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(Piano music) Hello, and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!

From Ancient Greek and  Latin to French and English, this word has never lost its meaning. It just changed religions . Πρό (pro) is a preposition meaning ‘before’ but also ‘outwards’ φημί (fimi) in Ancient Greek meant ‘I say/I speak’ . The one that speaks on behalf of someone else or let’s a voice and in particular a divine one speak through them, was always called a ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ/PROPHET 

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