Friday 31 August 2012

هورمون hormone

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word هورمون
means hormone (is a chemical released by a cell or a gland in one part of the body) a medical term coined in 1905 on the basis of the greek word ορμή (ormi) meaning impetus from the verb ορμώ (ormo) meaning to impel, to urge on. In the antiquity used, a similar term , Hippocrates to denote a vital principle. İn Turkish is hormon.

P.S.  Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης; Hippokrátēs; c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC)

هوميروس Homer

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word ...... هوميروس
this is not a word, this is the name of the well known Greek Poet of the antiquity ΟΜΗΡΟΣ = Homer, who composed ΙΛΙΑΔΑ=ILIAD= الإلياذة
and ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ=ODYSSEI=   أوديسي