Talk:Melaleuca acacioides

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Conflicting etymological sources/misquoting source

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The current Wiki-lemma states:

The ending -oides is a Latin suffix meaning "resembling" or "having the form of".^[1]^[2]

Brophy et al. state (p. 65).^[1]:

acacioides, from Acacia, a genus of Fabaceae, and the Greek -oides, resembling

Brown (1958, p. 483):

Suf. -oid, -oides, -odes, -oideus, -a, -um, like, resembling, having the form of, < Gr. -eides, like, < eidos, n. form, shape, likeness, as dendroeides, treelike; kephaloeides, headlike; limnodes, marshlike; phyllodes, leaflike.

Only the suffix -eides is labelled as Greek by Brown, not -oides. One can infer from the explanation given by Brown in which several Latin compounds are presented that end on -oides (such as Cordyloides and Dasychiroides) that Latin -oides must be the equivalent to Greek -(o)eides (or is actually the Latinized form of Greek -(o)eides). Brophy statement that -oides would be Greek is however incorrect and one can not use Brophy to source that -oides would be a Latin suffix. Wimpus (talk) 23:09, 21 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

No sources have been "misquoted". I hope you approve the change I have made and thank you for noticing. Gderrin (talk) 00:33, 22 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

In case you put Brophy as source behind "The ending -oides is a Latin suffix meaning "resembling" or "having the form of"." than it seems that Brophy is labelling -oides as Latin, while actually it is labelled as Greek in Brophy. Please notice that labelling -oides as Greek is a common error in Brophy. Wimpus (talk) 00:45, 22 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

References

^ ^a ^b Brophy, Joseph J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. (2013). Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses (PDF). Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. p. 65. ISBN 9781922137517. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 483.

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[Brophy-1] Brophy, Joseph J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. (2013). Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses (PDF). Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. p. 65. ISBN 9781922137517. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[RWB-2] Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 483.

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