Episode 219: Sand
Your Greek Word On A Sunday
English - June 25, 2023 09:00 - 56 seconds - 719 KB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture greek english language words myths history learning education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Ψάω (psao) the verb for 'grinding' and 'smoothing' , and ψάμμος (psammos) the noun, is an ancient greek word that took two different journeys but kept its meaning. After coming to Latin, and among other alterations, it lost the pronunciation of the 'P' in the beginning and became 'Sabulum' ,which is the root for the Italian 'sabbia' and the French 'sable'. Now, this time the word came to English from the Germans that altered it further and shared the variations with the Germanic speaking world. From psammos, to sandam, to sandr, to zand and on the other strand, in modern Greek ΑΜΜΟΣ/SAND
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