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From atoms to democracy, English leans on ancient Greek for the vocabulary of science, thought, and everyday life.
2,729 words · 0 Greek roots
281 words in Everyday Life
Absinthe
Everyday“wormwood”
Aerial
Everyday“of the air”
Agatha
Everyday“good”
Agnes
Everyday“the pure one”
Alexander
Everyday“defender of men”
Alexandra
Everyday“defender of men”
Alexandria
Everyday“defender of men”
Alexis
Everyday“defender”
Almond
Everyday“almond”
Ambrose
Everyday“belonging to the undying”
Amphora
Everyday“carried on both sides”
Anastasia
Everyday“standing up again”
Anchor
Everyday“the bent thing, hook”
Andrew
Everyday“manly, of a man”
Andronicus
Everyday“victory of a man”
Angel
Everyday“a messenger”
Angela
Everyday“messenger”
Anise
Everyday“anise or dill”
Anthea
Everyday“flowery one”
Anthropophagy
Everyday“human eating”
Aristides
Everyday“son of the best”
Aristotle
Everyday“best purpose”
Aroma
Everyday“spice”
Arsenius
Everyday“manly”
Asparagus
Everyday“asparagus shoot”
Aspasia
Everyday“welcome one”
Aspic
Everyday“asp, viper”
Athanasius
Everyday“deathless, immortal”
Athens
Everyday“the places of Athena”
Athlete
Everyday“a competitor for a prize”
Barbara
Everyday“foreign woman”
Base
Everyday“a stepping, the thing stepped on”
Basil
Everyday“royal herb”
Berenice
Everyday“bringer of victory”
Blame
Everyday“speaking evil”
Boutique
Everyday“place where things are put away”
Box
Everyday“vessel of boxwood”
Butter
Everyday“cow cheese”
Calamari
Everyday“the pen creature”
Callista
Everyday“the fairest”
Callistus
Everyday“most beautiful”
Canape
Everyday“gnat net”
Caper
Everyday“caper bush”
Card
Everyday“papyrus sheet”
Cardamom
Everyday“cress-spice”
Carrot
Everyday“the karoton plant”
Casserole
Everyday“little ladle”
Catherine
Everyday“the pure one, by later reading”