Week2:About the word

ori ：起  始  源

origin (n)起源
=ori開始  +  gin產生
original (a)最初的，原始的，原創的
=ori開始  +  gin產生  +al形容詞字尾

aboriginal  (a)原來的 (n)原住民
orient(v)定方向，使朝東(orientation (Noun))
disorient(v)失去方向感(disorientation(n)失去方向Or迷惑)
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a-
prefix meaning "not," from Latin a-, short for ab "away from" (as in avert)

apathy
Definition from Webster's Dictionary: the feeling of not having much emotion or interest ;
                                                     an apathetic state.
E.g:Many commentators are surprised by the apathy [=indifference] of the country's voters.
atheist
Definition from Webster's Dictionary:1570s, from French athéiste (16c.), from Greek atheos "without god, denying the gods; abandoned of the gods; godless, ungodly," from a- "without" + theos "a god"

E.g:Although he was raised a Catholic, he was an agnostic for most of his adult life.
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How agnostic Differs from atheist

Many people are interested in distinguishing between the words agnostic and atheist. The difference is quite simple: atheist refers to someone who believes that there is no god (or gods), and agnostic refers to someone who doesn’t know whether there is a god, or even if such a thing is knowable. This distinction can be troublesome to remember, but examining the origins of the two words can help.

Agnostic first appeared in 1869, (possibly coined by the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley), and was formed from the Greek agnōstos (meaning "unknown, unknowable"). Atheist came to English from the French athéisme. Although both words share a prefix (which is probably the source of much of the confusion) the main body of each word is quite different. Agnostic shares part of its history with words such as prognosticate and prognosis, words which have something to do with knowledge or knowing something. Atheist shares roots with words such as theology and theism, which generally have something to do with God.

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