I am adding a new section consisting of words borrowed from mythology.
It will be huge! Enjoy!
Atlas (condemned
to carry the heavens upon his shoulders) > atlas (book of maps)
Ceres (goddess of
agriculture) > cereal (food made from grains)
Clotho (the Fate who
spun the thread of life) > cloth (material made by weaving)
Cronos (keeper of
time) > chronology (events in order of time)
Erôs (god of love
and sexual desire) > erotic (sexual in nature)
Fortuna (goddess
of luck) > fortune (chance or luck)
Hypnos (god of
sleep) > hypnosis (a sleep-like state of consciousness)
Helios (god of the
sun and guardian of oaths) > heliotrope (plant that turns towards the
sun)
Jove (another name
for Jupiter, Latin for Zeus) > jovial (jolly, merry)
Khaos, Chaos (the
nothingness from which all sprang) > chaos (confusion, disorder)
Mars (god of war)
> martial (relating to or about war)
Mercury (messenger
to the gods) > mercurial (fast or changing)
Muses (goddesses
of music and arts) > musical (of or like music)
Narcissus (a
vain god who fell in love with his own reflection) > narcissism (extreme
love of self)
Nectar (drink of
the gods) > nectar, nectarine (fruit juice or sweet plant secretion)
Nymphs (beautiful
maidens, lesser deities who cared for plants and animals) > nymph
(beautiful woman)
Ôkeanos, Oceanos
(God of the river Oceanus, the source of all the Earth's fresh-water) >
ocean (large body of water)
Typhon (most
terrible of all monsters) > typhoon (huge rotating tropical storm)
Vulcan (god of the
forge and fire) > volcano (opening in the earth through which lava
erupts)
Zephyrus (god of
the west wind) > zephyr (gentle west wind)
TO BE CONTINUED!
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