About George Georgitsis

Marketing Director at Light Age Inc. in greater New York Area. Musician and Collector. Member of the Greek Rescue Team and proud army officer in reserve. BA in graphic design, marketing and optical communication, BE in computer sience. loves history, glossology, strategy, music and art. Lives in New York NY with his wife and son.
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IAGTM: English Words Originated From Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey (Part 2)

By on June 18, 2012 in It's All Greek to Me

Three new words for you today: The word Humor comes from Himor (juicy or someone who is happy or excited; Gr: χυμόρ;), originated from the word Himos (Juice; Gr: χυμός;) in Euboean Dialect (Gr: ευβοϊκή διάλεκτο;). First found on Plato’s Kratylos (Gr: Κρατύλος του Πλάτωνος;) where the final sigma (s; Gr: σ, ς ) is pronounced as r (Gr: ρ;) The word Marmelade comes from the [...]

English Words Originated From Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey (Part 1)

English Words Originated From Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey (Part 1)

By on May 30, 2012 in It's All Greek to Me

Two words for you today that came from the Greek Poet Homer. The word amen comes from the latin “amen,” the well known amen that we all know from the Bible and all the Christian scripts. What most of us don’t know is that amen comes from imin (true or truthful; better pronounced emen; Gr: ή-μήν; in Hellenistic [...]

Greek Origins of Everyday Words

Greek Origins of Everyday Words

By on May 26, 2012 in It's All Greek to Me

More than 200.000 words in all the Latin-based modern languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French etc.) originate from Greek, around 70.000 of them directly and the rest through Latin. The purpose of this column is not to teach Glossology, it is to present interesting, even funny, Greek origins of every day words and expressions in English. As a [...]