CIRCLING THE DRAIN
BICYCLE
BICYCLE — TWO WHEELS
L. bi- — “two”
G. kuklos — “wheel, circle”
EQUAL
EQUAL — SAME / EVEN
L. aequus — “same, even, equal”
PENDANT
PENDANT — HANGING THING
L. pendere — “to hang”
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT — CARRY ACROSS
L. trans- — “across”
L. portare — “to carry”
INTERACT
INTERACT — ACT BETWEEN
L. inter- — “between”
L. agere — “to do, act”
TRICYCLE
TRICYCLE — THREE WHEELS
L. tri- — “three”
G. kuklos — “wheel, circle”
EQUATION
EQUATION — MAKING EQUAL
L. aequus — “equal”
L. -tion — “act/process”
PENDULUM
PENDULUM — HANGING THING
L. pendere — “to hang”
TRANSMIT
TRANSMIT — SEND ACROSS
L. trans- — “across”
L. mittere — “to send”
INTERSECT
INTERSECT — CUT BETWEEN
L. inter- — “between”
L. secare — “to cut”
CIRCUMFERENCE
CIRCUMFERENCE — CARRYING AROUND
L. circum — “around”
L. ferre — “to carry”
EQUIDISTANT
EQUIDISTANT — EQUALLY DISTANT
L. aequus — “equal”
L. distare — “to stand apart / be distant”
SUSPEND
SUSPEND — HANG UNDER / BELOW
L. sub- — “under, below”
L. pendere — “to hang”
TRANSFORM
TRANSFORM — CHANGE FORM
L. trans- — “across / beyond”
L. forma — “form, shape”
INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL — BETWEEN NATIONS
L. inter- — “between”
L. natio — “nation / people”
CIRCUMNAVIGATE
CIRCUMNAVIGATE — SAIL AROUND
L. circum — “around”
L. navis/navigare — “ship / to sail”
EQUILATERAL
EQUILATERAL — EQUAL SIDES
L. aequus — “equal”
L. lateralis/latus — “side”
DEPENDENT
DEPENDENT — HANGING FROM
L. de- — “from/down”
L. pendere — “to hang”
TRANSLATE
TRANSLATE — CARRY ACROSS
L. trans- — “across”
L. latus (from ferre) — “carried”
INTERVENE
INTERVENE — COME BETWEEN
L. inter- — “between”
L. venire — “to come”
CIRCUMSPECT
CIRCUMSPECT — LOOK AROUND
L. circum — “around”
L. specere — “to look”
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM — EQUAL BALANCE
L. aequus — “equal”
L. libra — “balance / scales”
INDEPENDENT
INDEPENDENT — NOT HANGING FROM
L. in- — “not”
L. de- — “from/down”
L. pendere — “to hang”
TRANSCONTINENTAL
TRANSCONTINENTAL — ACROSS CONTINENTS
L. trans- — “across”
L. continens — “continuous land / continent”
INTERJECT
INTERJECT — THROW BETWEEN
L. inter- — “between”
L. jacere — “to throw”