12 Questions
What Latin numeral morpheme is used to represent the number five?
quint
Which Greek word part is associated with the number nine?
ennea
Which Greek numeral morpheme is linked to the number ten?
deca
The Greek word part 'hept' relates to which number?
seven
Which Latin morpheme denotes the number three?
tri
Which Latin numeral morpheme is correctly matched with the number two?
duo
In Latin, which morpheme is used to represent the number four?
quar
What Greek numeral morpheme is connected with the number seven?
sept
Which Greek word part corresponds to the number five?
penta
In English, which morpheme is correctly matched with the number six?
sex
What Latin word part is linked to the number nine?
nove
'Hex' as a Greek word part relates to which number?
6
Study Notes
Numeral Morphemes in English, Latin, and Greek
- One is represented by the morpheme "uni" in English and "uni" in Latin, with examples including "unicorn", "unicycle", and "universe".
Two
- Two is represented by the morphemes "bi" and "duo" in English and "bi" and "duo" in Latin, with examples including "bicycle", "biannual", and "bipolar".
Three
- Three is represented by the morphemes "tri" and "ter" in English and "tri" in Latin, with examples including "triangle", "tricycle", and "tertiary".
Four
- Four is represented by the morphemes "quadr" and "quar" in English and "quadr" in Latin, with examples including "quadrangle", "quart", and "quartile".
Five
- Five is represented by the morpheme "quint" in English and "quint" in Latin, with examples including "quintet", "quintuple", and "quintuplet".
Six
- Six is represented by the morpheme "sex" in English and "hex" in Greek, with examples including "sextant", "sextet", and "hexagon".
Seven
- Seven is represented by the morpheme "sept" in English and "hept" in Greek, with examples including "september", "septuagenarian", and "heptagon".
Eight
- Eight is represented by the morphemes "octa" and "octo" in English and "octa" and "octo" in Greek, with examples including "octagon", "October", and "octopus".
Nine
- Nine is represented by the morphemes "nona" and "nove" in English and "nove" and "enne" in Greek, with examples including "September", "nonagenarian", and "ennead".
Ten
- Ten is represented by the morphemes "dec", "deca", and "deci" in English and "dec" in Latin, with examples including "decade", "December", and "decathlon".
Large Numbers
- 100 is represented by the morpheme "cent" in English and "cent" in Latin, with examples including "century", "centigrade", and "centimeter".
- 1000 is represented by the morphemes "milli" in English and "milli" in Latin, with examples including "millenary", "millennium", and "million".
- 10,000 is represented by the morpheme "mega" in English and "mega" in Greek, with examples including "megawatt", "megabyte", and "megameter".
- 1,000,000 is represented by the morpheme "bi" (two) + "million" in English, with examples including "billion".
- 1,000,000,000 is represented by the morpheme "giga" in English and "giga" in Greek, with examples including "gigabyte", "gigahertz".
- 1,000,000,000,000 is represented by the morpheme "tera" in English and "tera" in Greek, with examples including "terabyte", "terahertz".
- 1,000,000,000,000,000 is represented by the morpheme "peta" in English and "peta" in Greek, with examples including "petabyte", "petameter".
Test your knowledge on numeral morphemes in English, Latin, and Greek with examples and words containing these morphemes. Practice identifying morphemes for numbers one to nine in various languages.
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