Etymology of Arabic words of greek origin

Thursday, 15 November 2012

hematite=الهيماتيت

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hematite=الهيماتيت

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

hematite (n.): 1540s, haematites, from M.Fr. hematite (16c.), from L. haematites, from Gk. haimatites lithos "bloodlike stone," from haima (gen. haimatos) "blood" (see -emia). Earlier as emachite (late 14c.).

WICTIONARY

From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης λίθος (haimatitēs lithos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haima, “blood”).

hectare=الهكتار

hectare=الهكتار

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:


hectare: 1810, from Fr. hectare "a hundred ares," formed from Gk. hekaton "hundred" (see hecatomb) + L. area "vacant piece of ground" (see area). A superficial measure containing 100 ares, coined by decree of the French National Convention in 1795.

WICTIONARY

From French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekaton, “hundred”) + are.

gnostic=الغنوصي

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Gnostic (n.): 1580s, "believer in a mystical religious doctrine of spiritual knowledge," from L.L. Gnosticus, from Late Gk. Gnostikos, noun use of adj. gnostikos "knowing, able to discern," from gnostos "knowable," from gignoskein "to learn, to come to know" (see know). Applied to various early Christian sects that claimed direct personal knowledge beyond the Gospel or the Church hierarchy.

WICTIONARY

From French gnostique, from Ancient Greek γνωστικός (gnōstikos, “relating to knowledge”), from γνωστός (gnōstos, “known”), from γιγνώσκω (gignōskō, “I know”).

gnosticism=غنوصيه

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

Gnosticism (n.): 1660s, from Gnostic + -ism.
Gnostic (n.): 1580s, "believer in a mystical religious doctrine of spiritual knowledge," from L.L. Gnosticus, from Late Gk. Gnostikos, noun use of adj. gnostikos "knowing, able to discern," from gnostos "knowable," from gignoskein "to learn, to come to know" (see know). Applied to various early Christian sects that claimed direct personal knowledge beyond the Gospel or the Church hierarchy.
-ism

suffix forming nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine, from Fr. -isme or directly from L. -isma, -ismus, from Gk. -isma, from stem of verbs in -izein. Used as an independent word, chiefly disparagingly, from 1670s.

WICTIONARY

gigahertz=غيغا هرتز

WICTIONARY

giga- +‎ hertz

giga

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gigas, “giant”); cognate to giant.

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

geochemistry=الجيوكيمياء

The Arabic word derives from the greek language and the words γαία=earth and χημεία=chemistry

WICTIONARY

The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.

WIKIPEDIA:

The term geochemistry was first used by the Swiss-German chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1838.

gene=جينة

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

1911, from Ger. Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Gk. genea "generation, race" (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1950.

WICTIONARY

From German Gen, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”).

chromosome=كروموسوم

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

chromosome (n.): 1889, from Ger. Chromosom, coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Gk. khroma "color" (see chroma) + soma "body." So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes.

WICTIONARY

19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khroma, “colour”) + σῶμα (“body”) (because they are stained under the microscope).

genome=جينوم

WICTIONARY

genome

From German Genom; gene +‎ -ome

gene

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

genome (n.)

"sum total of genes in a set," 1930, modeled on Ger. genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" + (chromos)om "chromosome."

gene (n.): 1911, from Ger. Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Gk. genea "generation, race" (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1950.

microphone=ميكروفون

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microphone=ميكروفون

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

microphone (n.): 1680s, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing," coined from Gk. mikros "small" (see mica) + phone "sound" (see fame (n.)). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "amplifying telephone transmitter" (1878). Of the two spellings of the short form of the word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).

WICTIONARY -phone; From Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, “sound”), related to fame.

hemophilia=الهيموفيليا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

hemophilia: 1854 (in anglicized form hæmophily), from Ger. hämophile, coined 1828 by German physician Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793-1864), from Gk. haima "blood" (see -emia) + philia "to love" (see -philia), here with a sense of "tendency to."
-emia

word-forming element in medicine meaning "condition of the blood," Modern Latin comb. form of Gk. haima (gen. haimatos) "blood," possibly from PIE root *sai- "thick liquid."

-philia: word-forming element meaning "friendship, fondness, tendency toward," and in recent use "abnormal attraction to," from Gk. philia "affection," from philos "loving," of uncertain origin. Related: -philic.

philharmonic=الفيلهارمونية

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

philharmonic (adj.)

