The names of countless countries around the world come from words found in the Greek language, attesting to the language's ...

Although comets were sighted at least as early as 1000 B.C., Greek natural philosophers named them sometime around 500 B.C., using the Greek word kometes for "a head with long hair." Science ...

Similarly, the ancient Greek word "oon" for egg is close to "ovon" in Pontic, the language of the Black Sea Greeks of Pontus whose origins can be traced to the 8th century BC.

As one studies the Greek language, he learns even more, such as the ancient Greek wish of a mother to her son containing only vowels.

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. An evolutionary biologist blended the ...

A remarkable fact is that many slang words have a classical origin. For example, the word "mill," a vulgarism for a fight, is traceable to the Greek word "hamilla," which means a combat.

The etymology behind things we say and write every day can have some unexpected roots. Here are the surprising origins of 10 everyday words, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Around 400 B.C., Hippocrates is said to have named masses of cancerous cells karkinos -- Greek for crab. Science and medical historian Howard Markel discusses a few hypotheses on why Hippocrates ...