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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Greeks who invented the word and the concept: am I a joke to you?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Romans looking at the Greeks: Our concept

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's thousands of years older than the Greeks - it goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European. There are cognates in Sanskrit, Latin, and Slavic.