1813 (in the name of a society founded in London for the promotion of instrumental music), from Fr. philharmonique (1739), from It. filarmonico, lit. "loving harmony," from Gk. philos "loving" see philo-) + ta harmonika "theory of harmony, music," from neuter plural of harmonikos (see harmonic). The Society name was taken up in the names of many symphony orchestras.

philo-

before vowels phil-, word-forming element meaning "loving, fond of, tending to," from Gk. philo-, comb. form of philos "dear" (adj.), "friend" (n.), from philein "to love," of unknown origin. Productive of a great many compounds in ancient Greek.

harmonic (adj.)

1560s, "relating to music;" earlier (c.1500) armonical "tuneful, harmonious," from L. harmonicus, from Gk. harmonikos "harmonic, musical, skilled in music," from harmonia (see harmony). Meaning "relating to harmony" is from 1660s. The noun, short for harmionic tone, is recorded from 1777.

harmony (n.)

late 14c., from O.Fr. armonie "harmony," also the name of a musical instrument (12c.), from L. harmonia, from Gk. harmonia "agreement, concord of sounds," also as a proper name, the personification of music, lit. "means of joining," used of ship-planks, etc., also "settled government, order," related to harmos "fastenings of a door; shoulder," from PIE *ar-ti-, from *ar- "to fit together" (see arm (n.1)). Musical sense is oldest in English; that of "agreement of feeling, concord" is from late 14c.

pheromone=فرمون

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

pheromone (n.)

"chemical released by an animal that causes a specific response when detected by another animal of the same species," but the exact definition is much debated; 1959, coined (by Karlson & Lüscher) from Gk. pherein "to carry" (see infer) + ending as in hormone.

infer (v.)

1520s, from L. inferre "bring into, carry in; deduce, infer, conclude, draw an inference; bring against," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + ferre "carry, bear," from PIE *bher- (1) "to bear, to carry, to take" (cf. Skt. bharati "carries;" Avestan baraiti "carries;" O.Pers. barantiy "they carry;" Armenian berem "I carry;" Gk. pherein "to carry;" O.Ir. beru/berim "I catch, I bring forth;" Goth. bairan "to carry;" O.E., O.H.G. beran, O.N. bera "barrow;" O.C.S. birati "to take;" Rus. brat' "to take," bremya "a burden"). Sense of "draw a conclusion" is first attested 1520s.

hormone (n.): 1905, from Gk. hormon "that which sets in motion," prp. of horman "impel, urge on," from horme "onset, impulse," from PIE *or-sma-, from root *er- "to move, set in motion." Used by Hippocrates to denote a vital principle; modern meaning coined by English physiologist Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927). Jung used horme (1915) in reference to hypothetical mental energy that drives unconscious activities and instincts. Related: Hormones.

phantom=فانتوم

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phantom=فانتوم (trademark)

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

phantom (n.): c.1300, fantum "illusion, unreality," from O.Fr. fantosme (12c.), from V.L. *fantauma, from L. phantasma "an apparition" (see phantasm). The ph- was restored in English late 16c. (see ph). Meaning "specter, spirit, ghost" is attested from late 14c.; that of "something having the form, but not the substance, of a real thing" is from 1707. As an adjective from early 15c.
phantasm (n.): early 13c., fantesme, from O.Fr. fantosme "a dream, illusion, fantasy; apparition, ghost, phantom" (12c.), and directly from L. phantasma "an apparition, specter," from Gk. phantasma "image, phantom, apparition; mere image, unreality," from phantazein "to make visible, display," from stem of phainein "to bring to light, make appear; come to light, be seen, appear; explain, expound, inform against; appear to be so," from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine" (cf. Skt. bhati "shines, glitters," O.Ir. ban "white, light, ray of light"). Spelling conformed to Latin from 16c. (see ph). A spelling variant of phantom, "differentiated, but so that the differences are elusive" [Fowler].

magnesia=المغنيسيا

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magnesia=المغنيسيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

magnesia (n.): late 14c., in alchemy, "main ingredient of the philosopher's stone," from M.L. magnesia, from Gk. (he) Magnesia (lithos) "the lodestone," lit. "(the) Magnesian (stone)," from Magnesia, region in Thessaly, which is said to be named for the native people name Magnetes, which is of unknown origin. The ancient word, in this sense, has evolved into magnet. But in ancient times the same word, magnes, was used of lodestone as well as of a mineral commonly used in bleaching glass (modern pyrolusite, or manganese dioxide).

