Etymology: Latin Lesson 6

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Tom

Cut

Ton, ten

Stretch; tone

Chir

Hand

Dactyl

Finger; toe

Gloss, glott, glot

Tongue; language

Osteo

Bone

Derm, dermat

Skin

Plas, plasm, plast

Mold; shape; form; substance

-algia, -algy

Pain

-algiac

One who suffers from pain

-algic, -algetic

Pertaining to or causing pain

-itis

Inflammation

-itic

One who has inflammation; characterized by inflammation

-machy, -machia

War fight

-machist

One who fights

-machic, -machical, -machal

Pertaining to fighting

Pachy-

Thick

Tauto-

Same

Sensitive

Easily upset by the things that people think or say about you

Discern

To detect with the eyes

Discriminate

To unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups

Omniscient

Knowing everything

Insipid

Dull or boring

Sagacious

Having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions

Affable

Friendly and easy to talk to

Nefarious

Evil or immoral

Fatuous

Foolish or stupid

Factory

A building or group of buildings where products are made

Fiction

Not real

Prefix

To add a letter

Assemble

To collect (things) or gather (people) into one place or group

Simulate

To look

Quasihistorical

Seeming like part of history