not ancient, combinations of Greek root words. For example, you probably know the telephone was not used by the ancient Greeks. But the word itself is all Greek, made up of the Greek words for “distant” and “sound.” Besides tele and phon, common Greek roots include anti...
Greek-English word-list containing about 1000 most common Greek words : so arranged as to be most easily learned and remembered /Robert. Baird
He was also a Greek demigod, possibly a son of Hades as Grover mentions that the leaders of the Axis Powers were children of Hades. In The Mark of Athena, while in Rome, Hazel declares that she never thought she would be able to see the city, because when she was first alive in ...
2. Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole. [French sociologie : socio-, socio- + -logie, study (from Greek -logiā; see -logy).] so′ci·o·log′ic (-ə-lŏj′ĭk), so′ci·o·log′i·cal (-...
of the English language, however, stems from the following languages: Latin (29%), French (29%), Germanic (26%), Greek (6%) and a combination of other languages and words created from proper names (10%). Enjoy getting to know just a few of the English words of foreign origin on ...
alambic(still): from al-inbīq (الإنبيق) meaning a still for the distillation of alcohol. The invention of the still is traced to Ptolemaic Egypt. The original Greek word ἄμβιξ (amvix), meaning the top of a still had the definite article al- added onto it ...
of or relating to terrestrial magnetism. GIGANTOMACHY • gigantomachy n. (Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the…• gigantomachy n. (By extension) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an ...
This root is the source also of Sanskritsrnoti"hears,"srosati"hears, obeys;" Avestansraothra"ear;" Middle Persiansrod"hearing, sound;" Lithuanianklausau, klausyti"to hear,"šlovė"splendor, honor;" Old Church Slavonicslusati"to hear,"slava"fame, glory,"slovo"word;" Greekklyo"hear,...
strokev抚摸;n击,打;一笔The verb stroke and the noun stroke are different words, butthey come ultimately from the same source–the prehistoric Germanic base *strīk-, *straik- ‘touch lightly’ strollv漫步,闲逛 strutv趾高气扬地走;n支柱 ...