Why do many engineering words come from Greek? I refer you to: Why do so many scientific terms have Greek or Latin roots? Why are Greek and Latin words used mainly to name biological terms? Why are almost all the scientific names taken from the Greek or Latin language? Why not use any other language? Why do we use so many Greek and Latin numerals, symbols and words in science and mathematics? Why are most terminologies in Physics, biology, maths, Chemistry are derived from Latin/Greek languages? Answered 2016-01-18 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/Why-do-many-engineering-words-come-from-Greek/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]