Hello Community,
Did you know that some countries are deriving from the Greek language?
Let's check them out.
Argentina comes from the Latin "argentum", which in turn has its roots in the ancient Greek word Αργυρός (Argyros), meaning silver.
Egypt derives from the words Αιγαιόν (Aegean) and Υπτίως (yptios), meaning below, or the country below the Aegean Sea.
Indonesia, Micronesia and Polynesia: The island archipelagos ending in "nesia" (Polynesia, Micronesia etc.) have borrowed the ending of their names from the ancient Greek word Νήσος (Nesos), which means "island".
Malta: When Greeks inhabited Malta in 700 BC, they gave it the name Μελίτη (Meliti) from the Greek word μέλι (meli), which means honey. This is thought to be because of the well-known production on the island that is far back into antiquity.
Do you know any more words derived from the Greek language?
Andriani, OLS Community Manager - Greek