Using the Comparison Chart and your knowledge of roots and affixes, match the word to its related word.

English French Latin Celtic Greek Sanskrit
three trois tres tri treis tri
seven sept septem secht hepta sapta
mother mere mater mathair meter matar
night nuit noct-, nox ---- nykt, nyx nakta
1. night
September
2. seven
nocturne
3. mother
tricycle
4. three
maternity

1 answer

Based on the roots and affixes of the words provided, here is the matching of the English words to their related words:

  1. night - nocturne (Related through the Latin root "noct-," meaning night)
  2. seven - September (Related through the Latin "septem," meaning seven)
  3. mother - maternity (Related through the Latin "mater," meaning mother)
  4. three - tricycle (Related through the Greek root "tri," meaning three)

So the matches are:

  1. night - nocturne
  2. seven - September
  3. mother - maternity
  4. three - tricycle