Monday 3 September 2012

الأثير ether/aether

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الأثير
means ether/aether(meaning among others “a volatile chemical compound”) and derives from the greek word αιθήρ/αιθέρας (etheras) which comes from the antiquity and derives from the verb αίθω (etho) meaning to burn.In Turkish eter.


يوريكا eureka

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word يوريكا
is the famous exclamation eureka or better in greek εύρηκα (evrika) of the Greek Engineer ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ,(ARCHIMIDIS) third century B.C., when he discovered the buoyancy of the bodies, when  they are immersed into the water. In Turkish is evreka.
P.S. Eureka means  """I  found it!!!""