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Source of English derived words from Latin and Greek sources
English vocabulary words from Latin Greek etymologies and their prefixes and roots.

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chemo-, chemico- words (Arabic > Greek > Latin: the art of combining base metals [to make gold]; from Greek, chemia, "Egypt", supposedly where the art of changing metals into gold existed): English words, "agrichemical" to "thermochemistry".

Chemical Elements Chart Links to eight sections of chemical elements): Chemical elements: "actinium" to "zirconium". Charts include etymological descriptions, symbols, atomic numbers, years discovered (when known), discoverers (when known), "additional information" describing the chemical elements for better understanding of what the elements are, and names in four languages other than English.

chrono-, chron- words (Greek: time) part 1 of 2: English words, "achronism" to "chronotropism".

chrono-, chron- words (Greek: time) part 2 of 2: English words, "dendrochronology" to "tephrochronology".

-cide, -cidal words (Latin: suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; "to cut down" so as to cause death) part 1 of 2: English words, "aborticide" to "lupicide".

-cide, -cidal words (Latin: suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; "to cut down" so as to cause death) part 2 of 2: English words, "magistricide" to "vulpicide".

clam-, -claim- words (Latin: talk, call out, speak, say, shout): English words, "acclamation" to "unclaimed".

-cole, -coline, -colous words (Latin: suffix; to inhabit, to live in, on, or among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in) part 1 of 2: English words, "agaricole" to "hylocole".

-cole, -coline, -colous words (Latin: suffix; to inhabit, to live in, on, or among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in) part 2 of 2: English words, "lapidicole" to "zoocole".

cred-, credit-, creed- words (Latin: believe, belief, faith, confidence, trust): English words, "accredit" to "uncreditable".

Cremation of Sam McGee poem by Robert W. Service.

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