Greek Etyma Week 22

Greek etyma

DINO

Fearsome

DODECA

Twelve

DON, DOS

To give

DORA

Gift

DOX, DOG

Opinion

DRA

To do, act

DROM

Running

DYNA

Force, power

EC, ECO

House

EGES

Lead out

EIDE

Image

EIREN, IREN

Peace

ELECTR

Amber

EMPIR

Experience

ENCEPHAL

Brain

ENNEA

Nine

ENTER

Intestine

EPISTEM

To know

ERG, URG

Work

ERO, EROT

Love

ERYTHR

Red

ETHN

Group

ETYM

True

GALAX

Milk

GAM

Marriage

GASTR, GASTER

Stomach

GE, GEO

Earth

Dinosaur

Fearsome lizard

Dinothere

Elephant-like prehistoric mammal

Dodecanese

12 islands in Greece

Dodecagon

Shape with 12 sides

Donation

A gift of money, goods, services

Donor

Someone who gives

Antidote

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison

Dorothy, Theodore

Gift from God

Adore

Love, respect, worship

Doxology

Short hymn or prayer that praises God

Orthodoxy

Generally accepted belief, theory, doctrine

Dramaturge

Literary advisor or editor in a theater

Dramatics

The study or practice of making theater

Syndrome

A run or pattern of symptoms that consistently occur together

Palindrome

A word that runs the same forwards and backwards

Dynamics

Forces that produce power; the study of bodies in motion under the action of forces

Dynasty

Powerful ruling family

Economics

Household management

Ecology

Study of life in their homes/physical environment

Exegesis

Critical interpretation of a text

Exegetic

Relating to critical explanation/interpretation of a text

Eidetic

Relating to mental images having unusual vividness and detail

Eidolon

A spirit image in Ancient Greek literature, phantom, ghost

Irenic

Aiming at peace

Irenicism

Promotion of peace and resolution

Electric

Charged with or producing electricity; amber attracted light objects when rubbed

Electronics

Study of physics that designs devices that manipulate electrons

Empirical

Verifiable by observation or experience

Empiricism

The theory that information about the world should come from experience

Encephalic

Related to or affecting the brain

Encephalitis

Swelling/inflammation of the brain

Ennead

A group of nine people or things; group of 9 Egyptian gods

Enneahedron

Polyhedron with nine faces

Mesentery

Membrane that holds the intestines in place

Entereostomy

Surgery that creates a hole in the intestine and brings it to the surface of the abdomen

Epistemology

The study of knowledge

Episteme

Knowledge, understanding

Ergonomics

The study of people in their working environment

Energy

The ability to do work

Erotic

Tending to arose sexual love or desire

Autoeroticism

Self love, self gratification

Erythrocyte

Red blood cell

Erythromycin

Antibiotic used to treat infections

Ethnology

The study of humans as cultural beings, groups, how they interact

Ethnography

Observing people in their natural environment to understand their culture

Etymon

True meaning, a word from which a later word is derived

Etymology

The study of the origin of words

Galaxy

Milky Way

Galactose

A sugar which is a constituent of lactose and many polysaccharides; milk sugar

Monogamy

Married to one person at a time

Polygamy

Married to more than one person at the same time

Gastrology

The study of the stomach

Endogastric

Relating to the inside of the stomach

Geology

The study of the earth

Geography

The study of the Earth’s surface