Question

Based on this etymological information, what are the roots of the word hieroglyph?
Latin, hiems "winter"
Latin, arius "connected with"
Greek, hieros "sacred"
Greek, hierarkhes "leader of sacred rites"
Greek, graphein "to write"
Greek, glyphein "to carve"

Latin hiems + Greek graphein

Latin hiems + Latin arius + Greek glyphein

Greek hieros + Greek glyphein

Greek hierarkhes + Greek glyphein

Answer 1

WHat do you think?

Answer 2

^

Answer 3

Pretty sure it is C

Answer 4

It has nothing to do with winter, so any of the choices with 'heims' can't be right

Answer 5

hieroglyphics are carvings

Answer 6

Greek hieros + Greek glyphein?

Answer 7

Heirarkhes means leader of sacred rites, and that isn't relevant to heiroglyphs, so that can't be it.

Answer 8

That leaves you with one more choice. Got it?

Answer 9

Yes, C is correct.

Answer 10

@charlie7770 you are correct

Answer 11

i was correct

Answer 12

yes