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Forgive the tangent, but this is the first time I've seen Euclid written with a "k". In retrospect that seems like the more obvious Latinization. I wonder why
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
Forgive the tangent, but this is the first time I've seen Euclid written with a "k".
In retrospect that seems like the more obvious Latinization. I wonder why Euclid is more common.
- dmurray 5y agoI suspect the clue is in your phrasing: Latinization. European scholars wrote in Latin, where "k" is uncommon and "kl" almost unknown, and transliterated Εὐκλείδης as "Euclidis". Later writers in French and English - but probably not in Germanic languages other than English - turned this into "Euclid". If the Elements was discovered now, we'd probably favour a more direct transliteration of the Greek: Eukleidos.
- LordHeini 5y agoWell i did not think about it, the name is written with k in Germany. The Germans keep a lot of the Greek K in names where in general the latinized version with an C is used by others.