Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·greek ·1500s
Agora
from ἀγορά (agora)
- Meaning
- Open public meeting place / marketplace.
- Source word
- ἀγορά (agora)
- Route into English
- Greek city-state → modern political theory ("agora-style debate") via 20th-c. classics.
- Arrived
- 1500s
English borrows.
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