Etymology

the study of the origin and history of words

• glossary

• etymology

• phonetics

• lexicography

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This word derives from the Latin word "nutricia" meaning the person that nourish , feed , or cherish

• north

• nurse

• normal

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This word derives from the Old English word "gast" meaning spirit, soul, or life

• ghost

• gas

• going

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This word comes from the Greek word "abax" which means "sand used as a writing surface"

• box

• abacus

• book

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This word comes from the Greek ‘dia’ meaning ‘through’ and ‘gonia’ meaning ‘a corner.’

• diamond

• dough

• diagonal

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This word comes from the Greek ‘dia’ meaning ‘round’ and ‘graphein’ meaning ‘to write.

• diagram

• graph

• diameter

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This word comes from the Greek, ‘Geographia,’ or ‘writing about the earth’; ‘ge’ meaning ‘earth’ and ‘graphein’ meaning ‘to write’

• geometry

• geography

• geology

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This word comes from the Greek ‘polys’ meaning ‘much’ and ‘gonia’ meaning ‘angles’.

• poultry

• playground

• polygon

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This word comes from the Greek word ‘hipp os’ meaning ‘horse’ and ‘potamus’ meaning ‘river’.

• hippopotamus

• hilarious

• heterogeneous

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This word comes from the Dutch word "ijberg"

• ice cream

• iceberg

• ice cube