Etymology 101 (Lesson 1 of 20): Introduction to Language) -- Brett Robbins

A full etymology course. This video, the first in the series after the introduction to the course, covers language in general. Next: prefixes and suffixes. Then we get into various roots and the words built from them. By the end of the course you will have a much greater mastery of English etymology.

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[@Anthony69420]

Im a nerd and have been looking on youtube for etymology videos and i cant find any good ones lol thanks for these

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As someone who can't be in a traditional classroom due to severe sound sensitivities, thank you for making this course free!

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[@AwokenMinds]

Great teachings I always had a strong suit in my English classes. The words turning into a beautiful artwork. Thank you for taking the time to create these classes

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[@peterthompson6651]

Alphabet: has the "A" cut off the first two letters of the Greek alphabet? No, so always look for what is hidden? "Alpha" is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, what alphabet has the second letter come from? What is the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet if not "Bet?" The alphabet uses two words or letters from two different languages. This occurs more often than we realise when we look into words. Unless we first understand the code being used, it was Confucius who said, "Signs and Symbols rule the world, not rules and law." Also "We all have two lives, the second begins when we realise we only have one." If we do not understand the code we do not understand, 1: If we do not understand we fall foul of their "Signs and Symbols" to their "Rules and Laws (So-called laws)." If we believe that Legislation applies to a man, then they apply, if we understand that legislation is only written for the "Person" then we know they do not apply to a man, as all legislation if you have ever read them states it is written for the "Person," and never a man or woman. 2: It is all to do with looking for those signs and symbols Confucius warned us about two and a half thousand years ago. 3: The legal system requires "Consent," and will even force that upon us if we allow it to happen. Let us look at the word "Government" It comes from Greek and Latin and are joined together. Govern and Ment, ment sounds like meant, and if we were to use a spell checker, or Grammarly change it? Govern (v.) from Greek kybernan "To steer to pilot a ship, direct as a pilot," figuratively "To guide, govern. The -k- to -g- sound shift is perhaps, via the medium of Etruscan. -ment common suffix of Latin origin forming nouns. Indicating the result of the action of a verb or the means or instrument of the action. 4: Well it said that the alphabet is supposed to be the first two letters of the Greek alphabet/alphabeta, well if that is true and not the first letter of the Greek alphabet is joined with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet what does it mean? Alpha First and Bet Second, then could it, have a different hidden meaning? Could it mean "The First Bet" (Bet as in wager/gamble) to see if we see those signs and symbols hidden in plain sight, we see it but misunderstand because we do not know the correct code? Mente in Latin translates into English as "mind." So does "Government (Govern (Control) and Mente (Mind))," mean to "Control the Mind," by giving the wrong codes to fully understand? Their legal system "steers or pilots" us down the wrong route using "Legalese." In their system that needs consent, "you" have agreed to represent the fiction, the corporate person, and be judged by twelve persons who are controlled by steering them, as a ship captain to the required result. With A Jury that does not know they are there as a person and not a man/woman, and all done using language they did not know as the scriptures tell those who understand "Man will die through their lack of knowledge?" Legalese is a language of many tongues, so, using many languages, and many language dictionaries, law dictionaries, and etymology dictionaries, they use a code of all-caps letters that do not conform grammatically to correct English grammar and says nothing in English. Legalese uses all-caps letters what languages use all-caps letters Latin, Ancient Greek and Hebrew.

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I never thought I'd find such a good lesson youtubing this topic but I was dead wrong, thank you! as someone who had a hard time learning this back in school where all we did was blind memorization i understand and remember this much better now

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At = Father 'Singular' Etnit = Fathers Plural. Para = "Ahead" in physical Para = "Behind" in time Di = Knowledge (Dru i di = Wood Knowledge) (Dieta = Knowledge to eat)

[@leo3.14]

wow ...thank u ... i see after 5 years ... I really appreciate it. I wish to have a better understanding. I am frustrated because there are many elements in the Persian language that I can imagine have similar origins. من واقعا شگفت زده ام ...

[@greeceandrome]

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I will be using these videos to homeschool my sun. Thank you.

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Daylyt lead me to etymology. Let’s go.

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I’m getting every bar now lol

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@@greeceandrome Daylyt, he is a battle rapper, very high level understanding of the english language. He always tells people to learn etymology and to learn language!

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Cool.

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Same

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Wow. Thank you for this course!!!! Amazing!!!

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38...Boj (Do) Kot(Unreasonable, Unimportant,For Northing) 45... Kron . .. Spring of Water 59. Go (Hear) S'I (Didn't) Pe (Watch) Listen what you haven't seen 71. Nice , Ni (feel/hear/smell) Ze (Voice/speech) To understand what is said!

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RAGE! Sing Goddess [of] the rage of Peleus' son Achilles. That's how it is in a translation I've read -- and I like it enough to recite it!

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Sounds like RDJ every now and then. Great vid - ty!

