Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Root cause

Today I'll be telling you all about some commonly used words that have come from the Greek and Latin  language . Here they are:
  Greek        English
 barbarian   uncivilized
 draconian    severe
 halcyon      peaceful
panic     uncontrollable fear                 
zephyr     soft breeze              * Interesting  fact -Halcyon is the Greek word for ''kingfisher''
                                              *Interesting fact - Panic is the reference to the Greek god ''Pan''
 Latin       English
 farrago     jumble
salary          earnings
 video        relating to visual images
                                  *Interesting fact -Salary comes from the word ''salarium'' that means salt-money
                                 * Interesting fact - Video comes from the Latin meaning ''I see''


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Bye-bye  friends