homo- vs. homo(sexual/sepian/etc)?

[phoenix]

How do homo(sexual/sepian/etc) work as words with the meaning of each, when homo- is the genus for the human species?

[:t:MissLovely:t:]

In Greek, the word "homo" means "the same". In Latin, it means "man", coming from the word human. ps- I was right. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[mattk3650]

Homo means same, so it means attracted to the same sex. So it would also mean the same as us, when you're trying to classify humans as animals.

[scott]

Homo is a prefix meaning same. Homo isn't a genus name. Homosapien is a species name.

[bojangles]

I look at homosapien being different from homosexual.

Homosexual is similar to homozygous or heterozygous mixtures.