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Thanks! Love RDJ. Vegan since 1979.😉

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Wow this is sweet

[@lincolnbell6125]

if you divide every symbol into two half words, chinese is actually quite easy in mandarin. ancient traditional chinese is alot harder though and haka is as well.

[@greeceandrome]

Hmm, interesting...

[@DieuNguyen-wh1zt]

Chinese utilizes 214 radicals to make up characters, with each character comprising one part for sound and one part for meaning. Speaking from my experience learning both traditional and simplified Chinese, the method of dissecting each character into radicals is more suitable for traditional Chinese because in the simplified one, some parts of a character have been changed into symbols lacking any meaning for the purpose of simplifying the writing.

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[@vincarosea6557]

im curious about the older origins of the words from greek and latin language cultures. what their etymology would look like and if they were they using older sources for their developing language, i would assume this be the case? were the greek and latin language users attending learning centres from kemetic/bantu speaking languages? have you found any sources 25:15 Pater/Ptah/Potter/Papa

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start here: a.co/d/40anWNM

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Gheg Albanian Gu = 1... TonGUe/LanGUage 2... LinGUa 3... ArGUe (Golden speech) Gu is oldest word for language/tongue/Argument.

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Thank you, Teacher! 😊

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[@lqv3223]

20:03 Sanskrit has the easiest and the most logical grammar I've ever seen in a language. Are you sure it's the hardest?

[@greeceandrome]

The basics of Sanskrit are easy enough to learn but to learn the subtleties (especially on the morphological side of things) is more difficult to do than in either Latin or Greek.

[@Jimmy-yv2kl]

What what the word for language before Latin

[@greeceandrome]

glossa, derived from "tongue" just like lingua in Latin.

[@attspace]

very interesting/amazing subject but hard to get started imo

[@greeceandrome]

Hard to get started in what sense?

[@katherineozbirn6426]

ain't is the French avoir as in J'ai (I have) + the English negative marker not ain't = ai + not The state of being that the verb "to be" is can also be the same figuratively as having: "to have and to hold" from the marriage vows is an example of the dual language modes in use during the French occupation of England in which time bi-lingual efforts were made for communication, in the case, intercultural marriage; English won with French enlarging the vocabulary.

[@yuchengli8009]

Hello sir, I’m curious about what the

[@greeceandrome]

means "derived from Latin" (vs.

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Thank you so much :D

[@tıbhendese]

can you make a video about how we can find the etymology of parts of the words truly and consistently? I know there are lots of websites on the internet but it seems kind of confusing, for an absolute beginner

[@greeceandrome]

Good question, although (perhaps unfortunately) part of the trick lies in realizing (and accepting) that there are always exceptions to whatever system one might devise, due primarily to vowel-change and other unpredictable mutations of words. The best way to approach learning etymology is to start with video 1 in this series and watch all of them one at a time. Then you will internalize the etymological process as it is rather than as we wished it were (i e., more systematic and predictable).

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I'm going to get a dictionary of etymology. published by penguin reference.

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[@Jimmy-yv2kl]

I've always pronounced the letter w in sword even knowing the difference cause certain things about English I hate silent letters omg at the top of the list

[@greeceandrome]

lol, I can relate.😉

[@kristallklar3687]

In Deutsch hat man zwei F, nämlich das F und das V. Beide Buchstaben klingen genau gleich. Wenn man Schreiben lernt, muss man sich gut merken, was man mit F schreibt, und was mit V. Es gibt auch keine logische Begründung dafür, was man mit F schreibt, und was mit V. Und stimmt: V steht in vielen Sprachen für W (water). Das ist wirklich sehr verwirrend.

[@connorchen8060]

So there's maybe a link between Vater and Vader. Haha.

[@greeceandrome]

For SURE!😉 Dark Father in the sense of the Jungian shadow. Lucas was a fan of Carl Jung (and Joseph Campbell, who popularized Jung). Etymology rewls.

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Hiper - Hip - Ip - Gheg Albanian= Ascend Super - Siper - IP - Tosk Albanian= Above Inter - -I Nder /Hi Ntr = In between/Change/meanwhile (CeNter((Where Changes from) Dress = Ndres = Changeable (clothes) , KuNter (Shoes) = Opposites ( Changeables)

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Remember he says English language, you see acutely two vowels are used in the origin of language.

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“ obviously that’s a joke“ Me: taking him seriously the entire time😶

[@greeceandrome]

which part??

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i am not smart enough for this

[@bryantv2410]

What the hell is wrong with me, looking into etymology for help with making a username.

[@greeceandrome]

lol

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I'm doing it for fun

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Why do you think they call it spelling , because it's black magic

[@cleojohnson3528]

Why is a spelling composition called a bee?

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Competition*

[@greeceandrome]

lol

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Theres no way he really said english is the hardest to learn as a second language. Go try to learn fluent polish as a native english speaker then we can talk.

[@greeceandrome]

yeah, Finnish is no picnic either. I would revise/qualify that statement if done over.