(Intro & piano music)Ψάω (psao) the verb for 'grinding' and 'smoothing' , and ψάμμος (psammos) the noun, is an ancient greek word that took two different journeys but kept its meaning. After coming to Latin, and among other alterations, it lost the pronunciation of the 'P' in the beginning and became 'Sabulum' ,which is the root for the Italian 'sabbia' and the French 'sable'. Now, this time the word came to English from the Germans that altered it further and shared the variations with the Germanic speaking world. From psammos, to sandam, to sandr, to zand and on the other strand, in modern Greek ΑΜΜΟΣ/SANDInstagram @yourgreeksunday ,Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.socialemail [email protected]
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