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Spanish speaking people have an even more obvious loan word from Arabic they use pretty commonly: ojalá. It means, "hopefully," or literally, "God willing."
by DavidAdams 9y ago
Spanish speaking people have an even more obvious loan word from Arabic they use pretty commonly: ojalá. It means, "hopefully," or literally, "God willing."
- ominous 9y agoThe word "alphabeth" is also of greek origin. But no one tries to pass the message of greek influence to the point of there being articles for that in hackernews.
- phaemon 9y agoI don't know what that means. Everyone knows that there is a massive Greek influence on Western culture. The only reason there might not be many HN articles on it is that it's so obvious.
- Grustaf 9y ago>The word "alphabeth" is also of greek origin. Yes and no. It came through Greek (though to us via Latin) but of course the names for Alpha and Beta (and most other letters) are based on the Phoenician Aleph and Bet.