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ENGLISH WORDS AND GREEK COGNATES.
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Etymology of coup
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-coup/
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-coup/#respondTue, 14 Apr 2020 13:35:11 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1888Origin of the word “coup”
The word coupcomes from the French coup, from Medieval Latin colpus, from Vulgar Latin colapus, from Latin colaphus “a cuff, box on the ear,” from the Greek colaphos (punch, slap; Gr: κόλαφος).
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]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-milk-2/feed/0JohannesEtymology of cemetery
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-cemetery/#respondTue, 14 Apr 2020 12:32:29 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1876CEMETARYderives from the Latin coemeterium from the Greek coemeterion [κοιμητήριον], which means the cemetery, the burial ground, the graveyard.
Η λέξη CEMETARY προέρχεται από την ελληνική λέξη “κοιμητήριον”
]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-cemetery/feed/0JohannesEtymology of macaroni
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-macaroni/#respondTue, 14 Apr 2020 12:19:30 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1873Etymology of macaroni
The word MACARONI derives from the southern Italian dialect word macceroni (pl. of maccarone) from maccare, which is related to the Greek macaria, a food made from barley.
Η λέξη MACARONI προέρχεται από τη λέξη της διαλέκτου της νοτίου Ιταλίας macceroni (από το maccare) η οποία σχετίζεται με την ελληνική λέξη μακαρία, που ήταν φαγητό φτιαγμένο από κριθάρι.
]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/etymology-of-macaroni/feed/0JohannesEtymology of video, vision, visit
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-video-vision-visit/
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-video-vision-visit/#respondSun, 11 Aug 2013 14:28:39 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1294The word video comes from the Latin video (I see), which is related to the Greek verb ideo[to see; Gr: ιδέω, είδον; ε-Fιδ-ον]].
From the same root: vision, visible, visit, idea
In modern Greek: a) ida:I saw [Gr: είδα] b) idea: idea [Gr: ιδέα] c) video:video (loanword) [Gr: βίντεο]
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]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-video-vision-visit/feed/0JohannesEtymology of villa, village, vicinity
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-villa-village-vicinity/#respondSun, 11 Aug 2013 14:26:07 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1286The word villa comes from the Italian villa (country house, villa), from the Latin villa (country house, farm), from vicus (house, village, group of houses), which is related to the Greek oecos [house; ie. eco-logy; Gr: οίκος].
From the same root:village, vicinity, villain, villainous, villainy, eco- (eco-logy, ecosystem, eco-nomy etc)
In modern Greek: a) icos:house [Gr: οίκος] b) icologia: ecology [Gr: οικολογία] c) icosystima: ecosystem [Gr: οικοσύστημα] d) iconomia: economy [Gr: οικονομία]
]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-villa-village-vicinity/feed/0JohannesEtymology of similar
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-similar/
https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-similar/#respondSat, 10 Aug 2013 22:08:36 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1279The wordsimilarcomes from French similaire, from the Latin similis (like), from Old Latin semol (together), which is related to the Greek omalos (semalos*) [even, same; ομαλός]
From the same root:similarity, same
In modern Greek: a) omalos:even, plain [Gr: ομαλός] b) omios:same [Gr: όμοιος ]
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* Kouvelas : Etymological and explanatory dictionary of the Latin language.
]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-similar/feed/0JohannesEtymology of gondola
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-gondola/#commentsSat, 10 Aug 2013 22:06:10 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1275The word gondola comes from the Old Italian gondula, from the late Latincondua (gondola) from the late Greek condura (small boat) from the Greek adjective conduros [condos + ura; with short tail].* Others etymologize gondola from the Greek condy [Gr: κονδύ], a kind of glass.*
In modern Greek: a) gondola: gondola [Gr: γόνδολα]
* Babiniotis Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-gamut/#respondSat, 10 Aug 2013 22:04:15 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1272The word gamut originally “lowest note in the medieval musical scale,” in the system of notation devised by Guido d’Arezzo, contraction of Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma, the Greek letter, indicating a note below A, + ut (later do), the low note on the six-note musical scale that took names from corresponding syllables in a Latin hymn for St. John the Baptist’s Day:
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
Mira gestorum famuli tuorum
Solve polluti labii reatum,
etc. Gamut came to be used for “the whole musical scale;” the figurative sense of “entire scale or range” of anything is first recorded 1620s.
In modern Greek: a) gamma:the Greek letter gamma [Gr: γάμμα; γ ] b) gama:gamut, spectrum, range [Gr: γκάμα]
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]]>https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-gamut/feed/0JohannesEtymology of gum
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https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/etymology-of-gum/#respondSat, 10 Aug 2013 22:01:59 +0000https://ewonago.wordpress.com/?p=1268
The word gum (resin), comes from the Old French gome “(medicinal) gum, resin,” from the Latin cummi, a transliteration of the Greek commi [gum; Gr:κόμμι]. As a shortened form of chewing gum, first attested 1842 in American English.
In modern Greek: a) gomma:gum, ruber, eraser [Gr: γόμμα]