Etymology Test #1

Choose the best definition for the word "etymology"

• words

• origins of words

• the study of the origins of words

• suffixes add meaning to words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

We have a test today and I am ___________.

• incomprehensible

• unprepared

• ineligible

• unwanted

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Where did English come from? Choose all that apply.

• Conquest of other nations

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Cultural trends and fashions

What is the birthplace of most English words? Choose all that apply

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Ireland

• The Celts

What nation had the first written language in the western world?

• Rome

• France

• U.S.A.

• Greece

This Greek word means "star"

• Star

• Giant

• Astro

• Sun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

What language was spoken in Ancient Rome?

• Roman

• Latin

• Greek

• English

The Romans conqered

• just Greece

• Athens

• Most of Europe

• Latin America

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

The Latin word "stratum" eventually became the English word ______

• Stratusphere

• Car

• Street

• Hiking

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

We get the word for a truly toxic boyfriend or girlfriend from the Greek story of

• Narcissus

• Athena

• Zeuss

• Artemis