magnet=مغناطيس

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

magnet (n.): mid-15c. (earlier magnes, late 14c.), from O.Fr. magnete "magnetite, magnet, lodestone," and directly from L. magnetum (nom. magnes) "lodestone," from Gk. ho Magnes lithos "the Magnesian stone," from Magnesia, region in Thessaly where magnetized ore was obtained. Figurative use from 1650s. It has spread from Latin to most Western European languages (cf. Ger., Dan. magnet, Du. magneet, It., Sp., Port. magnete), but it was superseded in French by aimant. Also cf. magnesia. Chick magnet attested from 1989.

electron=الإلكترون

WIKIPEDIA:

The ancient Greeks noticed that amber attracted small objects when rubbed with fur. Along with lightning, this phenomenon is one of humanity's earliest recorded experiences with electricity.[15] In his 1600 treatise De Magnete, the English scientist William Gilbert coined the New Latin term electricus, to refer to this property of attracting small objects after being rubbed.[16] Both electric and electricity are derived from the Latin ēlectrum (also the root of the alloy of the same name), which came from the Greek word for amber, ήλεκτρον (ēlektron).

dynamo=دينامو مولد كهربائي

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

dynamo (n.)

1882, short for dynamo-machine, from Ger. dynamoelektrischemaschine "dynamo-electric machine," coined 1867 by its inventor, German electrical engineer Werner Siemans (1816-1892), from Gk. dynamis "power."

WIKIPEDIA:

The word dynamo (from the Greek word dynamis; meaning power) was originally another name for an electrical generator, and still has some regional usage as a replacement for the word generator.

hysteria=هستيريا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

hysteria (n.): 1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from hysteric (see hysterical).
hysterical (adj.)

1610s, from L. hystericus "of the womb," from Gk. hysterikos "of the womb, suffering in the womb," from hystera "womb" (see uterus). Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. Meaning "very funny" (by 1939) is from the notion of uncontrollable fits of laughter. Related: Hysterically.

uterus (n.)

1610s, from L. uterus "womb, belly" (pl. uteri), from PIE root *udero- "abdomen, womb, stomach" (cf. Skt. udaram "belly," Gk. hystera "womb," Lith. vederas "stomach," O.C.S. vedro "bucket").

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

dysentery=الدوسنتاريا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

dysentery (n.): late 14c., dissenterie, from O.Fr. disentere (13c.), from L. dysenteria, from Gk. dysenteria, coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter-). Related: Dysenteric.
dys-

word-forming element meaning "bad, ill, abnormal," from Gk. dys-, inseparable prefix "destroying the good sense of a word or increasing its bad sense" [Liddell and Scott], "bad, hard, unlucky," from PIE root (and prefix) *dus- "bad, ill, evil" (cf. Skt. dus-, O.Pers. duš- "ill," O.E. to-, O.H.G. zur-, Goth. tuz- "un-"), a derivative of *deu- "to lack, be wanting" (cf. Gk. dein "to lack, want"). Very productive in ancient Greek, where it could attach even to proper names (e.g. dysparis "unhappy Paris"); its entries take up nine columns in Liddell and Scott. Among the words formed from it were some English might covet: dysouristos "fatally favorable, driven by a too-favorable wind;" dysadelphos "unhappy in one's brothers;" dysagres "unlucky in fishing;" dysantiblepos "hard to look in the face."

inter-

L. inter (prep., adv.) "among, between, betwixt, in the midst of," from PIE *enter "between, among" (cf. Skt. antar, O.Pers. antar "among, between," Gk. entera (pl.) "intestines," O.Ir. eter, O.Welsh ithr "among, between," Goth. undar, O.E. under "under"), a comparative of *en "in" (see in). Also in certain Latin phrases in English, such as inter alia "among other things." A living prefix in English from 15c. Spelled entre- in French, most words borrowed into English in that form were re-spelled 16c. to conform with Latin except entertain, enterprise.

biorhythms=بيورهيثمس

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:


biorhythm (n.): also bio-rhythm, 1960, from bio- + rhythm. Related: Biorhythmic.
bio-

word-forming element, from Gk. bio-, comb. form of bios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime" (as opposed to zoe "animal life, organic life"), from PIE root *gweie- "to live" (cf. Skt. jivah "alive, living;" O.E. cwic "alive;" L. vivus "living, alive," vita "life;" M.Pers. zhiwak "alive;" O.C.S. zivo "to live;" Lith. gyvas "living, alive;" O.Ir. bethu "life," bith "age;" Welsh byd "world"). Equivalent of L. vita. The correct usage is that in biography, but in modern science it has been extended to mean "organic life."

