Answers to Vocab Quiz - V (chronots)

Hello people ,

This week's vocab quiz was based on all the roots related to time.For my convinience I call them chronots [chrono-time + ots (from roots)].The quiz covered the following three roots:

• chrono (from the Titan king Chronus,the father of Zeus according to Greek Mythology) ; other words from the same root : chronic,chronology,chronomancy,chronicle,synchronise,anachronism
• tempor (time ) : other words from this root : temporal.temporary,contemporary
• archae (ancient) : other words related to this root : archives,archivist,archaeology,archaic,archetype

Answers

1. ancient
2. lasting only for a time
3. time
4. both 1 and 3 (ante - before + diluvian (flood) [ according to the bible there was this huge flood which destroyed mankind.The only person who God wanted to save was Noah.The same story also exist in Hindu mythology where Manu was saved by God.Just proves a point how all the ancient stories and different mythologies are related.There is a unifying thread that binds all religions in the world yet the world fights in the name of religion .....gyaan ho gaya na :) ]
5. all the above

Learnings from this quiz

Roots related to time : chrono,archae,tempor
Prefix : ante (before) other words from the prefix ante : antecedent,anterior