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Photogenic

June 27, 2021 Art, every day language by Andreas Leave a Comment

Photogenic originates from 2 Greek words, fos (φως) and -genis(-γενής). In Greek the word is φωτογενής (photogenis).

Photography

June 23, 2021 Art, every day language by Andreas Leave a Comment

In every book about photography the definition and origin of the word photography is described.
They analyse that the art is based on light and it is the meaning of the word photography.

Cynical

June 18, 2021 every day language, Philosophy by Andreas Leave a Comment

The ancient Greek word for dog is Κύνος (Cynos). Socrates taught a lot of things. But in his try to find what virtue is he criticized people that hunt riches . I am not sure that Diogenis the Cynical was so much affected from Socrates but Antisthenes that was the[…]

Philoxenia

June 16, 2021 every day language by Andreas 2 Comments

Definition of word philoxenia : An act of hospitableness and welcome. Collins dictionary Word originates from greek word Φιλοξενία (philoxenIa) that is composed by the 2 Greek words Φίλος (philos means friend) and Ξένος (xenos* pronounced ksenos, that means alien, outsider, stranger). In ancient Greece if you had guests from[…]

Anonymous

May 10, 2021 every day language by Andreas Leave a Comment

Greek word Όνομα (Ónoma) means name or fame. The letter a or an before a word means the lack of the word. So Ανώνυμος (ánonymos) means someone with no name or fameI am not sure the Anonumous Group mean no fame but surely they meant lack of a name.

Origin and meaning of word Eccentric

March 31, 2021 every day language, mathematics by Andreas Leave a Comment

The word Eccentric derives from Greek word Έκκεντρος (Έkentros) that is a word used in geometry.Eccentricity in geometry is the measure of how much a conic section deviates from being circular.The Έkentros meaning is something that “escapes” from center ((Εκ – κέντρος, εκ του κέντρου). Eccentric so means someone that[…]

Hello, I’m Andreas Kontokanis, an ardent philomath with a kaleidoscope of hobbies ranging from the sciences to the arts, including but not limited to philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology. My latest odyssey is into the etymology of the English language, with a particular focus on words of Hellenic origin, a project that bridges the past with the present, enriching our collective lexicon.

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