Talk:basileus

It's not correct explaining etymology by simple transliteration from Latin to Greek alphabets.

Etymology is the study of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. Moreover, word roots have to be traced all the way back to the origin of the word - e.g. Basileus - Basic (Principal, founder), or better - if available. Regards

A couple notes on this. Wiktionary is a perpetual work in process. Most of the etymologies on the site (although not all) are this simple. You are quite welcome to improve them. Root words are unnecessary in this case, as the word goes back to an Ancient Greek word, which has its own entry; further development which took place in Ancient Greek can be handled at that entry. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 18:33, 20 January 2009 (UTC)