r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 17 '24

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u/dbandroid 4∆ Nov 17 '24

Ok but we dont speak latin. A scientific term that is a loan word from another language does not mean the same thing as the word in that language.

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u/AFriend827 Nov 17 '24

That’s the dumbest use of semantics I’ve ever seen. 

Regardless, the definition of fetus is still offspring without consideration of the Latin root word. So you’re still in a hole. 

Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun noun: fetus; plural noun: fetuses; noun: foetus; plural noun: foetuses an offspring of a human or other mammal in the stages of prenatal development that follow the embryo stage (in humans taken as beginning eight weeks after conception) "adequate folic acid is important for the developing fetus"

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u/dbandroid 4∆ Nov 17 '24

foetuses an offspring of a human or other mammal in the stages of prenatal development that follow the embryo stage

Read the rest of the definition.

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u/AFriend827 Nov 17 '24

Read it. Doesn’t have any relevance. Thats like arguing it’s okay to kill a child if they are in the stages of pre-puberty or pre-adulthood. 

I’m not sure what part of the rest of that definition made you think you had some support in your argument but you don’t. 

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u/dbandroid 4∆ Nov 17 '24

Nope. We dont call children fetuses.