ascetic | Word of the Week 7

[@forestduffe9586]

Thanks Marco! U make the words fun and educational.

[@snaplanguage]

Thank you for watching, Forest. I’m glad you’re enjoying the materials 😄

[@IoannisKazlaris]

Ascetic, austere and hermit all derive from ancient Greek. The word ascetic derives from the verb "ασκώ", transliterated as "asko" which can be translated into English as "exercise" or "exert". An ascetic is a person undergoing a personal transformation, usually a spiritual or mental one, by austere "askesis". One of the ways this can be achieved is by refraining to participate in social gatherings or events and by choosing to live in the "έρημος (desert)" transliterated as "erimos" from which the word "hermit" derives.

[@snaplanguage]

That's correct. Some Greek words were Latinized, meaning that they were borrowed from Greek and changed into Latin root words. I wonder where the Greeks got those words, but I guess we'll never know :D

[@s.papadatos6711]

Perfect explanation...just one minor correction...since we latinize the greek writing, we should respect the rules of the latin language, therefore έρημος becomes erēmos

[@snaplanguage]

@@s.papadatos6711 I don't speak a lick of Greek, so it all seems pretty fascinating. As words travel from language to language, spellings change and definitely how they're pronounced. That's why sometimes you can hardly believe that two very different words could ever have been related. Thanks for watching and leaving a reply. I hope you're enjoying the other videos on the channel

[@fatimaali-er6du]

Are the words fragmentarily, primordially, rudimentarily, conterminously and pragmatize actual words?

[@snaplanguage]

They all look legit to me, though I'm not sure you'd see or use "counterminously" or "pragmatize" very often unless you're in a field of study where these words may be common. :)

[@fatimaali-er6du]

Thanks for your prompt reciprocation

[@snaplanguage]

@@fatimaali-er6du You're very welcome :D

[@李白-f5u]

hermit

[@jojoquigley7741]

Buddha said, "there are two ways to greater wealth: one is to have more, the other is to want less."

[@snaplanguage]

That’s a great quote. Thanks! I feel that the older I get, the less I need to keep me pretty content... Thanks for watching and leaving such an insightful comment :D

[@李白-f5u]

abstain

[@李白-f5u]

可以讲讲cynic吗

[@snaplanguage]

That's a good word for a video. Thanks for the recommendation! I hope you're enjoying the channel

[@李白-f5u]

@@snaplanguage Thanks！

[@李白-f5u]

清心寡欲

[@yoursubconscious]

coolio! 📌

[@snaplanguage]

awesome