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In polish: miłość but “to like” is “lubić” in …

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in polish: miłość
but “to like” is “lubić” in polish – which has the same root as love

Hypocrite
marina
the greek word ὑποκριτής (hypokritēs) is beeing used already in the New Testment for somone who is pretending (not doing, what saying), so I think it’s not quite correct what you’ve said, that this word got that meaning in the 13th century. I think it was much earlier.

btw: Jesus called the Pharisees (members of a jewish sect) hipocrites, and that’s why the word “pharisee” became a synonim of hypocrite today, though “pharisee” comes from hebrew word which means: separated (from evil), rafinated, clean = saint, holy.
so it’s another word with twisted meaning
greetings
Oscar (Remixed)
or even nobliest [yew]?
sounds quite strange to me
Oscar (Remixed)
I guess that “poly” in the word “monopoly” comes from πόλις (polis) which means “city” or “town” in greek. It’s a root word for “politics”, “policy”, “police” ect.
So its may not be from πολύς (polus) – “many”.
Yet, greek “polis” is probably rooted in greek “polus” (place where many people live) – so indirectly polus (many) is the origin of politics = decision making.
Oscar (Remixed)
hello Marina
Could you investigate the name roots of a coniferous tree [spruce]
maybe you know of some other trees having interesting roots?
thanks for your lessons