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Greek language was not like our language today. Some of our English
prefixes came from Greek language. After about 330 B.C., a common
dialect called koine developed. Many people who moved adopted Greek
language.
Common Greek Words
Anthropos =
Man
Biblion = Book
Ge =
Earth
Gramma = Letter
Dendron = Tree
Hemera = Day
Cosmos = World
Logos
= Word
Megas = Large
Men =
Month
Meter=
Mother
Mikros = Small
Monos = Single
Oikia
= House
Pater
= Father
Polys
= Many (or much)
Philos
= Friend
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