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The word basileus is written as qa-si-re-u and its original meaning was "chieftain" (in one particular tablet the chieftain of the guild of bronze smiths is referred to as qa-si-re-u). Here the initial letter q-represents the PIE labiovelar consonant */gʷ/, transformed in later Greek into /b/.
Some Greek words were borrowed into Latin and its descendants, the Romance languages. English often received these words from French. Some have remained very close to the Greek original, e.g., lamp (Latin lampas; Greek λαμπάς). In others, the phonetic and orthographic form has changed considerably.
Oct 5, 2021 · 21 Greek Words Used In English. From the word akri (άκρη — “tip” or “edge”) and the verb vaino (βαίνω — “to walk”), an acrobat is someone who walks on the edge, often on tiptoe. A lot of Greek words used in English like to disguise themselves as Old French or Latin.
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The Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες) have been identified by many ethnonyms. The most common native ethnonym is Hellene (Ancient Greek: Ἕλλην), pl. Hellenes (Ἕλληνες); the name Greeks (Latin: Graeci) was used by the ancient Romans and gradually entered the European languages through its use in Latin. The mythological patriarch ...
The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach between 1832 and 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924, temporarily abolished during the Second Hellenic Republic, and from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more abolished and replaced by the Third Hellenic Republic.
Original Word: κύριος, ου, ὁ. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine. Transliteration: kurios. Phonetic Spelling: (koo'-ree-os) Definition: lord, master. Usage: lord, master, sir; the Lord. HELPS Word-studies. 2962 kýrios – properly, a person exercising absolute ownership rights; lord (Lord).
the common title of the emperor of Russia, 1550s, from Russian tsar, from Old Slavic tsesari, from Gothic kaisar, from Greek kaisar, from Latin Caesar. First adopted by Russian emperor Ivan IV, 1547.
