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Lexicodynamics


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Based on very recent research carried out by Kostas Miliotis with various academic institutions and linguistic scholars, it is now known that English language contains approximately 360,000 words. Mind you, only about 800 words are needed to get on with our daily life. Comparatively, the Greek language contains approximately 600,000 words (say 100,000 stems multiplied by the number of prepositions), e.g., ballo, logue, lysis, strophe, thesis. Classicists have estimated that 23.6 % of the English language comes from or has been borrowed from the Greek language and 24.3% comes from Latin. The balance is a derivative of Anglo-Saxon and a small mix of several languages. Thus, calculating from the above figures, the number of Greek words in the English language comes to about 84,960, say 85,000 words. 

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Academic institution: an organisation such as a school, college and a university.
Comparatively: compared to something else.
Derivative: made or developed from another form.