Understanding Scientific Terms
Understanding Scientific Terms, Greek and Latin word roots for scientists
Contents
- Lesson 0 - Why bother learning Greek and Latin words?
- Lesson 1 - Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
- Lesson 2 - Common roots in science
- Lesson 3 - Common prefixes
- Lesson 4 - Numbers
- Lesson 5 - Colors
- Lesson 6 - The Body - part 1
- Lesson 7 - The Body - part 2
- Lesson 8 - Special suffixes
- Index - Quick word root finder
Courses
This book is used as a textbook in this Wikiversity course.
References
- Latin
- Greek, Ancient
- Greek, Modern
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- Simpson, D. P., M.A. 1968 . Cassell's Latin Dictionary. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York NY. ISBN 0-02-522570-7
- Various Authors. 2000. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. ISBN 0-618-08230-1
- Douglas Harper. 2017. Etymonline - Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved September 23, 2022, from https://www.etymonline.com/