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Posted by Johannes on 16 April 2012
The adj. grotesque comes from the French crotesque from the Italian grottesco, (lit. “of a cave,”), from grotta, from the Latin crypta (vault, cavern), which is a transliteration of the Greek crypte [crypt, hidden place; Gr: κρύπτη]. Initially the phrase “figura grottesca” (or “pitture grottesche”) was referring to the paintings of the caves.
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In modern Greek:
a) grotesco: grotesque [Gr.: γκροτέσκο; loanword]
b) crypte: crypt [Gr.: κρύπτη]
c) crypto (or cryvo): to hide, conceal, secrete [Gr.: κρύβω]
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Posted by Johannes on 16 April 2012
The wοrd graffiti comes from the Italian graffiti, plural of graffito (a scribbling), from graffiare (to scribble) from the Greek grafein (to write, to draw, to scratch; Gr: γράφειν].
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From the same root: -graphy (eg. geography), graphologist, graphic, praphics, graphite .
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In modern Greek:
a) grafo: (to write, to draw, to scratch, to type; Gr: γράφω].
b) grapsimo: handwriting [Gr: γράψιμο]
c) graphologos: graphologist [Gr: γραφολόγος]
d) engrafo: document, deed [Gr: έγγραφο]
e) graphica: graphics [Gr: γραφικά]
f) graphites: graphite [Gr: γραφίτης]
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Posted by Johannes on 16 April 2012
The word gas is simply a phonetic transcription of the Greek word chaos [Gr: χάος]. It was first used in the early 17th century by the chemist J.B. Van Helmont.
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In modern Greek (Romeika, Rumca):
a) haos: chaos [Gr: χάος].
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Posted by Johannes on 16 April 2012
The word carrot comes from the old French carrotte, from the Latin carota, which is a transliteration of the Greek caroton (carrot; Gr: καρώτον).
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In modern Greek:
a) caroto: carrot [Gr: καρώτο]
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From the same root: carotene, carotenoids
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 10 December 2011
Both super and over come from the Latin super, which is related to the Greek yper/hyper [over, super; Gr: υπέρ].
In modern Greek:
a) yper: super, over, hyper- [Gr: υπέρ]
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 10 December 2011
Triumph comes from the old French triumphe from the Latin triumphus (achievement, a success, procession for a victorious general or admiral), which merely is a transliteration of the Greek thriambos.
In modern Greek:
a) thriamvos: triumph [Gr: θρίαμβος]
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 30 August 2011
The word
typhoon (violent storm, whirlwind, tornado), comes from the Greek
typhon [whirlwind; Gr:
τυφών], personified as a
giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein “to smoke” (origin of the word typhus).
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In modern Greek:
a) typhonas: typhoon [Gr: τυφώνας]
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 30 August 2011
Dean comes from the old French deien, from the Latin decanus “head of a group of 10 monks in a monastery”, from earlier secular meaning “commander of 10 soldiers” (which was extended to civil administrators in the late empire), from the Greek decanos [Gr: δεκανός], from deca “ten”. College sense is from 1570s.
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In modern Greek:
a) deca: ten [Gr: δέκα]
b) deca-: deca- [Gr: δέκα-] (dec-athlon, deca-logue etc.)
c) decaneas: corporal, leader of ten soldiers [Gr: δεκανέας]
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 9 July 2011
Origin of the word anthem
The word anthem comes from the old English ontemn, antefn, “a composition (in prose or verse) sung antiphonally,” from the Latin antefana, a transliteration of the Greek antiphona “verse response”.
From the same root:
antiphon, phonetic etc
In modern Greek:
a) antiphono: antiphon [Gr: αντίφωνο]
b) anti-: anti-[Gr: αντι-]
c) anti: instead of, in place of, as, for [Gr: αντί]
d) phone or better phoni: voice [Gr: φωνή]
OED
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Posted by Johannes on 9 July 2011
Origin of the word April
The word April comes from the old French Avril, from the Latin Aprilis (month of Venus, the second month of the ancient Roman calendar, dedicated to the goddess Venus) from Apru, a transliteration of the Greek Aphro from Aphrodite (Venus; Gr: Αφροδίτη).

In modern Greek:
a) Aprilis: April [Gr: Απρίλης]
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