rhythm (n.): 1550s, from L. rhythmus "movement in time," from Gk. rhythmos "measured flow or movement, rhythm," related to rhein "to flow," from PIE root *sreu- "to flow" (see rheum). In Medieval Latin, rithmus was used for accentual, as opposed to quantitative, verse, and accentual verse was usually rhymed. Rhythm method of birth control attested from 1936. Rhythm and blues, U.S. music style, is from 1949 (first in "Billboard").

biochemistry=الكيمياء الحيوية

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

biochemistry (n.)

also bio-chemistry, 1857, from bio- + chemistry.

bio-

chemistry (n.): c.1600, "alchemy" (see chemical); the meaning "natural physical process" is 1640s, and the scientific study not so called until 1788. The figurative sense of "instinctual attraction or affinity" is attested slightly earlier, from the alchemical sense.

Physiology=فيزيولوجيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

physiology (n.): 1560s, "study and description of natural objects," from M.Fr. physiologie or directly from L. physiologia "natural science, study of nature," from Gk. physiologia "natural science, inquiry into nature," from physio- "nature" (see physio-) + logia "study" (see -logy). Meaning "science of the normal function of living things" is attested from 1610s. Related: Physiologic; physiologist.
physio-

word-forming element meaning "nature, natural, physical," from Gk. physio-, comb. form of physios "nature" (see physic).

physic (n.)

c.1300, fysike, "art of healing, medical science," also "natural science" (c.1300), from O.Fr. fisike "natural science, art of healing" (12c.) and directly from L. physica (fem. singular of physicus) "study of nature," from Gk. physike (episteme) "(knowledge) of nature," from fem. of physikos "pertaining to nature," from physis "nature," from phyein "to bring forth, produce, make to grow" (cf. phyton "growth, plant," phyle "tribe, race," phyma "a growth, tumor") from PIE root *bheue- "to be exist, grow" (cf. O.E. beon "to be," see be). Spelling with ph- attested from late 14c. (see ph). As a noun, "medicine that acts as a laxative," 1610s. The verb meaning "to dose with medicine" is attested from late 14c.

-logy

word-forming element meaning "a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Gk. -logia (often via Fr. -logie or M.L. -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" see lecture (n.).

Biology=البيولوجيا

WIKIPEDIA:

The term biology is derived from the Greek word βίος, bios, "life" and the suffix -λογία, -logia, "study of." [4]The Latin form of the term first appeared in 1736 when Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) used biologi in his Bibliotheca botanica.

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

biology (n.): 1819, from Gk. bios "life" (see bio-) + -logy. Suggested 1802 by German naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776-1837), and introduced as a scientific term that year in French by Lamarck.

angora =الأنقرة

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

angora (n.): type of wool, 1810, from Angora, city in central Turkey (ancient Ancyra, modern Ankara), which gave its name to the goat (1745 in English), and to its silk-like wool, and to a cat whose fur resembles it (1771 in English). The city name is from the Greek word for "anchor, bend" (see angle (n.)).

WIKIPEDIA:

In classical antiquity and during the medieval period, the city was known as Ánkyra (Άγκυρα, "anchor") in Greek and Ancyra in Latin;

android =اندرويد

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

android (n.): "automaton resembling a human being," 1842, from Mod.L. androides (itself attested as a Latin word in English from 1727), from Gk. andro- "human" (see andro-) + eides "form, shape." Gk. androdes meant "like a man, manly;" cf. also Gk. andrias "image of a man, statue." Listed as "rare" in OED 1st edition (1879), popularized from c.1951 by science fiction writers.

WIKIPEDIA:

The word was coined from the Greek root ἀνδρ- 'man' and the suffix -oid 'having the form or likeness of'.

rhapsody=الرابسودي

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rhapsody=الرابسودي

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

rhapsody (n.)

: 1540s, "epic poem," from M.Fr. rhapsodie, from L. rhapsodia, from Gk. rhapsoidia "verse composition," from rhapsodios "reciter of epic poems," from rhaptein "to stitch" (see wrap) + oide "song" (see ode). Meaning "exalted enthusiastic feeling or expression" is from 1630s. Meaning "sprightly musical composition" is first recorded 1850s.

