Etymology of physic, physician, physics, physical, physi-

The word physic (art of healing, medical science, natural science), comes from the Latin physica (study of nature), from the Greek physike [Gr: φυσική] (knowledge of nature), from physis (nature) [Gr: φύση]," from the verb phyo (to bring forth, produce) [Gr: φύω].
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In modern Greek.
a) physi: nature [Gr: φύση]
b) physici: physics [Gr: φυσική]
c) physicos: natural, normal, unaffected [Gr: φυσικός]
d) physiologia: physiology [Gr: φυσιολογία]
e) and many other words that can easily be understood containing the root physi- like: physiotherapeftis (physiotherapist), physicomathematicos, physiognomia, physiognomistis, physiocraticos etc.

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Etymology of typhoon

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).

In modern Greek:

a) typhonas: typhoon [Gr: τυφώνας]

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Etymology of April

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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Etymology of salary

Origin of the word salary

Salary comes from the French salarie from the Latin salarium (salary, stipend, originally soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt) from sal (salt), which is related to the Greek als (salt; Gr: άλς).

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From the same root: salt, salad, salami

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In modern Greek:

a) alas or alati: salt [Gr: άλας or αλάτι]

b) salata: salad [Gr: σαλάτα]

c) salami: salami [Gr: σαλάμι]

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Etymology of borough, -burg

Etymology of borough, -burg

The word borough and the widely used ending -burg derives from the Latin burgus (fortress, castle, fortified city), which is related to the Greek word pyrgos (burgus, fortress, castle; πύργος; see "Αίας πύργος Αχαιοίς"). Pyrgos is related to Pergamon (Πέργαμα Τροίας, Pergama Trias - citadel of Troy).


From the same root:borough, -burg, -burgh, burglar, bourgeois, burgess, burgh, burgher


In modern Greek:
a) pyrgos: tower, castle, fortress [πύργος]

b) pyrgono: fortify [πυργώνω]
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c) Pergamos: the city of Pergamos (Bergama) in the Aegean coast of Asia Minor [Πέργαμος]
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Η λέξη borough (πόλη, δήμος) καθώς και η εκτενώς χρησιμοποιούμενη κατάληξη -burg προέρχεται από το λατινικό burgus (πύργος, κάστρο, οχυρωμένη πόλη), το οποίο σχετίζεται με τά  ελληνικά  πύργος καί Πέργαμος.
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