Kudos is said first to have been used as slang at universities where in the late 1700s Greek would have held a far more important position than it does today. In Greek it held the figurative meaning of “praise” but the more literal meaning of “fame” and “renown.” So when someone is given kudos it is as if the person praising them was saying “you deserve to be famous.”Įven more literally kudos meant “that which is heard of” and you can see the same root in kudos that also exists in acoustic which Francis Bacon plucked from the Greek word akouein meaning “to hear.” While many, many English words are built on Greek roots, the word kudos is a direct borrowing from Greek. “Kudos to Peter & Sam who highlight the fact that statistical sampling is far more accurate…” Kudos means “praise.” Here’s how it’s used in a sentence according to a piece from the New York Times: ITunes users can subscribe to this podcast
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