Hm, it looks like the Greek etymology is disputed (it was named after a place rather than with purpose). ake = silent heka ... in borrowing normally means "on

Hm, it looks like the Greek etymology is disputed (it was named after a place rather than with purpose). ake = silent heka ... in borrowing normally means "one hundred", but in Greek it's actually "he" (one) + "katon" (hundred), so "heka" doesn't mean anything. (eka- in chemistry is Sanskrit and unrelated) demos = district medius = middle in Latin; the Greek is mesos, which seems to maintain more of the explicit "between/among" sense (for which Latin has "inter")