Language Roots and Word Meanings Quiz

The prefix tele- (as in telescope, telegraph) has its origin in:

• Latin

• Greek

• Old English

• French

The root scrib-/script- (as in describe, manuscript) comes from:

• Greek

• Latin

• Old English

• German

The root/prefix anthrop- (as in anthropology, philanthropy) is derived from:

• Latin

• Old English

• Greek

• Arabic

The root fract-/frag- (as in fracture, fragment) originated in:

• Greek

• Latin

• Old English

• Sanskrit

The prefix arch- (as in archenemy, monarch) comes from:

• Greek

• German

• Latin

• Old English

a-, an-

• not, without

• above, beyond

• into, inside

• two

omni-

• large

• all, every

• half

• bad

geo-

• time

• earth

• life

• water

man-, manu-

• great, large

• machine

• hand

• mind

graph-, gram-

• write, draw

• bend, lean

• speak

• break