Re: 'caron' (was: Re: Re: Two questions about Esperanto

Tristan talks to himself:

> I highly doubt there's a relation to any -on suffix in English, which
> all seem to have to do with chemicals.  Anyway, 'macron' quite clearly
> comes from Greek, whereas 'caron' appears to be coined in English.
That is, appears to me. I'm far from the reference book on the subject
(for a start, I'm not a book in spite of what anyone might tell you!).
I'm just imagining if there's some reference to it appearing in other
languages somewhere, John [and the other places I've seen that agree
with him, but I can't remember them off the top of my head] would know
about it and would've mentioned in the first place. But then, I have a
pretty active imagination :)

> I
> would believe, though, a modification of 'caret' (the upside-down vee in
> proofreading) based on 'macron'.

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