5. History Of Words

Question 1

Cognate

Answer 1

Word that comes from the same root as another with the same meaning, as German wasser and English water

Question 2

English is not as closely related to ___ as those languages are to each other, but all three are _____ languages with many cognate forms

Answer 2

Latin and Greek, Indo-European

Question 3

Only _% of almost _ million words in the modern English are derived from?

Answer 3

1, 1, Anglo-Saxon; the rest are borrowed

Question 4

Names have!

?

Answer 4

Etymologies

Question 5

Most first names given to U.S. Children are derived from?

Answer 5

Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or German

Question 6

One

Answer 6

Latin: uni-
Greek: hen-, mono-

Question 7

Two

Answer 7

Latin:bi-
Greek:di-

Question 8

Three

Answer 8

Latin trio-

Greek trio-

Question 9

Four

Answer 9

Latin quad-

Greek tetra-

Question 10

Five

Answer 10

Latin quin-

Greek penta-

Question 11

Six

Answer 11

Latin sex-

Greek hexa-

Question 12

Seven

Answer 12

Latin sept-

Greek hepta-

Question 13

Eight

Answer 13

Latin oct-

Greek oct-

Question 14

Nine

Answer 14

Latin novem-, non-

Greek ennea-

Question 15

Ten

Answer 15

Latin deca-

Greek deca-

Question 16

Amen

Answer 16

Hebrew

Question 17

Tattoo

Answer 17

Dutch

Question 18

Zebra

Answer 18

Portuguese

Question 19

Mongoose

Answer 19

Marathi

Question 20

Protein

Answer 20

Greek

Question 21

In the old Roman calendar, December was the?

Answer 21

Tenth month

Question 22

The Old English root “monath” means?

Answer 22

Month

Question 23

Woden’s day, in modern English, is?

Answer 23

Wednesday