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Re:The Origin of the word Daemon (2002) by olavk on Sunday February 04, 2018 @04:31PM (#16305044)
Yes and no - they have the origin in the same word, but as the article point out the two spellings have acquired different connotations. So they are not exactly the same word anymore.
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Re:The Origin of the word Daemon (2002) by fnordsensei on Monday February 05, 2018 @06:47AM (#16308208)
And since they are no longer the same word, the distinction is aided by difference in pronunciation.

I went looking for the Greek pronunciation of daemon/daimon, and this is what I found:

MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/1142g.mp3

Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1142

The pronunciation of Kubernetes is also interesting.

MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/2942g.mp3

Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2942

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