What do you like to watch on TV?
[Όταν βλέπεις τηλεόραση] τί σου αρέσει να βλέπεις πιο πολύ;[ When you watch TV], what do you like to watch?…
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The word: Sycophant
Unfortunately, the origin of this example is a bit obscure, as no one knows for sure where it comes from.…
The word: economy
The word economy comes from the Greek word οικονόμος (οικία+νομή), which means “one who manages a household.” At first, this…
The origin of the word ‘anthropology’
The term anthropology ostensibly is a produced compound of Greek ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, “human being” (understood to mean “humankind” or “humanity”), and a supposed –λογία…
The word character
Character can be traced back to the Greek χαράσσειν meaning “to sharpen, cut in furrows, or engrave.” This word gave the Greeks χαρακτήρ,…
The word philology
The word philology means ”love of learning and literature; personification of linguistic and literary knowledge.” It comes from the Greek…
Where does the word philanthropy come from?
The word “philanthropy” comes to the English language from Greek. In the Greek tradition, the word philanthropy grows from the words “philos” meaning “love” and “anthropos” meaning “man”…
The word ‘bibliophile’
A bibliophile usually has a huge collection of books and loves nothing more than browsing in a used book shop or a…