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Lol, I just learned that preposterous is Latin for ass-backwards:
English is the most interesting language with words of Celtic, Roman, and Germanic derivation added together.
The Celtic words are much less common.
I tease my Mexican friends; "I hope so"="Ojala"=Arabic="if Allah wishes" I tell them deep down they're a bunch of muslims.
Many of the heroes of early Rome were also famous for their modest lifestyle and not pursuing wealth as a goal in itself. Of course later Rome was quite fucked up, with Romans living for luxury and decadent pleasures as the Roman Empire became more and more multicultural and less Roman.
Found a good etymology today:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-monium#Latin
Forms collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation from other nouns.
pater (“father”) → patrimōnium (“inheritance”)
māter (“mother”) → mātrimōnium (“marriage”)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matrimony
From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from māter (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”).
So marriage is a man's obligation to the mother of his children, but an inheritance is a man's legal obligation to the children.
In both cases, it is the man who is obligated, not the women or children.
Interesting. I noticed that "monium" also seems to be the root for the "mony" in "alimony." I wonder what the "al" means.
Seems to be the obligation to feed an ex-wife:
But I wouldn't crucify him as that would make him too much like Jesus
I like this term because it's pretty much what I'm doing at the moment.
And it's fun that business and pleasure are negotium ("not otium") and otium.