ENGLISH WORDS AND GREEK COGNATES.

Origin of the word "coup" The word  coup   comes  from the French  coup , from Medieval Latin  colpus , from Vulgar Latin  colap...

The word video comes from the Latin video [videre]  (I see), which is related to the Greek verb ideo [to see; Gr: ιδέω, είδον; ε-Fιδ-ον ]. ...

The word villa comes from the Italian villa (country house, villa), from the Latin villa (country house, farm), from vicus (house, village,...

Similar  comes from French similaire , from the Latin similis ( like), from Old Latin semol (together), which is related to the Greek omal ...

The word gondola comes from the Old Italian gondula,  from the late Latin condua (gondola) from the late Greek cond u ra (small boat) from...

The word gamut originally "lowest note in the medieval musical scale," in the system of notation devised by Guido d'Arezzo, ...

The word gum (resin), comes from the Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from the Latin  cummi , a transliteration of the G...

The word galley comes from the Old French galie , from Medieval Latin galea , from the Late Greek galea , from gal e i (a kind of fish; Gr:...

The word antelope comes from the Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin ant(h)alopus (11c.), from Greek antholops (attested in Eusebius o...

The word cook (n) comes from the Latin cocus (cook) from the verb coquo [to cook, to think, to be unquiet, to worry (about), to mix], which...

The word plus comes from the Latin plus (more) is related to the Greek pleos [more, in greater number, more than; Gr.: πλέος ]. From the ...

The adj. tardy comes from the Latin tardus (slow, dull, stupid), which some relate it to the Greek vradys/vradus (slow; Gr: βραδύς ; vrad...

Tarragon ( estragon ) is a plant whose aromatic leaves are used for flavoring. The word comes from the Byzantine* Greek tarchon.  from the ...

The word cabaret (lit. tavern) comes from the old French camberete , from cambre , from the Latin camera , transliteration of the Greek cam...

The word chamber comes from the old French chambre (room, chamber), from the Latin camera ( vaulted room) , which is merely a transliterati...