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Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!
Κάλλος (kallos) in ancient Greek, and in some cases in modern too, meant 'beauty'. Γραφή (graphe) is the act of writing. The combined word referred to an artform that started in Egypt and spread around the world. . In English it came through Latin (with a changed spelling as Greeks don't have the letter 'c') in the early 1600's. In modern Greek the word has the additional meaning of,' just a beautiful hand writing'. ΚΑΛΛΙΓΡΑΦΙΑ/CALLIGRAPHY
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