Transcript Etymology List 3 - Ms. Nguyen's English I Pre-AP Class

ETYMOLOGY LIST 3
ROOTS
• Arch, archi – rule; govern
• Dem – people
• Gen, gon – kind; race; origin
• Gon – angle
• Gyn, gynaec – woman
• Log – idea; word; speech; reason; study; science; doctrine
• Meter, metr – measure
• Theo - god
PREFIX
Archae; archa – ancient
Hetero – various; unlike
Homo – same
Olig – few
Pan, panto – all
Poly - many
SUFFIX
Latry – worship
Later – worshipper
Latrous – worshipping
Mancy – divination; prophecy
Mancer – one who divines or prophecies
Mantic – pertaining to divination