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Words for our modern age especially English words from Latin and Greek sources.

Word Unit: caco-, cac-, kako-, kak- (Greek: bad, harsh, wrong, evil; incorrect; unpleasant; poor; used most of the time as a prefix).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": dys-; mal-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-.


Word Unit: cad-, cas-, cid- (Latin: to fall, befall).

Word Unit: caduceus + (Latin: the wand of a herald, herald's staff; specifically, the wand of Hermes [Greek] and Mercury [Latin]).

Word Unit: Caesarean Section (Caesarean or Cesarean Surgery).

Word Unit: calami-, calamit- + (Latin: damage, injury, loss, misfortune, disastrous).

Word Unit: calci-, calc-, calcane-, calcio-, calco-, calcar-, calx (Latin: lime, calcium; heel, bone of the tarsus; to tread [derived from calx, calcis, limestone, lime, pebble; from Greek words halix and psephos meaning "small stone, pebble"]).

Word Unit: Calendar Elements Links (calendars from Roman to modern times).

Word Unit: Calendar Names of Days and Months in Different Languages (a compilation of several languages).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Frigedaeg (Frigedaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Friday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Monandaeg (Monandaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Monday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Saterndaeg (Saterndaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Saturday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Sunnandaeg (Sunnandaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Sunday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Thorsdaeg (Thursdaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Thursday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Tiw and Fenris (The Nordic story of Tiw and Fenris).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Tiwesdaeg (Tiwesdaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Tuesday).

Word Unit: Calendar, Anglo-Saxon Wodensdaeg (Wodensdaeg, an Anglo-Saxon name for Wednesday).

Word Unit: Calendar, April New Style (April, today's dates — the Roman way).

Word Unit: Calendar, Aprilis (April, another ancient Roman month).

Word Unit: Calendar, August New Style (August, today's dates — the Roman way).

Word Unit: Calendar, Augustus (August, formerly Sextilis).

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