List of Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

No.	Word	Etymology (Origin)	Meaning
1	Biography	Greek bios (life) + graphia (writing)	A written account of someone’s life
2	Geography	Greek geo (earth) + graphia (writing)	Study of Earth’s surface
3	Telephone	Greek tele (far) + phone (sound)	Device to transmit sound over distances
4	Microscope	Greek mikros (small) + skopein (look)	Device to view very small objects
5	Democracy	Greek demos (people) + kratos (power)	Government by the people
6	Autograph	Greek auto (self) + graph (write)	A person’s own handwritten signature
7	Thermometer	Greek thermo (heat) + metron (measure)	Instrument to measure temperature
8	Telescope	Greek tele (far) + skopein (look)	Device to view distant objects
9	Aquatic	Latin aqua (water)	Related to water
10	Audible	Latin audire (to hear)	Able to be heard
11	Predict	Latin prae (before) + dicere (say)	To say something before it happens
12	Transport	Latin trans (across) + portare (carry)	To carry across
13	Construct	Latin con (together) + struere (build)	To build or form by assembling parts
14	Inject	Latin in (into) + iacere (throw)	To drive or force into something
15	Invisible	Latin in (not) + videre (to see)	Not able to be seen
16	Import	Latin in (into) + portare (carry)	To bring goods into a country
17	Export	Latin ex (out) + portare (carry)	To send goods out to another country
18	Inspect	Latin in (into) + specere (to look)	To look at carefully
19	Respect	Latin re (again) + specere (look)	Admiration or regard
20	Describe	Latin de (down) + scribere (write)	To give an account in words
21	Subscribe	Latin sub (under) + scribere (write)	To sign up for regular service or publication
22	Biology	Greek bios (life) + logos (study)	Study of life
23	Psychology	Greek psyche (mind) + logos (study)	Study of the mind and behavior
24	Chronology	Greek chronos (time) + logos (study)	Study or arrangement of events in time
25	Photograph	Greek photos (light) + graph (write)	Image made with light on film or sensor
26	Synchronize	Greek syn (together) + chronos (time)	To occur at the same time
27	Astronomy	Greek astron (star) + nomos (law)	Study of stars and space
28	Asteroid	Greek aster (star) + -oid (like)	A rocky body in space, like a small star
29	Benevolent	Latin bene (good) + velle (wish)	Kind and charitable
30	Malfunction	Latin mal (bad) + functio (performance)	Failure to work properly
31	Benefit	Latin bene (good) + facere (do)	An advantage or profit
32	Manual	Latin manus (hand)	Done by hand
33	Manufacture	Latin manus (hand) + facere (make)	To make by hand or machine
34	Captive	Latin capere (to seize)	One who is taken or held prisoner
35	Intercept	Latin inter (between) + capere (seize)	To stop or take something on its way
36	Recycle	Greek kyklos (circle) + Latin re (again)	To use again through a cycle
37	Inject	Latin in (into) + jacere (throw)	To force into something
38	Project	Latin pro (forward) + jacere (throw)	A plan or proposal
39	Reject	Latin re (back) + jacere (throw)	To throw back, refuse
40	Emit	Latin e (out) + mittere (send)	To send out (e.g., light, sound)
41	Submit	Latin sub (under) + mittere (send)	To send under authority
42	Permit	Latin per (through) + mittere (send)	To allow
43	Construct	Latin con (together) + struere (build)	To build something by assembling parts
44	Distract	Latin dis (apart) + trahere (pull)	To pull attention away
45	Attract	Latin ad (toward) + trahere (pull)	To pull toward
46	Contract	Latin con (together) + trahere (pull)	A legal agreement; to shrink
47	Vision	Latin videre (to see)	The act or power of seeing
48	Revise	Latin re (again) + videre (see)	To look over again and improve
49	Provide	Latin pro (before) + videre (see)	To supply for future use
50	Credible	Latin credere (to believe)	Believable

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