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Direction : From the choices below, identify the meaning of the Greek and Latin words.
Pathy
- Comfort
- Feeling
- Disability
- Confusion
Hint:
A majority of English word roots come from Latin and Greek.
The correct answer is: Feeling
¶The word 'pathy' is a combining form, originated from Greek pátheia, representing suffering, feeling, equivalent to páth(os)/ pathos.
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The form '-pathy' comes from the Greek pátheia, meaning “suffering” or “feeling.” It shares an origin with the English word pathos.
The combining form '-pathy' is used like a suffix, occuring in loanwods from Greek.
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Phyte
The word 'phyte' is a combining form indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat. Such as lithophyte; thallophyte.
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Phyte
The word 'phyte' is a combining form indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat. Such as lithophyte; thallophyte.
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Port
When the word 'port' means 'to carry' it could be used as verb and also noun form.
As a verb , it is used with the objective. Eg: "The publisher is porting several classic games to next-generation consoles". Here the objective is 'classic games' , which is being 'ported', towards next generation.
Example of noun form: "The position in which a military weapon is carried at the command port arms".
Direction : From the choices below, identify the meaning of the Greek and Latin words.
Port
When the word 'port' means 'to carry' it could be used as verb and also noun form.
As a verb , it is used with the objective. Eg: "The publisher is porting several classic games to next-generation consoles". Here the objective is 'classic games' , which is being 'ported', towards next generation.
Example of noun form: "The position in which a military weapon is carried at the command port arms".
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Graph
Direction : From the choices below, identify the meaning of the Greek and Latin words.
Graph
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Bio
The word 'bio' comes from Greek word 'bíos', meaning 'life'. The Latin cognate of bíos is 'vīta', 'life', which is the source of words such as 'vital'.
The combining form 'bio' is used like a prefix. Hence, 'bio' is a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (eg: biography). Again, such form used in the formation of compound words also (eg: bioluminescence).
Direction : From the choices below, identify the meaning of the Greek and Latin words.
Bio
The word 'bio' comes from Greek word 'bíos', meaning 'life'. The Latin cognate of bíos is 'vīta', 'life', which is the source of words such as 'vital'.
The combining form 'bio' is used like a prefix. Hence, 'bio' is a combining form meaning “life” occurring in loanwords from Greek (eg: biography). Again, such form used in the formation of compound words also (eg: bioluminescence).
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