The word came from the mountain "mount Olympos" in Greece. Όλυμπος also Olympos. It is where they believed the God Zeus lived and the first olympic games were held there. The games were competitions held between athletes from the city-states of ancient Greece. The first competition took place in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC.
The Olympic Games were a test of strength to replace war.
The Olympic Games were held in the plain of Olympia in the north west of the Peloponnese Peninsula of Greece, and named after it.
The ancient Greek word for God is Theos, and it means "God."
It means "slanderer" or "accuser" in ancient greek. In modern greek it means "devil".
Χοίρος, (he-ross) is the ancient Greek word for "pig".
The ancient greek word for faith is πίστις(pistis).
the word theater in ancient greek means ear-hearing
The word comes from ancient Greek planetes, meaning wanderer.
The ancient Greek word for God is Theos, and it means "God."
Yes the word Olympics comes from the Greek as a reference to Mt. Olympus, where the Ancient games were held in honor of the Greek Gods.. I have to make a correction here. The word Olympics comes from the greek word Olympia, the place in Peloponnese, where the Ancient games were held in honor of the gods. Mt Olympus is the place where the greek gods where living, their residence in other words.
It comes from Greek, with "hepta" meaning the number seven. Latin for seven is "septem."
It comes from the ancient Greek word botanikos, meaning 'plant.'
It means "slanderer" or "accuser" in ancient greek. In modern greek it means "devil".
Nemesis was the Ancient Greek Goddess of Vengeance.
That means the word "now".
From the ancient Greek word, biblion, meaning "book."
Mathema is the ancient Greek word for mathematics. It means the 'subject for instruction'.
Hypocrite is an ancient greek word for a stage actor.
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