Etymology - PowerPoint Presentation

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Etymology

Thank You Ms. Davidson!

-Elizabeth, Kaya, Oscar, and WesSlide2

Phillia

A phillia basically means the obsessive love of … it is also the antonym of a phobia. Slide3

Examples of phillias

Agrizoophillia The obsessive love of wild

animals.

Beatlephillia The obsessive love of The

Beatles.

Cyclophillia The obsessive love of bikes and

cycles.

Dementophillia The obsessive love of insanity.

Hedonophillia

The obsessive love of pleasure.Slide4

Phobias

A phobia basically means the fear of … it is also the antonym of a phillia. Slide5

Examples of Phobias

Aftokinitophobia The fear of automobiles/ cars

altophobia The fear of heights

Cibophobia The fear of food

Emetophobia The fear of vomiting.

Haptephobia

The fear of being touched.Slide6

Ologies

A ology basically means the study of…

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Examples of Ologies

Autobuyology The study of buying cars.

Biology The study of physical life.

Ornithology The study of birds.

Cetology The study of whales.

Paleotempestology

The study of ancient storms.Slide8

Palindromes

Palindromes are words that read the same forwards and backwards. When you look at a palindrome in a mirror, you will read exactly what you wrote, and in other random words, the words will be backwards.Slide9

Examples of Palindromes:

A nut for a jar of

tuna

Too hot to hoot

A Toyota

I prefer pi!Slide10

Oxymoron

An oxymoron is a pair of words that are opposites but still make sense togetherSlide11

Oxymoron Examples

Plastic silverware

Clearly confused

Bigger half Slide12

Ologies

A ology basically means the study of…

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Examples of Ologies

Autobuyology The study of buying cars.

Biology The study of physical life.

Ornithology The study of birds.

Cetology The study of whales.

Paleotempestology

The study of ancient storms.Slide14

Phobias

A phobia basically means the fear of … it is also the antonym of a

philia

. Slide15

Examples of Phobias

Aftokinitophobia The fear of automobiles/cars

altophobia

The fear of heights

Cibophobia

The fear of food

Emetophobia The fear of vomiting.

Haptephobia

The fear of being touched.Slide16

Philia

A

philia

basically means the obsessive love of … it is also the antonym of a phobia. Slide17

Examples of philias

Agrizoophilia

The obsessive love of wild

animals.

Beatlephilia

The obsessive love of The Beatles.

Cyclophilia

The obsessive love of bikes and

cycles.

Dementophilia

The obsessive love of insanity.

Hedonophilia

The obsessive love of pleasure.Slide18

Demonyms

Demonyms

are names for people who live in a certain placeSlide19

Demonym Examples

Bostonian

European

Massachusettsan

Martian

Saturnian

Solarian

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Idioms

Idioms are phrases. They don’t literally mean what they are, they use figurative language. Idioms are first created when they are used at one point, then carried on and soon work their way into the language. Slide21

Idiom Examples

Raining cats and dogs-raining very hard

Cut from the same cloth-having the same traits as another

Happy as a clam-very happy

Early bird gets the worm- early risers are

better offSlide22

Eponyms

Eponyms are something that was named after someone. That something could be shoes, an organization, a puzzle, or even a whole company!Slide23

Examples of Eponyms

Air

Jordans

, a type of shoe,

Worn by Michael

Jordan

Rubik’s cube, a very popular puzzle, named after

Erno

Rubik

Braille, a “language” for blind people, named after it’s inventor, Louis BrailleSlide24

Languages

In etymology, we learned about languages and different parts of the world and how the became one of the main languages in that country. We talked about indigenous languages and official governmental languages. We also made our own language tree to explain which languages came first and which all fit into the same group. Slide25

Maps of Languages

Governmental Languages

Indigenous LanguagesSlide26

Prefixes

Another thing that you taught us is prefixes, ones that mean essentially “no”. Then, you taught us the differences between them all, giving us examples and cool stuff to think about all the way, and not getting us

too

confused at allSlide27

Examples of Prefixes

Unarmed

different

Disarmed

OMG!

Uninterested

different

disinterestedSlide28

Obsolete Words

Obsolete words are words that used to be words and are not anymore. Some obsolete words, such as

snowbroth

, are still in the dictionary, but aren’t used anymore when you are speaking. Some obsolete words mean crazy things, not what you would guess them to be, but some mean exactly what you would guess.Slide29

Examples of Obsolete Words

Jargogle

:

To confuse

Kench

:

To laugh loudly

Mon

Monsterful

:

wonderful

Groak

:

groan

Lumming

:

pouring

Elflock:

hairstyleSlide30

Portmanteaus

Portmanteaus are cool because they are 2 words mixed into 1 word that you might actually use when idly speaking in a conversation.Slide31

Examples of Portmanteaus

Smog smoke + fog

Brunch breakfast + lunch

Frolf

frisbee

+ golf

E-Mail Electric + mail

Brainiac

brain + maniac

Chortle snort + chuckle

Chillax chill + relax

Spork

spoon +fork

Ginormous giant + huge + enormousSlide32

References

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http://www.therubikscube.com/erno-rubik/Slide33

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Thank you again!