Talk:typhlobasia

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Looks like a list word.​—msh210℠ 18:54, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

What's the etymology of this term? The first element is typhl- (from the Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós), tuphlos, "blind"). However, I could only find three terms in the OED that end in (deprecated template usage) -basia, viz. platybasia (back-formed from platybasic, wherein the (deprecated template usage) -bas- element means "base") on the one hand, and abasia and dysbasia (where, in both of which, the (deprecated template usage) -basia element means "walking", and derives from the Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), basis, "step") on the other. Any idea whence, if anywhence, the (deprecated template usage) -basia element heralds?  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 21:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Latin bāsiō, maybe. Nadando 21:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

That makes sense: Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”) + Latin (deprecated template usage) bāsi- (stem of bāsiō (“I kiss”) and its derivation bāsium (“a kiss”)) + English -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). That derivation would also explain why There’s a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life gives the pronunciation "TIF-luh-BAY-zee-uh": a Latin *(deprecated template usage) typhlobāsia would consistently be pronounced *[(ˌ)tɪfləˈbeɪsɪə] in English, so TAWFI's pronunciation is only slightly anomalous (in the "zee" bit). Is that etymology plausible enough to be given in the entry, do you think?  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 00:34, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I've gone with that.  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 02:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad you've found an etymological explanation, but this looks like a pretty clear delete to me. Nadando 04:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, although establishing an etymology is not a wasted effort: it will be included in the listing for (deprecated template usage) typhlobasia in Appendix:English dictionary-only terms.  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 01:45, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. (Note to Doremítzwr: I haven't added it to Appendix:English dictionary-only terms, but you should feel free to.) —Ruakh_TALK 21:17, 7 July 2010 (UTC)