Etymology Quiz 1

Examples: paragraph, kilogram, autograph

The etymology of graph & gram means...

• to sign

• to draw, write, or record

• to weigh

• to measure

Examples: geneology, generation, genocide

The etymology of gen means...

• race, family, kind

• people

• life

• year

Examples: final, infinite, finalize

The etymology of fin means...

• hard, lasting

• around

• end, limit

• to hear

Examples: duration, durable, endurance

The etymology of dur means...

• to sustain

• to give up

• to go on

• hard, lasting

Examples: dictionary, diction, dictate

The etymology of dic/dict means...

• to control

• to say, speak, assert

• to look up

• to think

Examples: dentures, dentist, indentation

The etymology of the root dent means...

• tooth

• doctor

• examine

• harden

Examples: democracy, democratic, epidemic

The etymology of dem means...

• collection

• groups

• abundance

• people

Examples: credible, credibility, credit

The etymology of cred means...

• money

• people

• to believe, trust

• to buy

Examples: circumference, circle, circumstance

The etymology of circ/circum means...

• around

• circular in nature

• tooth

• end, limit

Examples: chronological, chronology, chronologer

The etymology of chrono means...

• people

• lead

• time

• to believe, trust