Your Greek Word On A Sunday

Author: Emmanuela Lia

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Episode 274: Card
Sunday, 15 December, 2024

(Intro and piano music)It's getting a little festive in some parts of the world so, I thought of giving you a word that describes one of my favourite festive traditions. Χάρτης (Chartis) in ancient Greek and Χαρτί (charti) in modern, means paper. The word came to English in the 15th century through Latin: Carta then French: Carte and in old English the name for a piece of paper you could play games with. The meaning of a stamped paper that you could write on and post to people, is from 1870 and a little earlier 1862 we find the same word to describe writing and sending wishes for special occasions on a ΧΑΡΤΙ/CARD. Instagram @yourgreeksunday ,Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.socialemail yourgreeksunday@gmail.com