Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Hellenic=الهيليني


Hellenic=الهيليني


ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Hellenic (adj.)
"pertaining to Greece," 1640s, from Gk. Hellenikos, from Hellen "a Greek," of unknown origin. Earliest surviving use is by Homer in reference to a Thessalian tribe.

Panhellenic (adj.)
also Related: pan-Hellenic, 1847, "pertaining to or involving all the Greeks," from Gk. Panhellenes "all the Hellenes;" see pan- + Hellenic. Related: Panhellenism.


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