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

Word Unit: Ethnobotany: Source of therapeutic drugs (medicinal plants discovered by traditional societies).

Word Unit: Ethnozoology (interactions between people and animals).

Word Unit: etho-, eth-, ethi- (Greek: custom, habit; character, manners; usage).

Word Unit: ethyl- + (Greek: upper air, purer air [alcohol and sufuric acid]; in scientific terminology, "volatile, clean-smelling, euphoria-producing liquid composed of alcohol and sufuric acid").

Word Unit: etio-, aetio- + (Greek: cause, causation, originating; that which causes or originates something).

Word Unit: -ette, -et (French: a suffix; small).

Word Unit: etym- + (Greek: truth, true meaning, real [the root meaning, true meaning or literal meaning of a word]).

Related "word, words" units: legi-; lexico-; locu-; logo-; onomato-; -onym; verbo-.



Word Unit: Etymologies: Word Origins (learning etymologies can multiply your vocabulary easier than by learning lists of words).


Word Unit: eu- (Greek: good, well, normal; happy, pleasing; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: eunuch (Greek > Latin: literally, guardian of the bed).

Word Unit: Eureka and Discovery (a reaction of delight and excitement when someone makes a discovery).

Word Unit: eureka, heuristic (Greek: "I have found!").

Word Unit: eury- (Greek: wide, broad; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: evit- + (Latin: to shun, to avoid).

Word Unit: Evolution or Intelligent Design? (where does the truth really exist?).

Word Unit: ex-, ec-, e- (Greek: out of, out, outside; away from; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: ex-, e-, ef- (Latin: a prefix occurring in words of Latin origin used in the senses: "out of, from"; "upward"; "completely, entirely"; "to remove from, deprive of"; "without"; "former" [said of previous holders of office or dignity]).

Word Unit: exa- [EKS uh] + (Greek: from hexa-, "six"; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).

Related "metric" families: yotta; zetta; peta; tera; giga; mega; kilo; hecto; deka; deci; centi; milli; micro; nano; pico; femto; atto; zepto; yocto.


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