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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

"New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words"


_not_ similar.
amphi- = _around_; amphi-theater place for seeing all
_both_ amphi-bious _around_.
living in _both_ land and
water.
ana- = _back_, ana-logy reasoning _back_.
_throughout_ ana-lysis loosening _throughout_.
anti- = _against_; anti-pathy a feeling _against_.
ant- _opposite_ ant-arctic _opposite_ the Arctic.
apo- = _away_; apo-stle one sent _out_.
ap- _out_ ap-helion _away_ from the sun.
cata- = _down_ or cata-ract a rushing _down_.
cat- _against_ cat-arrh a flowing _down_.
dia- = _through_ or dia-meter measure _through_ the
_across_ dia-logue center.
speaking _across_ (from
one another).
dis- = _two_, dis-syllable word of _two_ syllables.
di- _double_ di-lemma a _double_ assumption.
dys- = _ill_ dys-pepsia _ill_ digestion.
ec- = _out of_ ec-centric _out of_ the center.
ex- ex-odies an _outgoing_.


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