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==Loanwords in other languages== {{further|English words of Greek origin|List of Greek and Latin roots in English}} Greek words have been widely borrowed into other languages, including English. Example words include: ''mathematics'', ''[[physics]]'', ''[[astronomy]]'', ''democracy'', ''philosophy'', ''[[:wikt:athletics|athletics]], theatre, [[rhetoric]]'', ''[[baptism]]'', ''[[:wikt:evangelist|evangelist]]'', etc. Moreover, Greek words and [[morpheme|word elements]] continue to be productive as a basis for coinages: ''[[anthropology]]'', ''photography'', ''[[telephony]]'', ''[[isomer]]'', ''[[biomechanics]]'', ''[[cinematography]]'', etc. Together with [[Scientific Latin|Latin words]], they form the [[International scientific vocabulary|foundation of international scientific and technical vocabulary]]; for example, all words ending in ''-logy'' ('discourse'). There are many [[English words of Greek origin]].<ref>{{harvnb|Scheler|1977}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsit.gr/ellada/poso-ellinikes-einai-oi-ksenes-glosses/2918001/|title=Πόσο "ελληνικές" είναι οι ξένες γλώσσες|date=18 November 2019|website=NewsIt}}</ref>
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