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Κρίνω (crino) , is an ancient Greek verb, the noun is κρίση (crisi) and the adjective κριτική (critiki) All three have a double meaning and from all three derive many words used today but we'll stick to the adjective otherwise we'll get lost. In ancient Greece the word was used  in both medicine and philosophy. The medical connection is what made it to Latin first and passed onto English. It meant 'on the edge' , 'in an urgent situation'. Around the 1800's the other meaning started being used: something that has being thought of carefully, using all facts and applying reason. ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ/CRITICAL

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Greeks have been using this word widely for a very long time but in English it was used only as a biology term until the 1920's. Συν (syn) means 'with' and Βίος (vios) means 'life'. When two organisms are brought to live together they are in ΣΥΜΒΙΩΣΗ/SYMBIOSIS

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What do Okras, Euclid, and a south Korean boy band have in common? Well, πέντε (pendae) in Greek means 'five' and γωνία (gonia) means 'corner'. The combined word was given to this geometric shape by Euclid around 300BC . It's the shape of most starfish, the top of okras, the military headquarters in the US and the name of that South Korean boy band. ΠΕΝΤΑΓΩΝΟ/PENTAGON

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Welcome to our 200th episode! This feels like a very weird time to celebrate, especially when the rescue teams in Turkey and Syria are making superhuman efforts. Do donate if you can whether it's goods or money and, I hope you enjoy today's word. Σείω (seio) in both ancient and modern Greek means 'I shake', 'I move'. Keep that, you'll need it.  There are many variations of how the leader of the giants, Ενγκέλαδος (Engelados), in the war against the Olympian Gods, was defeated. The most popular one is depicted in ancient jars and one particular moment , on a Parthenon metope. The moment when Athena threw her four-horse carriage on him.  After that, the myth says, she buried him alive under the mount Aetna in Italy where when he tosses and turns angrily, he causes a ΣΕΙΣΜΟ/ SEISMIC

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Φίλος (filos) in both ancient and modern Greek means 'Friend' and αδελφός (adelfos) means 'Brother' . The combined name was given first as a nickname to Ατταλος the second (Attalus II) and then, William Penn gave it to the city he designed in 1681 in America  ' A greene Country Towne, which will never be burnt and always be wholesome' and hoped that would prosper peacefully alongside native inhabitants and where all religions would be accepted. Judging by the significance the city had in the civil rights movement, he mostly got his wish. In England the word came from Latin in the early 1600s . ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ/PHILADELPHIA

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This word has changed very little in its travels and it took the common route arriving here. Greek, Latin, French and in the 1600 across the English channel. Πρώτο (proto) in both ancient and modern Greek means 'The first' and τύπος (tipos) comes from the ancient greek verb τίπτω( tipto) meaning 'I hit'; that verb, used metaphorically, gave its name to 'stamping', which was a way of verifying originality. So, when something that was the original form after which everything else was formed got a literal or metaphorical seal of approval , it was called a ΠΡΩΤΟΤΥΠΟ/PROTOTYPE

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Μονός (monos) in modern Greek means 'single' and τόνος(tonos) means -among other things- a musical 'note'. Something odd happened in 1706, the combined word that travelled from France was used... metaphorically and meant something tiresome, a lack of variation. The literal use in English started in mid 1700. ΜΟΝΟΤΟΝΟΣ/MONOTONE

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This is a Greek word that wasn't invented by the Greeks! Sir David Brewster, was a Scottish physicist known for his work in optics and polarized light. In 1817, he patented his reflective mirrors toy and named it by combining three Greek words; κάλος (kalos) meaning 'beauty' , είδος (edos) meaning 'form' and the infinitive σκοπείν (scopin) meaning 'to view'. To view a beautiful formation. ΚΑΛΕΙΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΟ/KALEIDOSCOPE. 

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Any New Year's resolutions yet? Well, in Ancient Greek, 'Σχέδη' (Schedi) meant papyrus leaf-also known as writing material-. In modern , it means both plan and sketch. The outline of something, the general plan for the future or the full-on, laid-out plan for life. In English it came from the French 'Cedule' and it meant 'slips of paper attached to a document as an appendix', until the 1800's where it was used as the modern Greek one. ΣΧΕΔΙΟ/SCHEDULE

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Happy New Year everyone! 
Here's a little myth of strength and beauty to kickstart the month. The Ancient Greeks believed there was a creature born way before the gods that held all the knowledge. It had the most beautiful voice and the most amazing colours in its feathers. Some said it was the size of an eagle and others, bigger than an ostrich! But when it sang, the Sun would stop its chariot to listen to the song. There was only one born every five hundred years and when time was up, it would build a nest and set itself on fire, only to reborn and start the cycle again. Its name in ancient Greek meant deep red but the myth can be found in Egypt, Africa and Persia with variations yet, the name remains the same, ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ/ PHOENIX

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