Greek/latin Roots (Biology)

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A- An-

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Not, absent

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Abiotic: without life
Anoxygenic: without oxygen

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Ab-, Abs-

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Away from

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Abscission: separation of leaves from tree

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dis-

Back 3

Apart

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Eu-

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Good, well, true

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Ornis

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Bird

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Esthesia

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capacity for sensation or feeling; sensitivity.

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anthro-

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human-like

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Anthropologist. A person who studies humankind, in particular. The comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development.

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chryso-

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golden

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Chrysolite. A brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone

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alb-

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white

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A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.

A plant that lacks chlorophyll.

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cephal-

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head

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cephalopod. Any of various carnivorous marine mollusks of the class Cephalopoda, having a large head, a mouth with a chitinous beak surrounded by arms or tentacles, and inmost species, an ink sac containing a dark fluid used for defense, and including the octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes, and nautiluses.

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chiro-

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hand

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Chirography. The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

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-coel-

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Hollow. indicating a cavity within a body or a hollow organ or part

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Acoelomate. An animal that lacks a coelom. Acoelomates, which include flatworms and tapeworms, exhibit bilateral symmetry and have no body cavity between the gut and theepidermis.

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cyclo-

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round, recurring, circular, often with reference to the eye: cyclodialysis,cycloid, cyclops.

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Cyclosporine is used with other medications to prevent transplant rejection in people who have received kidney, liver, and heart transplants. Cyclosporine (modified) is also usedto treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis caused by swelling of the lining of the joints) in patients whose symptoms were not relieved by methotrexate alone. Cyclosporine (modified) is also used to treat psoriasis in certain patients who have not been helped by other treatments. Cyclosporine and cyclosporine (modified) are in a class of medications called immunosuppressants. They work by decreasing the activity of the immune system.

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dia-

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passing through, across

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“passing through” (diathermy),

“thoroughly,” “completely” (diagnosis),

“going apart” (dialysis),

and “opposed in moment” (diamagnetism).

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echin-

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spiny, pointed

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Echinoderm is the common name given to any member of the Phylum Echinodermata of marine animals. Radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers

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-crac, -crat

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Rule, govern

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Dem-

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People

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Ethno-

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nation

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Gam-

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Marriage

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Lith-

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Stone

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Logue, logo

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Idea, word, speech, reason

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miso-

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Hatred of

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Misogyny. The hatred of women.

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Dys

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Bad, harsh, wrong, ill, difficult, abnormal

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e

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Out of (epilation) lacking, not

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ad

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Toward

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alg, algia

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Pain

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Arthralgia [arth-RAL-juh] pain in a joint.

causalgia= severe burning pain in a limb caused by injury to a peripheral nerve: kausos, heat or fever

cephalalgia [ce-fa-LAL-juh] headache: kephalē, head

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crypt

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Hidden, covered

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dys

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Bad, abnormal, difficult

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e-

Back 29

Out of (epilation), lacking, not

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ephemeral

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Short lived. Lasting a very short time.

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Ephemeral work that someone does

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erythro

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Red

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gross

Back 32

coarse/large/thick

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holo

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Entire, whole

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ism

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A state or condition

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macula

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Spot

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meta

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after, subsequent to, behind, or hindmost,

Also: changed, altered, as in metamorphosis

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not, noto

Back 37

The back

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Notochord. A cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals.

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onc

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Mass/tumor

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par, para

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Beside, alongside of

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Phyto

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Of plants

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sapro

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Putrid

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A saprophyte is an organism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter; the term is a general one which can refer also to fungi and microorganisms; as these last two groups are not plants, some specialists prefer saprobe for them.

Something saprogenic is caused or produced by putrefaction or decay.

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sis

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State or condition

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sten

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Narrow

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tele

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Far off, distant

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telo

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End

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For example, in the word telophase, the prefix telo-, indicating end or conclusion, is attached to the beginning of the word phase. So telophase is the name of the last phase of meiosis and mitosis.

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dys-

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Abnormal, difficult, impaired

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Abnormal (dyschromia),

difficult (dyspnea [difficult or laboured breathing]),

impaired (dysfunction)

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edaphic

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Of the soil/rock

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halo-

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Salt

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Halogen: any of the electronegative elements F,Cl, Br, I, At, Uus, that form binary salts by direct contact with metals.

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hesper

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Of the evening

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phon

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Sound

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stereo

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Solid

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Stereotomy. The art of cutting solids

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ortho

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Straight, regular, upright, correct

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Orthodoxy, right (correct) beliefOrthopraxy, right (correct) action

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period

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Timeframe

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Wave period, the time taken for one full oscillationOrbital period, the time for one object to complete an orbit around another

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mega

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One million 1,000,000

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crea

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To create

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Creant (kree’ ant) adj. Creating; having the urge to create

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-cretion

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The process of separating.

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arbor

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Tree

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Arboreal

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audio

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sound or hearing.

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Audible. Capable of being heard

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Bell

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War

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Bellicism

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co, com, con, col

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together

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Community

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con

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With

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Connect

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dict

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Say

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Dictation

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Man

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Hand

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Manual

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Min

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Small

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Minimal

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Nov

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New

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Novice

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Path

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feeling or suffering

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Pathetic and Apathy

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Vac

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Empty

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Vacuum

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Vent

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opening to let air in.

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Ventilate

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vit

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Life

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Vitamin

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Acri

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Bitter

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Acrimony

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corp

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Body

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Corporal punishment

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lum

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Light

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Luminary

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Sen

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Old

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Senior, senator

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vor

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Eat greedily

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Devour

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sect

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Cut

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Intersect, dissect, section

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scrib, scrip, graph

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Write

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Manuscript, postscript

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Un

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Not

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Unfinished, uncooked and unreadable

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Etymology

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The study of root words, or the history of words. Etymologists discover how words are formed and what their meaning is and how that meaning has changed over time.Etymologists apply specific steps to analyze the origin of words. They have to perform philological research, make use of dialectological data, and study semantic change.