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Archive for February, 2009

Etymology of experience, expert, experiment

Posted by Johannes on 22 February 2009

Etymology of experience
Experience comes from the Latin experientia from the verb experior from perior (try, attempt), which is related to the Greek verb peirao (try, attempt, test, get experience; πειράω).
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From the same root.
Expert, expertise, expertness, experiment, experienced, experientalism, experimentalize etc.
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In modern Greek
a) pira: experience, practice [πείρα]
b) pirama: experiment [πείραμα]
c) empiria: experience, practice [εμπειρία]
d) empiricos: empiric [εμπειρικός]
e) empiros: experienced, expert [έμπειρος]
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Η λέξη experience προέρχεται απο το Λατινικό experientia από το ρήμα experior (προσπαθώ, δοκιμάζω, αποκτώ εμπειρία), το οποίο σχετίζεται με το ελληνικό ρήμα πειράω.
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Etymology of empirical

Posted by Johannes on 22 February 2009

Etymology of empirical.
Empirical
derives from the Latin empiricus, which is a transliteration of the Greek empiricos (empirical, experienced; εμπειρικός) from empiria (experience; εμπειρία) from en- (in, with) + pira (experience, trial; πείρα), from the verb pirao (make an attempt, try, test, get experience, endeavour, attack; πειράω).

From the same root
empiricism, empiricist, experience, experiment, expert, piral, piracy

 

In modern Greek
a) pira: experience, practice [πείρα]
b) pirama:
experiment [πείραμα]
c) empiria: experience, practice [εμπειρία]
d) empiricos:
empiric [εμπειρικός]

OED

Η λέξη empirical (εμπειρικός) προέρχεται από το Λατινικό empiricus, το οποίο αποτελεί μεταγραφή του Ελληνικού εμπειρικός από το ρήμα πειρἀω.

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Etymology of pirate

Posted by Johannes on 18 February 2009

Etymology of pirate

Pirate derives from the Latin pirata (-ae; pirate), from the Greek piratis (pirate; πειρατής) from the verb pirao (make an attempt, try, test, get experience, endeavour, attack; πειράω).

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From the same root:
piracy, piratical, experience, expert, empiric.

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In modern Greek

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a) piratis: pirate [πειρατής]

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b) piratia: piracy [πειρατία]

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c) pira: experience, practice [πείρα]

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d) pirama: experiment [πείραμα]
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e) empiria: experience, practice [εμπειρία]

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f) empiricos: empiric [εμπειρικός]
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g) piragma: teasing [πείραγμα]

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h) pirazo: tease, give trouble [πειράζω]

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Η λέξη pirate (πειρατής) προέρχεται απο το Λατινικό pirata (-ae), απότο ελληνικό πειρατής, από το ρήμα πειράω (αποπειρούμαι, δοκιμάζω, επιχειρώ).

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Etymology of ferocity – ferocious

Posted by Johannes on 18 February 2009

Etymology of ferocity
Ferocity
derives from the Latin ferocis, from fera/ferus (wild, savage), which is related to the Greek Aeolic form feros (φηρός) of theros (gen. of ther; wild animal, beast; θήρ)
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From the same root:
ferocious, ferociously, ferociousness, fierce, fierceness, fiercely

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In modern Greek

a) therio: wild beast [θηρίο]

b) theriodes: ferocious, savage [θηριώδης]

c) theriodia: ferocity, fierceness, atrocity [θηριωδία]

d) therama: prey [θήραμα]

 

OED

 

Η λέξη ferocity (θηριωδία, αγριότητα) προέρχεται από το Λατινικό ferocis, από το fera/ferus (άγριος, θηριώδης), το οποίο σχετίζεται με την αιολική μορφή φηρός του θηρός (γεν. του θήρ -θηρίο-)

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Etymology of Throne

Posted by Johannes on 1 February 2009

Etymology of throne
Throne derives from the Latin thronus, which is a transliteration of the Greek thronos (throne, chair, elevated seat; θρόνος)
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From the same root:
enthrone
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In modern Greek
a) thronos: thone [θρόνος]
b) enthronizo: enthrone [ενθρονίζω]
c) thranio: desk, form [θρανίο]
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Η λέξη Throne προέρχεται από Λατινικό thronus, από το ελληνικό θρόνος.

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Etymology of incline, recline and decline

Posted by Johannes on 1 February 2009

Etymology of incline, recline and decline
All three verbs have the same root -cline combined with the prefixes in-, re- and de-, respectively. The root derives from the Latin verb clinare, which is related to the Greek verb clino (to slope, incline, bend; κλίνω).

 

From the same root:
inclination, declension, declination, declinable, declivitous, declivity, climax, clinic, lean

 

In modern Greek
1. clino : incline, slope, decline (grammar) [κλίνω]

2. clisi: inclination bent, slope gradient, declension [κλίση ]

3. climax or climaka: scale, ladder [ κλίμαξ or κλίμακα]

4. apoclisi: declination, devergency, deviation [απόκλιση ]

5. cliticos: adj inflected [κλιτικός ]

6. clini: bed [κλίνη]

7. clinici: clinic [κλινική]

8. clima: climate [κλίμα ]

OED

Τα ρήματα incline (κλίνω, σκύβω, τείνω, ρέπω), recline (ανακλίνομαι, πλαγιάζω) και decline (κλίνω, γέρνω, κατηφορίζω, φθίνω, παρακμάζω, δύω) έχουν στη ρίζα τους το Λατινικό ρήμα clinare, το οποίο σχετίζεται με το ελληνικό κλίνω

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Etymology of lean

Posted by Johannes on 1 February 2009

Etymology of lean

The verb lean comes from the Proto-Germanic hlinen, which is related to the Greek verb klino (to slope, incline, bend; κλίνω). _

From the same root
enclitic, recline, decline etc (clinare, reclinare, declinare, inclinare etc. )

In modern Greek
a) clino: to slope, incline, bend [κλίνω]
b) encliticos: enclitic [εγκλιτικός]

OED

Το ρήμα lean (κλίνω, γέρνω, στηρίζομαι, ακουμπώ) σχετίζεται με το ρήμα κλίνω (απαρ. κλίνειν).

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