Word Origins

1.This is the linguistic term for a single word that carries two opposite meanings, such as cleave, sanction or dust.

2.This word for an expression whose meaning cannot be worked out from its individual words comes from a Greek root meaning one's own or private.

3.This adjective for something that lasts a very short time comes from the Greek for lasting only a day.

4.This word for the fear of confined spaces is built on the Latin claustrum, meaning a bolt or an enclosed place.

5.This is the language English borrowed the word kindergarten from, unchanged in spelling.