Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-47881-20121005161446/@comment-1635895-20121018082223

Regulus22 wrote: soooo...like grown-up unwords? english probably has more, scienc really backforms word for most of it's concepts. Not necessarily "grown-up unwords", just new ones. For example, the word "dependence".

If DEpendence was to not rely on others, wouldn't pendent be to rely on others? I know that's independent, but still. The English language is a pain.