What is the difference between Hept- and Sept- prefixes? 2 "Hept-" is from the Greek "hepta" (See, for example, the Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "heptagon" ) And we do see this distinction with other numbers (though a number of Greek and Latin number terms are cognate) A tetragon, for example, is a four-sided polygon We also speak of "pentagons" and "quintuplets"
etymology - What is the origin of the counting prefixes: uni-, bi- di . . . You are correct, they are from Latin and Greek, we have simply inherited terms from both There is a good reference for Latin and Greek roots over at Wikipedia: Uni meaning one: un-, uni- one language of origin: Latin etymology: unus, unius examples: unary, union Bi Di meaning two: bi- two language of origin: Latin etymology: bis, "twice"; bini, "in twos" examples: binoculars, bigamy, biscotti
Why meth-, eth-, prop-, when there is uni-,di-,tri-? In chemistry, the homologous series for hydrocarbons uses the following prefixes: Meth- Eth- Prop- But- Pent- Hex- Hept- Oct- Why are these prefixes used, instead of just usin
What is a word called that has more than one syllable? I don't know clearly how goes in english, but the origin is commonly latin greek so you should stick with it: 1 Syllable - Mono (one-unique) Syllable 2 Syllable - Di (Bi-Duo-two) Syllable 3 Syllable - Tri (tres-three) Syllable 4 Syllable - Tetra (cuatro-four) Syllable 5 Syllable - Penta (five) Syllable Hexa-Hepta-Octo-Nono-Deca, etc More than one - Poly (many) Syllable As in Polygamy (many