Set Three

Question 1

Honorarium

Answer 1

Root: “honor” (respect, esteem)
Prefix: None
Suffix: “-arium” (denotes a place or receptacle)
Etymology: From Latin “honorarium” (a gift, bribe), from “honor” (honor, respect, esteem

Question 2

Tomograph

Answer 2

Root: “tom” (cut, section) + “graph” (write, record)
Prefix: None
Suffix: None
Etymology: From Greek “tomos” (slice, section) + “graphos” (written, recording instrument), from “graphein” (to write).

Question 3

Effusive

Answer 3

Root: “fus” (pour)
Prefix: “ef-“ (variant of “ex-“, meaning “out of” or “from”)
Suffix: “-ive” (forming adjectives)
Etymology: From Latin “effusivus” (pouring out), from “effundere” (to pour out), from “ex-“ (out) + “fundere” (to pour).

Question 4

Frenetically

Answer 4

Root: “frenet” (mad, frenzied)
Prefix: None
Suffix: “-ic” (forming adjectives) + “-ally” (forming adverbs)
Etymology: From Latin “freneticus,” from Greek “phrenētikos” (delirious, frenzied), from “phren” (mind).

Question 5

Expounding

Answer 5

Root: “pound” (to place, set)
Prefix: “ex-“ (out)
Suffix: “-ing” (forming present participles)
Etymology: From Latin “exponere” (to set forth, explain), from “ex-“ (out) + “ponere” (to place).

Question 6

Plaintive

Answer 6

Root: “plaint” (lament, complaint)
Prefix: None
Suffix: “-ive” (forming adjectives)
Etymology: From Old French “plaintif,” from “plainte” (lament, complaint), from Latin “planctus” (lamentation), from “plangere” (to strike, beat the breast in lamentation).

Question 7

Transcendental

Answer 7

Root: “scend” (climb)
Prefix: “trans-“ (across, beyond)
Suffix: “-al” (forming adjectives)
Etymology: From Latin “transcendentalis,” from “transcendere” (to climb over, surpass), from “trans-“ (across, beyond) + “scandere” (to climb).