86: grammar Mar 4, 2015
Happy
National Grammar Day everyone! The word grammar comes from Greek
'grammatekhnē' which means the ‘(art) of letters'. The word,
'grammatekhnē' comes from the word 'gramma, grammat-' which means,
‘letter of the alphabet, thing written'.
Why Greek and not some other language?
The ancient Greeks did not have the first alphabet, but they did have the first alphabet with vowels, which is why many English lexical terms are of Greek origin.
Why Greek and not some other language?
The ancient Greeks did not have the first alphabet, but they did have the first alphabet with vowels, which is why many English lexical terms are of Greek origin.