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zompist, in his Cadhinor derivational morphology section wrote: ras against + polege inclination > raspolege affection

How so?

Leaning on someone being in their favor (and being accepted by them) being fond of them affection.

I often feel that I should have many other derivations like this. If you look at etymologies, the semantic history of a word is often very circuitous!

Oh, I was thinking of "against" and "inclination" in their figurative meanings. I wondered how going against one's inclination could come to mean affection. Not that that's unthinkable, but it didn't seem very typical of Cadhinorian culture.

eodrakken wrote:Oh, I was thinking of "against" and "inclination" in their figurative meanings. I wondered how going against one's inclination could come to mean affection. Not that that's unthinkable, but it didn't seem very typical of Cadhinorian culture.

Ah, looking closer, I see that there's a thinko there. Polege means 'position', not 'inclination', which is the meaning of the entire compound.

thinko... good one!