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latin from greek i need help ASAP!
what does Latin from Greek mean? Like for example, i could tell that the word "chrysanthemum" is Greek because of the "CH", but how come in M-W.COM It says that it is "Etymology:
Latin, from Greek chrysanthemon,"
So like what does the from mean "LATIN from GREEK"??? Wat the... i thought it was plain greek!?!?!??!
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It means that the original or root word (chrysanthemon) was a greek word; but then the Latin speaking people borrowed it and changed it up some (chrysanthemum). The new word became part of the Latin language. Since we use the Latin version today, the word is considered Latin... but it came from the Greek.
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