ευθύνη
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek εὐθύνη (euthúnē, “public control of the actions of rulers”), from Ancient Greek εὔθυνα (eúthuna), from εὐθύνω (euthúnō, “to guide straight; to examine one's conduct”), with semantic loan from French responsabilité.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ευθύνη • (efthýni) f (plural ευθύνες)
Declension
Declension of ευθύνη
Derived terms
- εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης f (etaireía periorisménis efthýnis, “limited liability company”)
References
- ^ ευθύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language