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i have this test and my teacher said if we can't find the woed parts to come here so here are the word parts


phono
xylo
auto
biblio
phon
para
auto
dia
centi
kilo
gram
baro and
cycle

2007-01-24 14:32:08 · 5 answers · asked by VLR 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

5 answers

phono - sound
auto - self
centi - hundredth
kilo - thousand

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2007-01-24 14:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

This is off the top of my head, so you may want to check them, but I speak Modern Greek and am a card-carrying member of the grammar police, so they may be reasonably accurate.

phono - voice
xylo - wooden
auto - self
biblio - book
phon - voice
para - outside of
auto - self
dia - through, across
centi - hundred
kilo - thousand
gram - weight, equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
baro - weight
cycle - circle, wheel

2007-01-25 01:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by Martha E 2 · 0 1

also any thing with Poli in it. Police, politics, policy...


acacia,, abyss is latin & greek,
Drastic, Echo (of course) Loads more....
Go round the second hand shop and buy an old dictionary. Many of htere have word origins in them.

2007-01-24 22:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by sylvia a 3 · 0 0

phonos = sound
xylem = wood
autos = self
biblos = book
para = beside
dia = through
chilia = thousand
barus = heavy

Greek vowel 'u' often ends up in English as 'y'.
kuklos = wheel

2007-01-25 06:35:48 · answer #4 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0 1

phono (φωνο-) >φωνή=voice >(phonographer -voice recorder)xylo (ξυλο-) >ξύλο=wood >(xylophone -wood sound (mus. instr.))
auto (αυτο-) >(ε)αυτός=he, selfr > (automatic -self-moved)
biblio (βιβλιο) >βιβλίο=book > (bibliophagus -book"eater")
phon [Bellerophon, for example. Φόνος=murder, killing]
para > παρά =beside > παράνοια==paranoia (beside thought)
dia > δια =through > diaphragm (barrier between)
centi > (Latin, =one hundred. Greek Equivalent hecaton)
kilo> χίλια =one thousand
gram> γράμμα=letter, γράφω=write, γραφή=writing, επιγραφή=epigraph, επίγραμμα=epigram (written on)
baro > βάρος =weight (barometer)
cycle >κύκλος (obvious)

2007-01-25 07:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 0 0

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