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and planets; it contains, in part, Latin names for various animals—scorpio, scorpion; leo,

lion; cancer, crab; taurus, bull; aries, ram; and pisces, sh. Hence its derivation from zoion,
animal.
The adjective is zodiacal (zō-DĪ′-Ə-kƏl).

REVIEW OF ETYMOLOGY

PREFIX, ROOT MEANING

1. anthropos mankind

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2. logos science, study

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3. astron star

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4. nautes sailor

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5. naus ship

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6. dis- against

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7. nomos arrangement, law, order

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8. autos self

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9. metron measurement

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10. ge (geo-) earth

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11. graphein to write

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12. bios life