Short thread on Greek perception of color. Nietzsche actually thought they were colorblind.https://twitter.com/nastyinmuhtaxi/status/995840132367507457 …
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Another massive argument... Ancient Greek ἴον, ion (violet), is not only cognate with ἴς, is (strength), but also with Latin viola (violet), which is cognate with Latin vis (strength)...
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i thought *ghel meant "shine/glisten" and *bhel (which became "phyllon" - leaf) meant flourish/grow
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Mmmh... you thought right, must have gotten confused somewhere... so khloros really comes from *ghel (per Pokony's Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch) and it seems Gold and Green both come from there, and it refers, indeed, to "shine".
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The root *ghleu is also stated as the origin of khloros, χλόος, khloè and khloros, and this time it is understood as already a color in PIE. The point remains the same; the words for colors share strong etymological links with other similar words whose meaning tinges the color's.
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yes absolutely nigga, and even if not, it's an admirable thing to speculate origins more colourful than they actually were - the facts are secondary to this. P.S. I just looked it up on etymonline
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history is an art form
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