Episode 224: Phantom
Your Greek Word On A Sunday
English - October 22, 2023 10:00 - 51 seconds - 661 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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Approaching Halloween so, let the spooky words in!
Φαίνειν is an ancient Greek infinitive and it means 'to appear/ to make something visible'. The thing that is been made visible is a Φάντασμα and it used to mean 'an illusion' before it meant 'an apparition'. The root of this word can be found in old Armenian, old Irish and of course Sanskrit but the Greek one is the one that came through. Latin 'Fantasma', French 'Fantome' and eventually the English in the 1300's. ΦΑΝΤΑΣΜΑ/PHANTOM
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