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Test Etymology 212 A, B, C

The document contains an etymology test with multiple sections: 1. Define the origin of words using abbreviations for language of origins. 2. Find extra words in groups based on origins. 3. Arrange borrowings into groups based on degree of assimilation. 4. State the cases for types of borrowed words. 5. Build pairs of etymological doublets.

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Test Etymology 212 A, B, C

The document contains an etymology test with multiple sections: 1. Define the origin of words using abbreviations for language of origins. 2. Find extra words in groups based on origins. 3. Arrange borrowings into groups based on degree of assimilation. 4. State the cases for types of borrowed words. 5. Build pairs of etymological doublets.

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Name Group

TEST 1

ETYMOLOGY

1. Define the origin of the given words, using the following abbreviations: Gr., 1.
Lat., Sc., Celt. Fr., Nat. Fill in the blanks with your answers.
1. pneumonia 6. career 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2. marriage 7. Helene .
3. anger 8. skull
4. chance. 9. priest
5. stand 10. antenna

2. Find an extra word in every group, taking into account the origin: 2
1. A tunnel 2. A chest 3. A I 4. A face 5. A analysis 1 2 3 4 5
B clan B tree B run B court B episode
C mule C wine C daughter C ugly C scheme
D shamrock D chapter D purple D prison D goose

3. Arrange the following borrowings in groups according to the degree of


assimilation: 1 (aliens), 2 (denizens), 3 (barbarisms). Arrange the answers in 3
the alphabetic order. NOTE: Every group contains different number of
1. 2. 3.
borrowings.
A table F vis-à-vis
B a la carte G to debut
C chair H naive
D dish I cause
E prestige J ballet

4. State the cases of: cognate words(A) international words(C) 4


translation loans(B) pseudo international words(D) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. regime 4. accurate 7. kindergarten 10. evolution
2. complexion 5. son 8. industrious
3. ground 6. swan-song 9. actual

5. Build pairs of etymological doublets: 5


1 legal A drag 1 2 3 4 5
2 pauper B hotel
3 hospital C edible
4 draw D loyal
5 eatable E poor

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