Any etymologists in the house.

EdFred

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I have a question about bugs. Kidding.

My question is "in-" vs "im-"

visible --> invisible, not imvisible
proper --> improper, not inproper

and a whole bunch of other ones. Why one over the other?
 
Sac Arrow said:
I think "a" is an absolute negator.
If that were the case, "amoral" would be the negative of "moral" so that "immoral" would appear to be a synonym for "amoral".
 
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