Tell me a word in English that has Greek roots and I will explain it to you.

[Panazois λ]

For example scientific terms, phobias, chemical elements and have Greek roots. There are other words that do have Greek words such as: climate, hero, hygiene, drama, synonym, idea and many more I can't name all.

[Dracoco OwO]

Dude we kind of learn most of that stuff in school. Unless we don't which that isn't my case.

[Privette]

explain giant I want an explanation of giant

[tmwfte]

Narcissist

[eram]

Dinosaur = Terrible Lizard.

Greek words deinos (δεινός — “terrible”) and savra (σαύρα — “lizard”).

[Panazois λ]

jsjszs původně napsal:

explain giant I want an explanation of giant

Well it's not actually 100% Greek because some words also come from Latin in English but yeah. It has a correlation with the word "Giga" kinda like we say Gigabytes and all that. Giga practically means very huge.

[Panazois λ]

tmwfte původně napsal:

Narcissist

While the English word is from French the origins is from Ancient Greek. The word comes from a guy named Narcissus. The mythology says that he looked himself in the water and he believed he was more beautiful than anyone else and he drowned. You can learn more here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)

[Panazois λ]

eram původně napsal:

Dinosaur = Terrible Lizard.

Greek words deinos (δεινός — “terrible”) and savra (σαύρα — “lizard”).

You are correct :). Although the word δεινός is no longer used in Modern Greek because it's an Ancient Greek word.

[[LTT] LinusFTW]

Hypnosis

[eram]

Panazois λ パナギオチス původně napsal:

eram původně napsal:

Dinosaur = Terrible Lizard.

Greek words deinos (δεινός — “terrible”) and savra (σαύρα — “lizard”).

You are correct :). Although the word δεινός is no longer used in Modern Greek because it's an Ancient Greek word.

All i knew was terrible lizard. The rest i had to look up but thanks. :D

[Panazois λ]

gooomba původně napsal:

Europe

Europe is actually a feminine name used back in Ancient days, known as Europa. The term itself doe practically means means "wide sight" or "wide eyes".
Europe in Greek is "Ευρώπη"
Ευρώπη = Ευρής + ώψη
In Greek mythology Europe was from what I remember a girl that Zeus wanted to bang. So he turned himself into a taurus and he let her ride him.

[Privette]

Panazois λ パナギオチス původně napsal:

jsjszs původně napsal:

explain giant I want an explanation of giant

Well it's not actually 100% Greek because some words also come from Latin in English but yeah. It has a correlation with the word "Giga" kinda like we say Gigabytes and all that. Giga practically means very huge.

wasn't there also a french word geanté or something like that? I hear that's the origin of the word giant in english

[Panazois λ]

LTT LinusFTW původně napsal:

Hypnosis

The first part of the word Hypnosis which is "hypno" practically means "sleep" in Greek. Now the other part "osis" doesn't really mean anything, it is just a suffix.

[Panazois λ]

jsjszs původně napsal:

Panazois λ パナギオチス původně napsal:

Well it's not actually 100% Greek because some words also come from Latin in English but yeah. It has a correlation with the word "Giga" kinda like we say Gigabytes and all that. Giga practically means very huge.

wasn't there also a french word geanté or something like that? I hear that's the origin of the word giant in english

A lot of languages take words from other languages that took words from other languages. I guess you could say the languages like to rip off. Look at this mess for the word "giant"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giant

[Privette]

Panazois λ パナギオチス původně napsal:

jsjszs původně napsal:

wasn't there also a french word geanté or something like that? I hear that's the origin of the word giant in english

A lot of languages take words from other languages that took words from other languages. I guess you could say the languages like to rip off. Look at this mess for the word "giant"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giant

I find it really interesting of how people of different ethnicity can influence one another like this

[Amuro0079]

Stefanos Tsitsipas == meaning handsome, sexy Greek God that plays tennis for humanity.