Greek words in other Languages!

[alohalife]

Hello everyone, I was just wondering... how many words we use everyday are coming from greek words? Think about the words you use when you speak with your friends, how many of the words you use are actually greek? I don't mean to sound bitch or anything, I'm just curious. If you want to leave a comment with some of those words and in which language

Comments

[transemacabre]

English uses a lot of Greek words, but they tend to be either theological (hey one example right there) or scientific categories. You could hold an entire conversation about, say, knitting without using a single Greek word, but it'd be harder to hold a conversation about biology or something without using at least a few. If I'm not mistaken, I think Greek is the third biggest supplier of words into English, after French and Latin.

[cutthroatpixie]

Here's a list of English words with Greek origins, if you or anyone else is interested to see. I think it can be hard to pinpoint words you use that come from other languages without first knowing already which words you use come from other languages. Unless you know Greek and purposefully use a Greek word in your conversation or recognise a word as having a Greek root, of course. Pronunciation/spelling/etc. can change so much when words are borrowed that things aren't always immediately recognisable as being Greek.

[muckefuck]

Mostly food terms: gyros, tzatziki, ouzo, retsina, pita, baklava, saganaki, mousaka, etc. (And half of these are Greek borrowings from Turkish anyway).

[alohalife]

Stop it you're making me hungry XD

[bluecollarmoxie]

"kimono" comes from Greek word "himona," meaning "winter". What do you wear in the winter? A robe.

[alohalife]

Really? I didn't know that. Thank you!

[muckefuck]

[alohalife]

Lol, thanks for the video as well

[khe12]

As well as тетрадь, аптека, герой and кипарис:). I mean, in Russian there are a lot of words of Greek origin, and not all of them are terms. Besides, many Russian names are of Greek origin.

[alohalife]

Thank you!

[alohalife]

Thank you!

[muckefuck]

And "terminology", not *"therminology" (a work that suggests to me "scientific study of the theremin").

[alohalife]

Don't worry, I make a lot of them as well =D