More words from Greek
Cancer- crab
Kristos- lamb
Xerox
Christian
Episode
Ethnic (- ethnology)
Exotic
Fantasy
Gas
Helium (the sun- helos)
Gorilla (named after tribe of hairy women)
Grammar
Margarine/ Margaret/ marguerite (plant)
Hyena- female pig
Hyphen
Hysteria- womb disease
Lamp
Idol
Indigo (from India)
Jinx
Lion
Litre
Leukaemia (white)
Other useful words from Greek
epidemic
gynaecology- women+ ology
euthanasia – happy death
gastric
holocaust- burn everything
horoscope- measure hours
hour
hygiene
idea
icon
cinema/ kinetics- moving
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Teacher’s notes
The first list of words are the same (although with pronunciation changes) in many languages, including Japanese. The second list is other useful and common Medical, Pharmaceutical and Technical English words from Greek that are not the same in Japanese.
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