a word to give the word a sense of privation. The word comes from a-mazos, "mazos" being the Greek word for breast and the "a" added in front to indicate a lack thereof. Alpha privatives appear in other English words such as atypical, amoral, and atheist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 158046, member: 56"]Amazon is a word that incorporates an "alpha privative"... more or less using an "a" at the start of a word to give the word a sense of privation. The word comes from a-mazos, "mazos" being the Greek word for breast and the "a" added in front to indicate a lack thereof. Alpha privatives appear in other English words such as atypical, amoral, and atheist.[/QUOTE]
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