Question

How can etymologies help you know the meanings of scientific terms ?

Answer 1

When you understand the etymologies of scientific terms, they make a lot of sense in relation to the term. The etymologies themselves often serve as a reasonably okay definition for the term.

Here's an example, many scientific terms have Greek or Latin etymologies. Take "archaeology" (for an example) Etymologically, it consists of two Greek words "archaeo" (old, ancient) and "logos" (a word, discourse, or study). Therefore, etymologically "archaeology" means "the study of old/ancient things."

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Answer 2

Etymology regularly expresses the origin of a word and the origin of its root or ending, with which a medium idea of the meaning of the word can be given even though it is not known.

Step-by-step explanation:

The etymology of a word will allow you by means of the meaning and origin of its parts (either the root or the ending) to identify the meaning of the word, for example, perhaps you have heard the word hepatitis, and perhaps you do not know what it means, It turns out that the first part "hepa" comes from a Latin word that refers to the liver, while the second part "itis" comes from a Latin word that refers to all kinds of inflammation, so you could deduce that the Hepatitis is a type of inflammation of the liver, which would give you a general idea of the disease.