session-12

Title

• people and the stars

• the earth and its life

• Helping Words

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people and the stars

• anthropologist: an expert in or student of anthropology.

  root: anthropos  +     logos
        (mankind)     (science, study)

  • anthropology (science): the study of human societies and cultures and their development

  • anthropological (adj)

  • philanthropy: the desire to promote the welfare of others. etymologically, love for mankind

• astronomer: interested in the arrangement of stars and other celestial bodies

  greek root: astron  +  nomos
              (star)    (arrangement, law, or order)

  • astronomy (science)

  • astronomical (adj): often used in a non-heavenly sense, as in "the astronomical size of the national debt"

• astrology: assesses the influence of planets and stars on human events

  • astrologer: practitioner of astrology

• astronaut: a sailor among the stars

• cosmonaut: used by Russians instead of astronaut (sailor of the universe)

  greek root:  kosmos
              (universe)

• nautical: relating to sailors, sailing, ships, or navigation.

  • driven from nautes

    root:  naus
          (ship)

  • nausea: ship-sickness or seasickness.

• aster: a star shaped flower

• asterisk: a star-shaped symbol (*)

• astrophysics: branch of physics dealing with heavenly body

Note: disaster and disastrous also come from astron, star- In ancient times it was believed that the stars ruled human destiny.

• autonomy: if you can make your own laws for yourself. In short, if you are independent. (self-law, self-government)

  root:  autos +  nomos
        (self)   (arrangement, law, order)

  • autonomous

  • metronome: [ metron (measurement) + nomos ]

the earth and its life

• geologist:

  root:  ge (-geo) +  logos
          (earth)

  • geology (science)

  • geological

• geometry: [ ge + metron ]

  • by etymology "measurement of the earth", is that branch of mathematics treating of the measurement and properties of solid and plane figures, such as angles, triangles, squares, spheres, prisms etc.

  • geometrician (the mathematician)

  • geometric (adj)

• bios (life) is also found in

  • biography: writing about someone's life

  • autobiography

  • biopsy: medical examination generally through a microscope of a living tissue.

    • a biopsy is contrasted with an autopsy

  • autopsy: medical examination of a corpse in order to discover the cause of death

• botanist:

  greek root:  botane
               (plant)

  • botany: the field of study

  • botanical (adj)

• zoologist:

  greek root:  zoion
              (animal)

  • zoology (science)

  • zoological

  • zoo: a park for animals, is a shortened form of zoological gardens.

• zodiac: a diagram, used in astrology

  • zodiacal (adj)

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Helping Words

• promiscuous: having or characterized by many transient sexual relationship. eg: promiscuous teenagers

• transient: temporary