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How did ancient Greece and Rome influence your language?

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My language is English and there are several words that come from greek language directly or indirectly, as cloth (clotho), disaster (disaster), cheap (cape), can, canister, cannon (canne) ,feet (greek pous ->latin pes -> English feet), pedicure (greek podos+latin cura), star (aster), aegis (Aigis), air (aer), chimney (caminos), night (nyx, nykta), cup (cype) and many many others.

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