Can you name the language of origin (Greek or Latin) of the following words?

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Note: You should enter the language of origin of the following words' roots. Some of these words came into English through intermediary sources.
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English Word	Enter G or L	Root(s) Definition
Thermal		Heat
Zoo		Living Being
Vulpine		Fox
Hippopotamus		Horse+River
Prepare		Set up
Somnambulate		Sleep+Walk
Pterodactyl		Wing+Finger
Cognitive		Know
Necropolis		Dead+City
Reside		Again+Sit
Polygamy		Many+Marriage
Cycle		Wheel
Ergonomics		Work+Distribution
Laudable		Praise
Bonus		Good
Architect		First+Builder
Telephone		Distant+Sound
Infant		Not+Speak
Suture		Seam
Irascible		Angry

English Word	Enter G or L	Root(s) Definition
Ethics		Moral
Acerbic		Bitter
Sequence		Follow
Asteroid		Star+Resembling
Autograph		Self+Write
Podiatry		Foot+Healing
Sentient		Feel
Feminine		Woman
Psychiatry		Spirit+Healing
Translate		Across+Carried
Flatulence		Blow
Audacious		Daring
Glucose		Sweet
Agoraphobia		Market Place+Fear
Etymology		True Sense+Word
Morbid		Sick
Monolith		One+Stone
Sinister		Left
Moron		Foolish
Defend		Defend
Ergonomics	Defend
Infant	Defend
Podiatry	Defend
Somnambulate	Defend
Agoraphobia	Defend
Translate	Defend
Asteroid	Defend
Prepare	Defend
Etymology	Defend
Reside	Defend
Zoo	Defend
Laudable	Defend
Moron	Defend
Suture	Defend
Thermal	Defend
Irascible	Defend
Telephone	Defend
Defend	Defend
Psychiatry	Defend
Acerbic	Defend
Hippopotamus	Defend
Bonus	Defend
Necropolis	Defend
Sinister	Defend
Ethics	Defend
Vulpine	Defend
Autograph	Defend
Morbid	Defend
Glucose	Defend
Feminine	Defend
Architect	Defend
Audacious	Defend
Cycle	Defend
Flatulence	Defend
Pterodactyl	Defend
Sequence	Defend
Monolith	Defend
Sentient	Defend
Polygamy	Defend
Cognitive	Defend

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Greek or Latin? Quiz

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Created Jun 21, 2011 in Language
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	wrink1117:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:18 GMT		1 point
	i hated the SAT.

	KDawgNow:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:23 GMT		18 points
	Excellent quiz - a nice variety of words included.

	spelengwisird21:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:47 GMT		-2 points
	At the end, I just kind of held down the L key.

	Quizmaster91:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:51 GMT		1 point
	I got the bonus ;)

	Speenatch:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 21:18 GMT		6 points
	Bonus? Wait a minute, the quiz is still partway through... ohhhhhh

	Harlingen:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 21:34 GMT		3 points
	Nice quiz. Decently hard, until I figured I should just focus on the latin words as they are more familiar to me. At a score of 20/40 with just latin words, all the others had to be greek.

	chikka2:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 21:49 GMT		7 points
	sweet quiz

	flipsqueaks:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 22:18 GMT		-2 points
	great quiz, new the greek better than the latin, but still got them all... eventually.

	glueyourfingers:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 22:38 GMT		24 points
	I was hoping "television" would show up somewhere.

	dlutz77539:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 22:48 GMT		17 points
	I'll give you a hint: if it has a "ph" or a "ps", it's almost certainly Greek.

	dancastro:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 23:09 GMT		4 points
	@glueyourfingers: of course "television" can't appear in this quiz, as it's half Greek (tele) and half Latin (vision). TV was given this hybrid name because a pure Greek word that meant "seeing things that are far away" existed already but was used for a different device: the telescope.

	chillysnow:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 23:24 GMT		24 points
	@dancastro: glueyourfingers is clearly making a joke...

	ChileNoseJam:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 23:34 GMT		3 points
	Both an excellent idea and very well executed. Since I studied both languages to GCSE, my teacher would have been ashamed of me if I hadn't scored somewhere close to full marks... fortunately I did.

	Hyperion:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 02:47 GMT		1 point
	how about a speed bonus!

	elcropsziuq:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 03:21 GMT		5 points
	Great execution and idea. Somewhere my High School Latin teacher is slowly turning in her grave for my poor performance... 4 years of Latin.

	Syzygy_314159:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 05:50 GMT		1 point
	36/40 first try. Not bad for never having taken Greek or Latin and being half asleep.

	samcash13593:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 06:31 GMT		3 points
	the way i did it: if it can be followed by phobia or philia then it's greek. I have never heard of necropolis, but i have heard of necrophilia ;). I didn't know telephone was from greek. i guess that means telescope, telegram etc. are as well.

	ham1003:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 11:22 GMT		5 points
	wow really good quiz

	defineexistence:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 18:01 GMT		2 points
	I love this quiz, as I've always enjoyed word roots and etymology, but this turned out to be trickier than I thought.

	JacketFan:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 20:54 GMT		6 points
	Good quiz. Remembering amo, amas, amat didn't help, though.

	weirdmary91:	Jul 21st, 2011 at 10:24 GMT		2 points
	very nice!!! i studied latin and greek so maybe i found it simple but funny, helped to remember past knowledges XD

	DonEscamillo:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 01:23 GMT		6 points
	Just wonderful to think so many of our words come from an advanced southern European civilisation from over two milleniums ago!

	ktappe:	Jul 24th, 2011 at 02:13 GMT		1 point
	I've no idea what Quiz and Speen mean by "bonus", but I think this was a fun quiz and a great idea.

	SpunkyBlah:	Aug 27th, 2011 at 05:26 GMT		2 points
	"cognitive" is both Greek and Latin. The word "know" came originally from the Greek root gno- (gamma nu omicron).

	Ossy:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 01:09 GMT		2 points
	Thermal is kind of tricky because while the root may originally come from Greek the Romans used "Thermae" to refer to (mostly) hot baths.

	Trueblood777:	Feb 29th, 2012 at 03:26 GMT		3 points
	28 out of 40...pretty good seeing as how I don't speak either language!

	milgita:	Apr 9th, 2012 at 00:53 GMT		3 points
	I hate it when there's a latin word that comes from greek (astrum)...it really kills me. :p And smart me...I see architect and think "oh! obviously comes from tegere!" um, no.