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You speak more Ancient Greek than you think

Let's investigate the Greek words in English. Want to learn a language the fun way? Get started with Lingopie today! Get a 73% DISCOUNT here: https://learn.lingopie.com/words-unravelled English is enriched with a plethora of words from Ancient Greek, whether they were pilfered straight from source, or absorbed via Latin, French or Arabic. In this episode, Rob and Jess investigate just how many there are. 🪐 What do cosmos and chaos literally mean? 🏠 Why is your attic named after Ancient Greece? 🍇 Which fruit gave us the word sycophant? These questions answered, and many more, in another revelatory (or should that be "apocalyptic") episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 👂LISTEN: https://podfollow.com/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris or search for "Words Unravelled" wherever you get your podcasts. ==LINKS== Rob's YouTube channel: youtube.com/robwords Jess' Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/ Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris #etymology #wordfacts #English

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