WIKIPEDIA:

A rhapsode (Greek: ῥαψῳδός, rhapsōdos) or, in modern usage, rhapsodist, refers to a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry in the fifth and fourth centuries BC (and perhaps earlier). Rhapsodes notably performed the epics of Homer (Iliad and Odyssey) but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others. Plato's dialogue Ion, in which Socrates confronts a star player rhapsode, remains our richest source of information on these artists.

aloe=الألوة

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aloe= الألوه نبات , الألوة

WIKIPEDIA: Aloe /ˈ æ l oʊ /, also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe".

The Ancient Greeks and Romans used aloe vera to treat wounds.

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

aloe (n.): O.E. alewe "fragrant resin of an East Indian tree," a Biblical usage, from L. aloe, from Gk. aloe, translating Hebrew ahalim (plural, perhaps ultimately from a Dravidian language). The Greek word probably was chosen for resemblance of sound to the Hebrew, because the Greek and Latin words referred originally to a genus of plants with spiky flowers and bitter juice, used as a purgative drug, a sense which appeared in English late 14c. The word was then misapplied to the American agave plant in 1680s. The "true aloe" consequently is called aloe vera.

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

pentagon=البنتاغون

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:pentagon (n.)

plane figure with five angles and five sides, 1560s, from M.Fr. pentagone or directly from L.L. pentagonum "pentagon," from Gk. pentagonon, noun use of neuter of adjective pentagonos "five-angled," from pente "five" (see five) + gonia "angle" (see knee (n.)). The U.S. military headquarters Pentagon was completed 1942, so called for its shape; used allusively for "U.S. military leadership" from 1945. Related: Pentagonal.

palladium=بلاديوم

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palladium=بلاديوم

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:palladium (n.2)

metallic element, coined 1803 by discoverer William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), from Pallas, name of an asteroid discovered the previous year (by German astronomer Olbers) and named for the goddess (see Pallas).
Pallas

Greek goddess' name, lit. "little maiden," related to pallake "concubine," and probably somehow connected to Avestan pairika "beautiful women seducing pious men."

palladium (n.1): "safeguard," c.1600, originally (late 14c.) "sacred image of Pallas Athene," from L. palladium, from Gk. Palladion, noun use of neuter of Palladios "of Pallas." It stood in the citadel of Troy and the safety of the city was believed to depend on it.

methodology=ميتودولجيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY: methodology (n.)

1800, from Fr. méthodologie or directly from Mod.L. methodologia; see method + -ology.
method (n.)

early 15c., "regular, systematic treatment of disease," from L. methodus "way of teaching or going," from Gk. methodos "scientific inquiry, method of inquiry, investigation," originally "pursuit, a following after," from meta- "after" (see meta-) + hodos "a traveling, way" (see cede). Meaning "way of doing anything" is from 1580s; that of "orderliness, regularity" is from 1610s. In reference to a theory of acting associated with Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky, it is attested from 1923.

-ology: word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science," now the usual form of -logy. Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.), it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the previous element.

cyclops= صقلوب, سكلوبس

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cyclops= صقلوب, سكلوبس

WIKIPEDIA: A cyclops /ˈ s aɪ k l ɒ p s /; Greek: Κύκλωψ, Kuklōps; plural cyclopes /s aɪ ˈ k l oʊ p iː z /; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kuklōpes), in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead.[1] The name is widely thought to mean "circle-eyed"

Hesiod described one group of cyclopes and the epic poet Homer described another, though other accounts have also been written by the playwright Euripides, poet Theocritus and Roman epic poet Virgil.

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Dragon=دراجون

(dragoun) is a trade mark in Arabic and derives from the greek language.

Etymology of the word dragon:

Wiktionary: From Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drakōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δρακεῖν (drakein), aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι (derkomai, “I see clearly”).

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

dragon (n.): early 13c., from O.Fr. dragon, from L. draconem (nom. draco) "huge serpent, dragon," from Gk. drakon (gen. drakontos) "serpent, giant seafish," apparently from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly," from PIE *derk- "to see." Perhaps the lit. sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance." The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Heb. tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal.

Saturday, 10 November 2012

Pythagoras=فيثاغورس

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PYTHAGORAS = فيثاغورس

(Fithagoras) wellknown Greek to Arab scholars during the period 8th-12th centuries A.D. when they translated his works and the works of many other Greek Philosophers.

WIKIPEDIA:

Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος [Πυθαγόρης in Ionian Greek] Pythagóras ho Sámios "Pythagoras the Samian", or simply Πυθαγόρας; b. about 570 – died about 495 BC)[1][2] was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism.