Word Origins

Greek Origins

• Words with Germanic language origins

• Words with Spanish Origins

• The language of the Romans

• Words with Greek origins such as ethos, pathos, and lothos.

Chronological and chronic originate from

• Cronus-Father Time

• logical-makes sense

• Hour

• Minute

The term "atlas" originates from

• the Titan Atlas who held the world on his shoulder

• a car store

• a candy bar

• the Titan who killed Cerberus

The word panic has its origins form

• Pan who caused fear among mortals

• Pan who held parties for mortals

• Spam the wonderful canned ham type food

• All of the above

Word Study: Word Origins Many English words come from other languages. Read the words in the box. Then read about the words. Match each word with its description.

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The name of this female ruler comes from the German word qino and later the English word cwene, which meant “woman.”

​ (a)  

• queen

• canoe

• chocolate

• tennis

​2. This word names a dessert or flavoring. It comes from tchocoatl, a word in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. This group lived in Mexico.

​ ​ (a)  

• chocolate

• canoe

• tennis

• queen

3. This word names a type of wooden boat. The word is taken from canaoua, a word from the Arawak, a Native American group on the island of Haiti. Columbus introduced the word to Spain, where it became the Spanish canoa.

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• canoe

• tennis

• queen

• chocolate

This root word means earth and its origin is Greek.

• pyr

• aer

• ology

• geo

The word 'mentor' originates from which ancient culture?

• A) Roman

• B) Greek

• C) Egyptian

• D) Norse