Question

please help I can't get these lost few words thank you
I need the prefix and suffix and the Combining form for each word if there is one thank you so much ahead of time for your help
Etymology
Mastectomy
Neuroma
Tachycardia
Endotracheal

Answer 1

If you go to a good dictionary it will give you that information...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=etymology

Look at origin.

Answer 2

What you need to notice is how each word is listed in a dictionary. Take a look at this from http://www.answers.com/etymology:

Dictionary: <b>etymology (ĕt'ə-mŏl'ə-jç)</b>

n., pl. -gies.
The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible.
The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.
<b>[Middle English etimologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Medieval Latin ethimologia, from Latin etymologia, from Greek etumologiâ : <u>etumon, true sense of a word; see etymon + -logiâ, -logy</u>.]</b>

And this:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=etymology&searchmode=none

So it looks as if this word is a combination of two root words, no prefix or suffix.

etymo + logia

Now you look up the others, and tell me what you think for each one.

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Answer 3

thank you so much

Answer 4

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