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Greek, Greek everywhere!

Continuing on our previous article about Greek...

Some of these cases it's a Greek word used in another language, some it's the other way round, some they are cognates. Doesn't really matter for our purposes.

• ώρα [el], hora [es]

• You remember πίνω [el] of course, cousin of пить [ru]? Well there's also propina [es], straight from Greek through Latin, literally pourboire [fr]. German has a similar word-concept: Trinkgeld [de], money for drinking.

• ηδονή [el] you know from hedonism [en] of course!

• μα [el] = ma [it], too easy!

• αυτοκίνητο [el], автомобиль [ru]. Notice the close pronunciation of the auto part. See?

• χελώνα [el], želva [cs]

• Like in German, the girl [en] is neutral. Unlike German, however, the boy [en] is also neutral!

• γυναίκα [el], think gynecologist [en] -- someone who studies women.

• σαράντα [el], possibly related to сорок [ru]

• κόστος [el] from costo [it].

• πρόβλημα [el] is related to ballistic [en] -- the original meaning of problem is therefore an artificial obstacle that someone throws before you.

• χόρτο [el], horto [pt]

• φρέσκο [el], fresco [it]

• ζουμί [el], zumo [es]

• πιό [el], più [it]

We also need to update our weekdays table: