word breakdowns (quiz 2)

Question 1

sovereign

Answer 1

superanus (“superior”) + regnum (“kingdom”)

Question 2

regent

Answer 2

regere (“to rule”)

Question 3

acrobat

Answer 3

acro (“high”)

Question 4

constitution

Answer 4

constitutio (arrangement)

Question 5

despot

Answer 5

despotes (lord, master)

Question 6

senate

Answer 6

sen (old)

Question 7

ecclesiastic

Answer 7

ekklesia (to do with the church)

Question 8

isonomia

Answer 8

iso (equal) + nomos (law)

Question 9

demography

Answer 9

demo (people) + graph (study of) + y (noun forming suffix)

Question 10

demagogue

Answer 10

demos (people) + ago (i lead)
leader of the people

Question 11

oratory

Answer 11

oratio (a speech)

Question 12

public

Answer 12

publicus (of the people)

Question 13

magistrate

Answer 13

magistr- (master)

Question 14

patrician

Answer 14

patres (father)

Question 15

imperative

Answer 15

imperium (important)

Question 16

fascist

Answer 16

fasces (bundle of wooden rods)

Question 17

dictator

Answer 17

dict (speak)

Question 18

agriculture

Answer 18

ager (field) + cultura (cultivation)

Question 19

commerce

Answer 19

com (together) + merx (goods)

Question 20

communism

Answer 20

communis (common)

Question 21

competition

Answer 21

com (together) + petere (“to seek”) + tion (noun forming suffix)

Question 22

economy

Answer 22

oikonomia
oikos (house) + nomos (law)

Question 23

inflation

Answer 23

in (into) + flare (to blow) + tion (suffix)

Question 24

manage

Answer 24

manus (hand)

Question 25

money

Answer 25

moneta (goddess juno)

Question 26

specialize

Answer 26

species (appearance)

Question 27

talent

Answer 27

talanton ("balance)

Question 28

usury

Answer 28

usura (use)

Question 29

credit

Answer 29

credere (to believe)

Question 30

debt

Answer 30

debere (to owe)

Question 31

mutual

Answer 31

mutuari (to borrow)

Question 32

convention

Answer 32

conventio (come together)

Question 33

emancipate

Answer 33

manus (hand) + capere (to take) to take someones power

Question 34

entrepeneur

Answer 34

prehendere (to seize)

Question 35

industry

Answer 35

industria (activity)

Question 36

island

Answer 36

insula

Question 37

navigate

Answer 37

navis (shape)

Question 38

negotiate

Answer 38

negotium (lack of leisure)

Question 39

otiose

Answer 39

otium (redundant)

Question 40

popular

Answer 40

populus (people)

Question 41

sanction

Answer 41

sancire (to make sacred)

Question 42

social

Answer 42

socius (ally)

Question 43

chronicles

Answer 43

chronos (time) + ismos (condition)

Question 44

primeval

Answer 44

primus (first) + aevum (age)

Question 45

agenda

Answer 45

agere (to do) things that must be done

Question 46

annual

Answer 46

annus (year)

Question 47

antiquarian

Answer 47

antiquus (old, ancient) one who studies or collects antiques

Question 48

archaeology

Answer 48

arche (beginning) + o (combining vowel) + log (study of) + y (nfs)

Question 49

archive

Answer 49

archeion (place where magistrates kepot records)

Question 50

record

Answer 50

re (again) + cor, cordis (heart)

Question 51

curate

Answer 51

curare (to care for)

Question 52

accuracy

Answer 52

ad (prefix, towards) + curare (to take care of)

Question 53

factual

Answer 53

facere, factum ( to make, do)

Question 54

finish

Answer 54

finis (end)

Question 55

historiography

Answer 55

histor ( knowing, versed in) + o (cv) + graph (study of) + y (nfs)

Question 56

protohistoric

Answer 56

protos (early) + histor (versed in) + ic (afs)

Question 57

semiotics

Answer 57

semeion (mark, sign) signs of disease