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Latin and Greek Roots Quiz

Can you guess these English words that are formed by combining two Greek or Latin roots?
Example: Life + Write = Biography
Disclaimer: These are not exact translations - you have to guess the word based on the clue
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Last updated: April 4, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2011
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Roots
English Word
Hundred + Foot
Centipede
Many + Marriage
Polygamy
Two + Year
Biannual
Life + Study of
Biology
Small + View
Microscope
Self + Kill
Suicide
One + God
Monotheism
People + Rule
Democracy
Roots
English Word
Eight + Angle
Octagon
Before + War
Antebellum
Book + Love
Bibliophile
Steal + Crazy
Kleptomania
Star + Sailor
Astronaut
Foreign + Fear
Xenophobia
Pressure + Measure
Barometer
Father + Kill
Patricide
Roots
English Word
Meat + Eat
Carnivore
Three + Foot
Tripod
All + Powerful
Omnipotent
Before + Birth
Prenatal
Water + Fear
Hydrophobia
False + Name
Pseudonym
Fire + Crazy
Pyromania
Same + Sound
Homophone
BlendedCow
+3
Level 50
Sep 16, 2013
Cool
cranbeckh
+18
Level 66
Sep 16, 2013
Astronaut = star sailor. Very poetic.
twained
+2
Level 59
Mar 23, 2016
Yeah, beautiful.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Dec 12, 2018
I dont htink I knew that one. I the question was the other way around though I would have gotten it (meaning I would ve sad star and sailor). Strange how that works
interopia
+2
Level 80
Apr 8, 2020
Starsailor is the name of a 1970 Tim Buckley album and is also a band.
mattBk
+1
Level 49
Jun 30, 2020
I kept trying to find a Latin combination: stellamarina? ugh couldn't find traction in greek...
jayhiatt
+1
Level 68
Jan 7, 2021
I tried "astromariner" before it dawned on me.
ander217
+1
Level 78
Jun 30, 2020
I remembered it from the movie The Right Stuff. Gus Grissom was told that it mean "star voyager" and he liked the sound of that.
ForgingIron
+1
Level 37
Sep 16, 2013
Can you accept "barometry"?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 9, 2015
Okay
Bux72
+1
Level 33
Sep 16, 2013
"microscopic"?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 9, 2015
That will work now
AndySpades
+1
Level 34
Nov 30, 2015
Awesome quiz! And just like beetboy12 I learned a new word (pseudopod as well).
Crazylittlpanda
+2
Level 36
Mar 23, 2016
Thunder Lizzard though...
pilgrimstories
+1
Level 43
Mar 24, 2016
Great quiz!
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Oct 5, 2017
Name me one country on earth that is truly ruled by its people!
WolfCam
+6
Level 62
Apr 21, 2018
Technically they all are. North Korea is ruled by Kim Jong Un, who is one of North Kore's people. Therefor, North Korea is ruled by its people.
cornflakesfu
+5
Level 82
Apr 4, 2020
ruled by its *person
zack22
+1
Level 55
Dec 8, 2020
Andorra may be the one exception then.
ilm
+4
Level 43
Jan 9, 2019
Loved this!! etymology is cool
redsplat
+1
Level 75
Jan 22, 2021
The Online Etymology Dictionary deserves some love. Great project and better entries than the rest of the online etym rabble :) https://www.etymonline.com/
wasserwand
+7
Level 72
Apr 4, 2020
I think it would be fair to also accept sarcophagus for Meat + Eat
zaba2048
+2
Level 71
Apr 4, 2020
Having looked it up, that's a great shout - and I've learnt something new!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Apr 5, 2020
It indeed means basically the same, flesh devourer, but it is from greek origin. (And I remember from biology classes that something phagous ate your dead skincells, could be I looked up the meaning myself. But always remembered it. Phagocytes I meant)

btw have you noticed carnivorous is a synonym of coronavirus?

Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Apr 5, 2020
Coronavirus would be something like crown+poison.

I already knew corona, the origin of virus is harder to track. Seems to have been a combination of sticky, foul smelling, bad tasting, slimy and poisonous. So basicily disgusting goo which could make you ill ;) The word viscous seems to have an atleast partially shared path, ooze as well actually

dutch vies and german fies, seem to have a relation (the furthedt back I could track virus was "vis", both meaning disgusting, dirty, foul, gross etc though their origins are listed as unclear.

pitzikat
+5
Level 72
Apr 5, 2020
And carnivorous is an anagram of coronavirus :-)
interopia
+3
Level 80
Apr 8, 2020
Seven minutes? Too much time in my opinion!
makouras
+1
Level 75
Apr 11, 2020
Baros means 'weight' in greek, NOT pressure, get your facts straight!
FadKrashmor
+2
Level 65
Apr 18, 2020
I think you could have allowed "prepartum" for before + birth. For some strange reason I didn't come up with prenatal instead.
ABcullen
+2
Level 26
Apr 22, 2020
Didn't know that's what antebellum meant. Great quiz!
Yanni47
+1
Level 72
Apr 22, 2020
Yes - nothing to do with your navel. ;)
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Apr 22, 2020
I've never heard of 'pyromania' before. That and astronaut missed I.
Gabisolarboy
+1
Level 52
Jul 2, 2020
What about pyromaniac
BobSaget
+1
Level 80
Jul 3, 2020
Pyromania is a great album by Def Leppard.
azinyk
+2
Level 54
Apr 22, 2020
Could you accept "barometric"?
Loyal
+1
Level 58
Jun 25, 2020
Accept bibliophillia?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 30, 2020
Easy but fun.
FrodoBaggins
+1
Level 69
Jun 30, 2020
Maybe "biennale" could also be accepted?
Yukhan
+1
Level 49
Jun 30, 2020
"Aquaphobia" should be accepted for "Hydrophobia", hmm?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 30, 2020
What's aquaphobia?
ander217
+2
Level 78
Jun 30, 2020
Not to be confused with aquafaba "water bean", the vegan egg white/meringue/whipped cream concoction made from the liquid of canned chick peas or other beans. (Helpful for people with egg allergies.)
mattBk
+1
Level 49
Jun 30, 2020
mixing latin and greek in the same word used to be a big no-no, still is imo
Yoshimano
+1
Level 57
Jun 30, 2020
makes sense, but I think there must be counter examples
TheQuizzler
+1
Level 62
Jun 30, 2020
Gross picture, but good quiz!
Yoshimano
+1
Level 57
Jun 30, 2020
goddamn, missed antebellum!

Easier for a Europan though, I suppose.

Thanks!

Marquee
+1
Level 50
Jul 2, 2020
I have only ever heard antebellum used in the context of the American civil war, so I think it would be easier for Americans, but not necessarily Europeans.
Ferbin
+1
Level 68
Sep 30, 2020
It is, considering the repeated use of the word in European history teaching.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 45
Jun 30, 2020
Fun quiz
ddddan
+1
Level 76
Jul 1, 2020
Antepartum?
Marquee
+1
Level 50
Jul 1, 2020
Could you accept manometer or totipotent?
LoenardChurch
+1
Level 64
Jul 2, 2020
Any chance you may make c/kosmonaut an acceptable answer for "star sailor"? Just to make it easier for our comrades who may not have heard the term astronaut.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 77
Jul 11, 2020
The root 'cosmo' doesn't mean 'star' though, it comes from a word meaning 'universe'
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