Greek words with English derivations found in FSI-Greek

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Greek words with English derivatives from the FSI-Greek course.

Greek words with English derivations

A good free resource for learning the Greek language is FSI-Greek. Unfortunately, the audio is spoken quickly, which while good for comprehension is not very helpful when you are first starting to learn Greek vocabulary.

This list of English words with Greek derivations contains mainly words found in the FSI-Greek course. The Greek transliterations are fairly loose.

The derivations are mainly based on www.etymonline an online Dictionary of etymology, the Oxford Shorter English Dictionary and Oxford Dicionary of Etmyology. Any mistakes are mine. Let me know on moonface at surfacelanguages dot com.

Greek	Transliteration	Derivative	Translation
δίψα	thipsa	dipsomania	thirst
δίψω	thipso	dipsomania	I am thirsty
κρύος	krios	cryogenic	cold
μέλι	meli	mellifluous by way of Latin mel, mellis	honey
γάλα	gala	galaxy (milky way)	milk
μεγάλος	megalos	mega - (megalith, megacity)	large
μικρός	mikro	micro -	small
πολύ	poli	many - polyhedron	several
ταξίδι	taxithi	taxi - maybe	trip
πρώτος	protos	proton	first
βαλίτςα	valise	valitsa	suitcase
κόσμος	cosmos	cosmos	people

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Greek words with English derivatives from the FSI-Greek course.

Greek words with English derivations

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