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Your Greek Word On A Sunday

Episode 204:Phase

12 Mar 2023

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(Intro & piano music)Φαίνειν (phainin) is an ancient Greek infinitive. The verb is Φαίνομαι (phaenome) and it means 'I show', I appear' . The noun came to English from Latin around 1660 and it was in reference to the different aspects of the moon. The wider use of the word started two centuries later, in 1861 and the spelling is an exact anglicised version of the ancient Greek ΦΑΣΗ/PHASE Instagram @yourgreeksunday ,Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.socialemail [email protected]

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