Wordskills Lesson 4

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Wordskills Lesson 4
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one

• Greek
• Mono
• Monocle
• Mono (one) ocul (eye)
• Proto
• Prototype
• Proto (first) typ (model)

• Latin
• Uni
• Unify
• Uni (one) fy (make)

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two

• Greek
• Di
• Dicephalous
• Di (two) cephal (head) ous (full of)

• Latin
• Du (duo)
• Duet
• Du (two) et (small)
• Duplex
• Du (two) plex (strike)

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three

• Greek
• Tri
• Triple
• (tri (three) ply (fold)

• Latin
• Tri
• Triplex
• Tri (three) plex (strike)

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four

• Greek
• Tetra
• Tetrahedron
• Tretra (four) hedron (faces)

• Latin
• Quadr (quart)
• Quadrilateral
• Quadr (four) later (side)
• Quarter (quart (four) one four

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five

• Greek
• Penta
• Pentagon
• Penta (five) gon (side, angle)

• Latin
• Quint
• Quintet
• Quint (five) et (small)

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six

• Latin
• Sex (ses)
• Sextant
• Sex (one sixth of a circle)
• A sextant is a navigational instrument for
  measuring altitude and is graduated into sixths
  of a circle.

• Greek
• Hexa
• Hexagon
• Hexa (six) gon (side, angle)

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seven

• Greek
• Hepta
• Heptarchy
• Hepta (seven) arch (rule)

• Latin
• Septa
• September
• Septe (seven)
• In the original calendar September was the
  seventh month.

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eight

• Greek
• Octa
• Octagon
• Octa (eigth) gon (angle)

• Latin
• Octa (octo)
• Octahedron
• Octa (eight) hedron (face)
• October

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nine

• Greek
• Ennea
• Ennead
• Ennea (group of nine)
• Enneagon
• Ennea (nine) gon (angle)

• Latin
• Nona (novem)
• Nonagenarian
• Nona (nine) gen (born) ian (one who)
• it means someone who is in his/her 90s
• November

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ten

• Latin
• Dec
• Decimal
• Dec (tenth)
• Decimate
• Dec (one tenth)
• derives from the Roman soldiers practice of
  killing one of every ten of the enemy
• December

• Greek
• Dec
• Decade
• Dec (ten)
• Decathlon
• (dec) ten) athlon (contest)

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twelve

• Latin
• Duodec
• Duodecimal
• duodec (one twelveth)
• Duodenum
• Duodec (twelve fingers)
• the small intestine named because it was
  twelve fingers long

• Greek

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hundred

• Greek
• Hect
• Hectometer
• Hecto (100) metr (measure)

• Latin
• Cent
• Century
• Cent (hundred)

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thousand

• Greek
• Kilo
• Kilometer
• Kilo (1000) metr (measure)
• means on thousand meters

• Latin
• Mill
• Millimeter
• Mill (thousand) metr (measure)
• means 1/1000 of a meter

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billion

• Greek
• Nano
• Nanogram
• one billionth of a gram

• Latin