Quoth Lars Henrik Mathiesen:
> In fact, andro- and anthro- are quite distinct roots.
>
> Ane:r is man as opposed to woman; it comes out as andr- in oblique
> cases because of a sound rule (intrusive homorganic stop).
>
> Anthro:pos is human as opposed to beast.
>
> And an artificial sexless human would properly be an anthropoid.
Whereas Data (of ST:TNG) is _clearly_ actually an android. :)
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