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English vocabulary words from Latin Greek etymologies and their prefixes and roots.

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Words: sal-, sali- (Latin: salt).
sal-, sali- : dictionary words "cum grano salis" to "soused".

An article about the history of salt is also available for your enlightenment.


Words: Sandwich, Earl of Sandwich (English: history).

Information and illustrations about the historical orgins of the sandwich,
part 1 of 2, who, what, where, when.

Information and illustrations about the historical orgins of the sandwich,
part 2 of 2, who, what, where, when.


Words: sarmasso-, sarmass- (Greek [sarx, flesh plus massein, to knead or to massage; methodical pressure]: love play, sexual foreplay with a woman; necking).
sarmasso-: dictionary words "sarmassant" to "sarmassophobia".

Words: Greek elements that are used in various forms to create hundreds of dictionary words that mean “lizard” include many of the following: sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur, -sauria, -saurian.
Some authorities also use -saurus as a reference to a “serpent” or a “reptile”. Links to dinosaur pages with many illustrations are included.
Lizard or sauro-, -saurid: Part 1 of 10, words with historical explanations.
sauro-, -saurian : Part 2 of 10, words "Aachenosaukrus" to "Azendohsaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 3 of 10, words "Bactrosaurus" to "Ctenosaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 4 of 10, words "Dachongosaurus" to "Euskelosaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 5 of 10, words "Fabrosaurids" to "Hypselosaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 6 of 10, words "Ichthyosaur" to "Muttaburrasaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 7 of 10, words "Naashoiobitosaurus" to "Piatnitzkysaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 8 of 10, words "Pinacosaurus" to "Sauropodomorphs".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 9 of 10, words "Saurornithelestes" to "Szechuanosaurus".
sauro-, -saurian : Part 10 of 10, words "Taphrosaurus" to "Zizhongosaurus".

Words: scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive (Latin: write, record).
scrib-, script- : dictionary words "adscript" to "typescript".
Professional-Egyptian scribe story (historical background), part 1 of 2.
Professional-Egyptian scribe story (historical background), part 2 of 2.

Words: seismo-, seism-, -seism, -seisms, -seisma, -seismically, -seismical,
-seismal, -seismic
(Greek: to move back and forth; to shake, to move violently).
seism-: dictionary words "aseism" to "thalassoseisma".

Words: senso-, sens-, sensi-, sensori-, sent- (Latin: feeling, sensation, perception through the senses, be aware, discern by the senses).
sensi: part 1 of 2, dictionary words "aftersensation" to "sensitization".
sensi: part 2 of 2, dictionary words "sensoria" to "visuosensory".
The Blind Men and the Elephant a poem about sensory perceptions.

Words: sesqui- (Latin: one and a half; normally used as a prefix; from Latin, semis “half” + que “and”).
sesqui- : dictionary words "hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian" to "sesquitertian".
Sesquipedalian Words, Part 1 of 2; Groups 1-17 to challenge your understanding.
Sesquipedalian Words, Part 2 of 2; Groups 18-34 with more challenges.

Words: stygeo-, styge-, stygio, stygi-, stygo-, styg- (Greek > Latin: hate, hating, hated, hateful; abhor, abhorrence; loathsome, loathing).
stygio-: dictionary words "stygiophobia" to "Styx".

Words: sucho-, -suchus (Greek [from Egyptian]: crocodile).
-suchus: part 1 of 2, dictionary words "Acaenasuchus" to "Lythrosuchus".
-suchus: part 2 of 2, dictionary words "Mandasuchus" to "Youngosuchus".

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