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 Latin Melimelum that originates from the Greek Melimilon (Gr: μελίμηλον;). The word Melimilon (Gr: μελίμηλον;) is a complex word from Meli (Honey; Gr: Μέλι;) and Milo (Apple; Gr: Μήλο;) that literally means quince. Probably because its believed that the first marmelades were made out of quince.

The word Money comes from the Latin Moneta. The goddess Moneta was created under the influence of Mnemosyne (Gr: Μνημοσύνη;), The only other name for Godess Hera (Gr: Ήρα; Latin: Juno;) the goddess of memory, Zeus wife and the mother of the Muses. The goddess’s name is derived from Latin monēre (which means to remind, warn, or instruct). Outside the temple of Hera in Rome was the mint and the coins had Hera’s face on them (monetae) before the Roman Caesars and Emperors decided to put their own.

Until next time, with more words originated from ancient Greek.

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 Era as ημέν), first found in Homers Iliad (rhapsody b, verse  291 – 301) “The Dream of Agamemnon and the Catalogue of Ships” (Ιλιάδα Ομήρου β291-301). The evolution of amen in Greek “slug” language is ame (I agree, I will do it, or yes; Gr: αμέ)

The word glamour comes from the latin “gramo ur” that originates from the greek word grammario (gram or gramme; better pronounced grammário; Gr: γραμμάριο). During the middle ages, magicians and alchemists brewing recipes with ingredients measured in grams and as the whole process was fascinating and prestigious, especially to the people of that era that they had no knowledge of chemistry or physics, the gramo ur-glamou r, took its present meaning glamour because it was something impressive to others.

Stay tuned for Part 2.

The word cinema comes from the French cinéma, shortened from cinématographe (kinimatografo; Gr: κινηματογράφο), coined in the 1890s by the Lumiere brothers, who invented it, from the Greek cinema (movement; better pronounced as kinima; Gr: κίνημα), from the verb cino (to move; better pronounced as kino; Gr: κινώ). graphe (write; better pronounced as grafo; Gr: γράφω – γραφή).

So: Cinema = Kinima (κίνημα) “that has motion”

French: cinema, cinematographe,

Italian: cinematografo,

Spanish: cine, cinematica,

German: Kino, Kinematograph

Until next time, where I will investigate a new word or phrase.