DO YOU KNOW COMPOUND WORDS IN GREEK? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST AND LET ME KNOW ITS MEANING. IM LOOKING FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE HERE AND EXPAND MY CURIOSITY. THANK YOU IN ADVNCE
DO YOU KNOW COMPOUND WORDS IN GREEK? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST AND LET ME KNOW ITS MEANING. IM LOOKING FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE HERE AND EXPAND MY CURIOSITY. THANK YOU IN ADVNCE
Etymology, Ετυμολογία = ἔτυμος (αληθινός) + λέγω in english (true/valid + call = I say the true)
Etymologically speaking most Greek words are compound....
For example:
Ανθρωπος (Human/Man) is not being characterized as a compound word but...
comes from
«Άνδρας»(Man) +«ωψ» (Look)
"The one who looks like man"
Last edited by Amethystos; 04-12-2018 at 05:55 PM.
"Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
You will never find that life for which you are looking.
When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
but life they retained in their own keeping"
I know man..but Im looking for complex words... something that gives its meaning to a full saying like HEYA that is making something from nothing.. something that gives more meaning like poetric way.. not like ethimological form.. You get me? Im looking for poetry and I need a greek.. is not easy the profundity of it. SOMETHING COMPLEX.
Αεροπλάνο (αέρας+πλανώμαι / aeras+planome / air+err) = airplane
Τηλέφωνο (τήλε+φωνή / tele+foni / from away+voice) = telephone
Τηλέγραφος (τήλε+γράφω / tele+grafo / from away+wright) = telegraph
Πρόλογος (πρό+λόγος / pro+logos / pre+occasion) = prologue
Ακροβάτης (άκρον+βαίνω / akron+veno / edge+pace) = acrobat
Ενθουσιασμός (έν+θεός / en+theos / with(or)within+god) enthusiasm
Βιογραφία (βίος+γράφω / vios+grafo / life+wright) = biography
Διασπορά (διά+σπείρω / dia+spiro / ?+seed) = dispersion
Παράνοια (παρά+νούς / para+nous / next to the right or out of+advisement) = paranoia
Αντίφασις or αντίφαση (αντί+φάση / anti+fasi / against+phase) = antiphasis
Παράδοξο (παρά+δοξασία / para+doksasia / next to or not the right+belief) = paradox
Αστροναύτης (άστρο+ναύτης / astro+naftis / star+sailor) = astronaut
Ελικόπτερο (έλιξ+πτερό ή φτερό / elix+ptero or ftero / coil+wing) = helicopter
Οκταπόδι (οκτώ(8)+πούς (πόδι) / okto(8)+podi / / eight(8)+leg) = octopus
Φιλόλογος (φίλος+λόγος / filos+logos / friend or lover+literature(in some way) = philologist
Άτομο (ά+τομή / a+tomi / non+cut) = atom
Φιλαρμονική (φίλος+αρμονία / filos+armonia / friend+harmony) = philarmonic
Χιλιόμετρο (χίλια-1000+μέτρον / hilia-1000+metron / one thousand-1000+meter) = kilometer
Αντιβιωτικό (αντί+βίος / anti+vios / against+life(of virus) antibiotic
Αγοραφοβία (αγορά+φόβος / agora+fovos / open marketplace+fear) = agoraphobia
Υδραυλικός (ύδωρ+αυλός / eedor(eethor)+avlos / water+pipe) = hydraulic
Ημισφαίριο (ημί+σφαίρα / eemi+sfera / half+ball) = hemisphere
Ανατομία (ανά+τομή / ana+tomi / again+cut) = anatomy
Ιδεολογία (ιδέα+λόγος / eedea(eethea)+logos / idea+occasion) ideology
Ενέργεια (εν+έργο / en+ergo / with or within+work) = energy
Αστρονομία (άστρο+νόμος / astro+nomos / star+law,rule) = astronomy
Εκκεντρικός (εκ(ξ)+κέντρο / ek+kentro / out of+center) = eccentric
Υποκρισία (υπό+κρίση / eepo+krisi / under-sub+wisdom) = hypocricy
Παλάτι > palace
Γεωμετρία (γή+μέτρο / yee+metron / earth+meter) = geometry
Καρκίνος / karkinos = cancer
κομήτης / komitis = comet
Πλανήτης / planitis = planet
Άθεος / atheos = atheist
Πεντάγωνο (πέντε (5)+γωνία / pente+gonia / five+corner) = pentagon and >trigon, hexagon etc.
Γυναικολόγος (γυναίκα+λόγος / yineka+logos / woman+logos) = gynekologist
Φυσική / fysiki = physics
Χημειοθεραπεία (Χημεία+θεραπεία / himia+therapia / chemistry+therapy) = chemotherapy
Παράνοια (παρά+νους / para+nous / para+thought) = paranoia
Σχιζοφρένια (σχίζω/τέμνω/κόβω+φρένες / shizo+frenes / cut+brain) = schizophrenia
Διάφραγμα (διά+φράγμα / dia+fragma / dia+dam) = diaphragm
Αν υπάρχει κάτι που δεν χρειάζεται την πλειοψηφία για να είναι σωστό, αυτό είναι η ανθρώπινη συνείδηση.
Man..these words the translator can give me. There are words in your vocabulary that have more meaning than just 2 words that make one toguether. Im not looking for copmund words.. I dont know how you call them.. But is deeper.. I dont know someone can understand.. noone has replayed yet to this so.... thank you anyway Duffy Dack.