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It’s technically Proto-Indo-European. PIE is the base language that later developed into most of the European languages. It’s a simple language that evolved into the various European languages as people spread out and groups became more isolated. Basically, as they became more isolated they formed their own unique dialects, which then became distinct languages.
PIE is believed to be the root language for Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Urdu, and a handful of others.
Your examples are a bit odd given the context. Spanish, French, and Italian developed from Latin (which you stated the Greeks spoke). English, German, and Scandinavian languages developed from Proto-Germanic. I'm assuming you didn't mean to imply that Latin wasn't a PIE language?
Yes, except it's not as simple as you think. It is heavily inflected and has a lot of cases, 8, I think.
I know this because I speak Lithuanian, which is the oldest living language and the one most similar to PIE.
Greek is also Indo-European though.