Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but
call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?
2006-10-27 02:42:52 · 8 answers · asked by Amanda 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Latin suffix -oides taken from Greek and meaning "having the likeness of" as in: asteroid means "like a star" and rhomboid means "like a lozenge, or rhombus". There are many examples of such words: anthropoid, alkaloid, factoid, humanoid, planetoid, trapezoid, and so forth.
Hemorrh come from the word Hemorrhage which means bleeding profusely.
Thank you for the interesting question.
2006-10-27 03:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Darren 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As for the asteroid, It is a greek word :)
Aster - Star
Asteroides - starlike
For haemorrhoids, it means "grapes of the a***"
ok, it doesn't but it should :) Again, in fact derived from Greek Haema (blood) and Rhoos (flowing)
2006-10-27 03:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cuboid is cube like and an asteroid is star like. An aster is also a flower that looks like a star.
2006-10-27 09:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the word "duck" was already taken.
2006-10-27 02:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the size and texture of your rocks!!
2006-10-27 04:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by TopherM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?
wacky language.
2006-10-27 02:45:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do women have menstrual cramps?
2006-10-27 02:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they want to.
2006-10-27 02:50:33 · answer #8 · answered by xochelsxo16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