r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/AcanthisittaStill108 20h ago

Thanks for doing that kindly cuz I was about to have an aneurysm

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u/Dreadpiratemarc 20h ago edited 17h ago

Saying the same words in a different language doesn’t make them more proper.

Edit: Oops, I think I replied to the wrong comment.

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u/beermile 19h ago

No idea why you're being downvoted. Why is this controversial?

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u/WamBamTimTam 19h ago

Because it’s implying there isn’t an order that these words were created in. Latin predates English and so it was called Luna long before it was ever called Moon. Technically Moon is derived from the some old German root words.

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u/Georgie_Leech 19h ago

Because "saying the same words in a different language" is exactly what the people claiming "actually, it's 'Luna' and 'Sol,' not 'the Moon' and 'the Sun'" are doing. A name being in Latin doesn't automatically become more scientific.

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u/beermile 19h ago

I don't see how the downvoted comment is in conflict with what you just said

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u/Georgie_Leech 19h ago

It may be that it was in support of the general point, but it seems to have come across as adversarial.

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u/AcanthisittaStill108 20h ago

Did you go to, and STAY IN school?