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ethero-, ether-, aethero-, aether-, aither- (Greek > Latin: burn, shine, to kindle; light up; the heavens; the upper air, the sky)
Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-; splendo-.
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.
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ethno-, ethn- + (Greek: people, race, tribe, nation; group of people living together; community, family)
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Ethnobiology (Mark Plotkin, an ethnobotanist takes up the cause of rain forest conservation)
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Ethnobotany: Source of therapeutic drugs (medicinal plants discovered by traditional societies)
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ethyl- + (Greek: upper air, purer air [alcohol and sufuric acid]; in scientific terminology, "volatile, clean-smelling, euphoria-producing liquid composed of alcohol and sufuric acid")
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-etic, -etics (Greek: -etikos, an adjective suffix meaning "pertaining to, of the nature of" for nouns ending in -esis)
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etio-, aetio- + (Greek: cause, causation, originating; that which causes or originates something)
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etym- (Greek: truth, true meaning, real [the root meaning, true meaning or literal meaning of a word])
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Etymologies: Why Should You Care? (learn more about where words came from and who their family members are)
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Etymologies: Word Origins (learning etymologies can multiply your vocabulary easier than by learning lists of words)
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Etymology, Rooting Around (If the origins of words are not known, then much of our language will not be as easily understood nor appreciated!)
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Eureka and Discovery (a reaction of delight and excitement when someone makes a discovery)
