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Ancient Greek Basic Nouns
Common Ancient Greek nouns with transliteration and the English word each gave us.
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- Person / humanEnglishἄνθρωποςanthrōpos (anthropology)
- Man (male)Englishἀνήρanēr (androgynous)
- WomanEnglishγυνήgynē (gynecology)
- ChildEnglishπαῖςpais (pediatrics)
- FriendEnglishφίλοςphilos (philosophy)
- GodEnglishθεόςtheos (theology)
- Word / reasonEnglishλόγοςlogos (logic)
- LifeEnglishβίοςbios (biology)
- Love (selfless)Englishἀγάπηagapē
- WarEnglishπόλεμοςpolemos (polemic)
- PeaceEnglishεἰρήνηeirēnē (Irene)
- CityEnglishπόλιςpolis (politics)
- HouseEnglishοἶκοςoikos (economy)
- Land / earthEnglishγῆgē (geography)
- SeaEnglishθάλασσαthalassa
- SunEnglishἥλιοςhēlios (helium)
- MoonEnglishσελήνηselēnē (Selena)
- StarEnglishἀστήρastēr (astronomy)
- WaterEnglishὕδωρhydōr (hydrant)
- FireEnglishπῦρpyr (pyre)
- WindEnglishἄνεμοςanemos (anemometer)
- TreeEnglishδένδρονdendron (rhododendron)
- HorseEnglishἵπποςhippos (hippopotamus: river horse)
- DogEnglishκύωνkyōn (cynic)
- LionEnglishλέωνleōn (Leo)
- BirdEnglishὄρνιςornis (ornithology)
- FishEnglishἰχθύςichthys (ichthyology)
- BookEnglishβιβλίονbiblion (Bible, bibliography)
- Letter (written)Englishἐπιστολήepistolē (epistle)
- NameEnglishὄνομαonoma (anonymous)
- TimeEnglishχρόνοςchronos (chronology)
- DayEnglishἡμέραhēmera (ephemeral)
- NightEnglishνύξnyx
- LightEnglishφῶςphōs (photograph)
- Voice / soundEnglishφωνήphōnē (telephone)
- HandEnglishχείρcheir (chiropractor)
- FootEnglishπούςpous (octopus: eight feet)
- HeadEnglishκεφαλήkephalē (encephalon)
- HeartEnglishκαρδίαkardia (cardiac)
- EyeEnglishὀφθαλμόςophthalmos (ophthalmologist)
- EarEnglishοὖςous (otitis)
- BoneEnglishὀστέονosteon (osteoporosis)
- StoneEnglishλίθοςlithos (monolith)
- GoldEnglishχρυσόςchrysos (chrysanthemum: golden flower)
- TeacherEnglishδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos
- SoldierEnglishστρατιώτηςstratiōtēs (strategy: army-leading)
- KingEnglishβασιλεύςbasileus
- IslandEnglishνῆσοςnēsos (Polynesia: many islands)
- MountainEnglishὄροςoros (orology)
- Road / wayEnglishὁδόςhodos (period: a way around)
- MusicEnglishμουσικήmousikē (from the Muses)
- Law / customEnglishνόμοςnomos (astronomy: star law)
- NumberEnglishἀριθμόςarithmos (arithmetic)
- TruthEnglishἀλήθειαalētheia
- WisdomEnglishσοφίαsophia (philosophy, Sophie)
- HopeEnglishἐλπίςelpis
- DreamEnglishὄνειροςoneiros
- MedicineEnglishἰατρικήiatrikē (pediatrician: child doctor)
- EarthquakeEnglishσεισμόςseismos (seismograph)
- CircleEnglishκύκλοςkyklos (cycle)
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