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  • abbreviation Greek

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  • The Christian scripture was refered to in Gk. as Ta Biblia as early as c. 223.

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  • (See the Shekinah, or the "Christed Light 'has of the universe in control of the dimen -"'Psyche-Pneuma "Gk." soul-spirit. "

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  • The Online Etymology dictionary notes that the word was a magical formula circa 1696 from Late Gk. Abraxas, cabalistic or gnostic name for the supreme god, and thus a word of power.

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  • The Port. word (attested from 1559) came via Macao; and Rus. chai, Pers. cha, Gk. tsai, Arabic shay and Turk. çay all came overland from the Mandarin form.

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  • Or the place name might be from the Gk. word, which would then probably be of Egyptian origin.

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  • Cyprus, possibly from Gk. cyparissos “cypress tree” because they grow there but possibly from Gk. cypros “copper” because it was mined there.

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  • Note however that if there's a connection between the Greek and Sanskrit accents, Woodard doesn't know about it when he states: "Thus, *péleḱu-s (Gk. pélekus, Skt. paraśús) exhibits two full-grade *e's in its root, whereas we expect to find only one (and note that the attested reflexes do not agree on the position of the accent)." (boldface mine)

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  • The word Babel (בָּבֶל), which would represent the place where this city was being built, is close to the Heb. word 'confuse' (בָּלַל, cf. the Gk. verb συγχέω, συνέχεεν).

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  • The word Babel (בָּבֶל), which would represent the place where this city was being built, is close to the Heb. word 'confuse' (בָּלַל, cf. the Gk. verb συγχέω, συνέχεεν).

    Babel, dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006) Miglior acque 2007

  • Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein “to show;” others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -stra, as in L. loan-words aplustre “the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments,” genista “the plant broom,” lanista “trainer of gladiators.”

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