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Words: Origin

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the root word of 'interesting'?

a)

rest

b)

interest

c)

resting

d)

inter

2.

What language does the word 'typhoon' come from?

a)

the Russian word 'tiawon'.

b)

the Spanish phrase 'thy-won'.

c)

the Chinese phrase 'tai fung'.

d)

the Latin word 'tiphon'.

3.

The root word of 'information' is 'format'.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The word 'karaoke' comes from which culture?

a)

Korean

b)

Japanese

c)

Chinese

d)

Danish

5.

'Ballet' is taken from the language of

a)

Wakandan

b)

Latin

c)

French

d)

Germanic

6.

The Greek word 'khronos' makes up some words like chronometer and chronicle. What does 'khronos' generally mean?

a)

Mechanical inventions

b)

space

c)

humankind

d)

time

7.

The word 'genre' originates from the language of French.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The root word "graph", as in the word "autograph", means what?

a)

to write or draw

b)

before

c)

to see

d)

against

9.

The root words "aud" and "audi", as in the word audio, mean what?

a)

to write or draw

b)

to see

c)

to hear

d)

to throw

10.

When "Anti" is added to the beginning of a word, what does it mean?

a)

many

b)

to throw

c)

to cause to be

d)

against