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κοριτσι και αγόρι;
What are the roots of the words for boy and girl in Greek? It seems (intuitively) to me that αγόρι is connected with αγορά, as the favourite boys' activity was always roaming in public places. :-) Is that true? And what about the girls, then?
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Okay. According to wiki, my knowledge and a couple of dictionaries and etymology sites:
For αγόρι:
Comes from medieval Greek αγόρι(ν) / αγούριν , from ἄγωρος.
The interesting thing for me is, ἄγωρος comes from the Ancient Greek ἄωρος ἀ- + ὥρα, which has an Indo-European root, that is yōr-ā yēr / yeh₁r-, meaning έτος, εποχή (year in english). Sounds similar to year too, no?
For κορίτσι:
Comes from Medieval Greek κορίτσι(ν), from Ancient Greek κόρη.
Κόρη comes from the Ancient Greek κούρη, that also has an Indo-European root, that is ker-, meaning αυξάνω (increase in english).
That's all from me! ^.^
There aren't many online sources for etymology but one I always check is Wiktionary. These words actualy had etymology on the English Wiktionary but if there isn't one you can try changing the language (especially to the language this word is from).
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Αγώρι according to prof. Babiniotis, due to the ethymological chain: άωρος-άγουρος-αγώρι