Greek ómorfos

[Brazilian dude]

I was wondering if Greek óμορφοσ (ómorfos) comes from eu (fine, like in euphemism) + something related to shape or form, as in morph, amorphous, and anthropomorphize. Is it possible that eu evolved into o in Modern Greek?

Brazilian dude

[Flaminius]

Don't know squat about Modern Greek but,
1. Ordinary σ cannot stand at word-final position.
2. Judging from personal names, Classical Greek 'eu' tends to be realised as 'ev' in Modern Greek.
3. This does not exclude the possibility of /eu/ becoming /o/ (perhaps long?).

Flaminius

[Brazilian dude]

You're right about the σ, Flam, I should have used a ς. I hadn't seen I had typed the former, because that's normally what you get when you type omorfos having the Greek font. The Greek ς is where the w is (at least mine).

Βραζιλιαν δουδε

[badandy]

omorphos probably comes from
'omorphos pronounced with an h
(known as rough breathing in Greek class)
from homo ('omo = same) -homonym,homogenous
+ morphos -shape
the rough breathing didnt make it into modern Greek and now the X (chi) makes the h sound

eu didnt change to o, it is now ev (pronounced ef)

thank you=eucharisto=a fairy's toe

[Brazilian dude]

But ev is pronounced ev before voiced consonants and vowels, right?

Brazilian dude

[floating_leaf]

Hello everybody! I am new here!

According to Triantafillides' dictionary the word ομορφιά comes from the ancient ευμορφία (evmorfia) but vm is simplified to mm and eventually to single m.
I hope I helped you!



Sorry if my english is not that good

[Stargzer]

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Welcome, floating_leaf! Come back often!

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