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Etymology of borough, -burg, bourgeois, burglar
Etymology of borough, -burg, bourgeois, burglar The word borough and the widely used ending -burg derives from the Latin burgus (fortress, castle, fortified city), which is a transliteration of the Gr… more →
English Words of no Apparent Greek Origin
Where oh where did I go wrong?
tbgc wrote 1 month ago: When I first began this blog and picked up my fan base (all four of you) I thought “what a fun … more →
Want to learn Greek
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Robert Jimenez wrote 1 month ago: I was reading Jeff’s blog where he stated that one of his goals is to “learn Greek well … more →
The little voice.
skycaptain wrote 2 months ago: Ειμαι σιγουρη οτι ολοι εχουμε αυτη τη μικρη φωνουλα μεσα μας που πολλες φορες τεινουμε να καταπνιγου … more →
Lesson 9 (First Aorist)
Micheal W. Palmer wrote 3 months ago: I have redesigned lesson nine (First Aorist) to provide a more complete, yet clearer discussion of t … more →
Topical Index
Micheal W. Palmer wrote 3 months ago: I am currently designing a topic index for the online grammar. The aim is to make the grammar more u … more →
Lesson 17: Future Tense
Micheal W. Palmer wrote 3 months ago: Lesson 17 on the future tense is up and running, but I will still add one more exercise over the nex … more →
Lesson 16
Micheal W. Palmer wrote 4 months ago: I revised lesson 16 and the course lexicon several days ago, but have just now uploaded the changes. … more →
Etymology of borough, -burg, bourgeois, burglar
John Neos wrote 4 months ago: Etymology of borough, -burg, bourgeois, burglar The word borough and the widely used ending -burg de … more →
Lesson 15: Third Declension Consonant Stem Nouns
Micheal W. Palmer wrote 4 months ago: I have revised lesson 15 to reduce the size of the vocabulary list and clean up the discussion of th … more →
Etymology of anchoret
John Neos wrote 4 months ago: Etymology of anchoret The word anchoret (a person who lives alone and apart from society; hermit) co … more →
Etymology of Peter
John Neos wrote 4 months ago: Etymology of Peter The proper name Peter derives from the Greek name Petros from petra (stone, rock; … more →
Online Hellenistic Greek Grammar
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Micheal W. Palmer wrote 5 months ago: I’ve decided to make my online Hellenistic Greek Grammar available to the public even though i … more →
Etymology of Irene
John Neos wrote 6 months ago: Etymology of Irene The female proper name Irene comes from the French Irene from the Latin Irene, wh … more →
Etymology of exit
John Neos wrote 6 months ago: Etymology of exit The verb exit comes from the Latin verb exeo – exitum [come/go out; ex (out) … more →
Etymology of tolerate, tolerance
John Neos wrote 6 months ago: Etymology of tolerate, tolerance The verb tolerate comes from the Latin tolero (tolerate, bear, endu … more →
Seattle's Premier Language Institution
seattlelanguageacademy wrote 6 months ago: Seattle Language Academy (SLA) is a non-profit language school in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattl … more →
Etymology of palace
John Neos wrote 6 months ago: Etymology of palace The word palace (official residence of an emperor, king, archbishop, etc.) comes … more →
What should be in an introductory grammar?
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Micheal W. Palmer wrote 7 months ago: Introductory Greek grammars have been available on the web for some time now, but several are simply … more →
Etymology of taxi and tax.
John Neos wrote 7 months ago: Etymology of taxi, tax. The word taxi is shortening of the taximeter cab (introduced in London in Ma … more →
