THE GREEK LANGUAGE IMPACT ON THE MODERN WORLD LANGUAGES

Abstract

This article is devoted to the peculiarities of the Greek language influence on the modern languages such as Russian, English. The Greek language is considered to be a language of wisdom since the times of great philosophers and thinkers spread their thoughts to the world that had an impact on the modern languages. The Greek language impact is defined by the presence of
specific vocabulary in modern languages that are characterized by Greek origin or mixed origin along with Latin. Medicine and science related vocabulary of Greek origin is of high importance and defined the way a modern European person thinks today. Such vocabulary is represented by a huge number of borrowed words, terms, suffixes and prefixes.