Talk:Ur-element

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[edit] category theory and urelements

Is there, or could there be created, a categorical definition of urelement?Rich 01:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prefix Ur

Is there any reason for this prefix ur-? Albmont 20:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Mathworld reports:

"Ur" is a German prefix which is difficult to translate literally, but has a meaning close to "primeval."

— Arthur Rubin | (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Maybe this should go into the text? I had seen this prefix before in GURPS Uplift (ur-species), but I didn't think it came from a real world language (many expressions in the Uplift Universe come from alien conlangs). Albmont 13:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)