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    What English words do we get from these Greek words?

    Does anyone know any English words that come from these Greek words?

    SLAVE: doulos

    FAITH: pistis

    RIGHTEOUS: dikaios

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    I am unaware of an commonly used cognates for those words.
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    epistemology?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scottish Lass View Post
    epistemology?
    No, that comes from ἐπισταμαι
    (epistamai)
    Last edited by fredtgreco; 05-03-2009 at 01:31 PM. Reason: corrected form
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    as far as I know, only doula -- but I'm not sure that's fair. It's more of a borrowing than a derivation
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    doulacracy-a government by slaves
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