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The word "constrict" is based on a Latin root meaning to suffocate or squeeze.
Eris (Greek ????, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife, discord, contention and rivalry, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia, -ae, I-f. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo. Eris, the solar system's largest known dwarf planet, is named after the goddess.
Eris IS a Greek name. Eris was the personification of "strife" and in Latin she was called Discordia.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary it comes from Latin "suffōcāre", which in turn is a combination of "sub" [under] and "fauces" [throat]
Eris is the Greek goddess of strife but her Roman counterpart is named Discordia.
Some English derivatives of the Latin word 'teneo' include "retain," "contain," "tenant," and "tenacious."
There is no such word in Latin. The verb habere means to have, to hold, to possess, to contain, to handle, to use.
the answer is principio, but I want to know if there are other English words that contain that latin root?
bananas contain potassium (K). latin name kelium.
bananas contain potassium (K). latin name kelium.
There is no Latin name for the element specifically as aluminum was not discovered until long after the fall of the Roman empire. The name comes from the Latin word alumen which refers to a salt later found to contain aluminum.
I would guess that by American you mean English? If you mean the native American languages then no, of course not. English is not Latin based either, though many English words come from Latin. English, like most western languages uses the latin alphabet.