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The Greek restaurant in Germany I went to has German to Greek translations on the napkins. (lemmy.world)
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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 points 1 month ago

Is “logariasmó” related to the word logarithm?

[-] HEXN3T 10 points 1 month ago

The word "logarithm" comes from the Greek word "logos" and "arithmos". Λογαριασμό/logariasmo is indeed related, and refers to counting.

[-] teft@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82

Inherited from Byzantine Greek λογαριασμός (logariasmós, “calculation”), from the aorist stem λογαριασ- of the verb λογαριάζω (logariázo) + -μός (-mós), the verb from Ancient Greek λογάριον (logárion) + -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō), from the neuter diminutive of masculine λόγος (lógos, “word, reason, explanation”)

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