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Grab the word by its roots
or
How to learn words by understanding their roots
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Languages have origins too
People, cultures,civilizations
Thousands ofyears Constantly
evolvingWords are the fundamental units of a language. Sounds that carry meaning.Wrappers for concepts!
Etymology is the study of origins of words.
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Where did English Words come from?
From ancestral languages: Germanic tribes: camp, cheese, cook, fork, inch, kettle, kitchen, linen, mile, mill, noon, pillow,
pin, pound, street and wall Romans : anchor, butter, chest, dish, sack and wine Old Norse (spoken by Vikings): anger, bag, both, hit, law, leg, same, skill, sky, take
Names of people, places, etc sandwich, sadist, algorithm, America,
Onomatopoeia = sounds like Buzz, cuckoo, hiss, puff, gargle,
loan words from other languages guru, mango, amigo, chi, glitch,
Today: GRE words with Greek and Latin roots
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Word = Prefix + Root(s) + Suffix
Prefix Roots
Suffix
The best way to learn the words is to familiarize
yourself with common prefixes, roots and suffixes Handouts Game
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-cracy, -archy
democracy
meritocracy
aristocracy
theocracy
bureaucracy
oligarchy
anarchy
monarchy
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-theo
theosophytheology
Even names Teddy (Theodore)
apotheosis
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-phil
philosophy bibliophile
philately
philology
philanthropy
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-anthropos, -morpho
misanthrope
anthropology
morphology
anthropomorphic
amorphous
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-loqui, eu-
loquacious
colloquial
soliloquy
grandiloquent
monologueeulogy
euphoria
eugenics euphemism
euphony
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Latin and Greek Root Words
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et cetera
etc.
What does this term mean?
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et cetera
etc. is a Latin termthat meansand so forth
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Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter by J. K.Rowling
arma weapons, armour
dens a toothdormio I sleeplumen lightludo I playnox night, darknessnunquam (or numquam) never patronus a protector or sponsor
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Sirius Black Draco MalfoySirius is the Latin name forthe bright dog star
Draco is the Latinword for dragon.
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Greek letters are still used in math andscience today.
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th, ph, ch, and psstand for Greek letters
not in our alphabet.
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1. photo2. graph3. tele4. meter5. tropic
Roots are word parts.
Build more words with root words.
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photos
Draw a green border around the word on this card.
Green stands for a Greek root word.
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Definition: lightphotos
Examples: photograph, photosynthesis
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tele
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Definition: far away, distant
tele
Examples: telephone, telescope
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metron
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Definition: measuremetron
Examples: thermometer, meter stick,geometry
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tropos
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Definition: turning toward somethingsuch as the sun
tropos
Examples: Tropic of Cancer,Tropic of Capricorn, Tropics
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Draw a word tree. Select a root.Grow words.
Write the root wordon the bottom nearthe roots of the tree.
Write words thatcontain your rooton the branches ofthe tree. Includedefinitions.
television : box to see distant thingstelethon : long fundraising eventtelephone : sound from far awaytelekinesis : making things movefrom a distancetelescope : device for seeing distantobjects
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What is a derivation?(pronounced: dir -ah-va- tion)
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Derivation meansdrawing off water from a main stream
From Latin
de : down from, away from+
rivus : brook, stream
English words may be derived or drawn offof mainstream Greek or Latin roots. Rootsmay not be spelled the same way all thetime.
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philia
Rocky actorSylvester Stalloneat the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art
Philadelphia -- city of brotherly love
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Definition: love, friendship
Philia (feel -ya)
Examples: Philadelphia,philosopher, Philip, philharmonic,philanthropist
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phobos
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Definition: unusual fear
phobos
Examples:claustrophobia: fear of closed places
acrophobia: fear of heightsarachnophobia: fear of spidersmyctophobia: fear of darknesssuriphobia- fear of micetestophobia- fear of taking tests
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Syn (or sym)
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Definition: with, together
syn
Examples:synonyms: words that go together
symphony: sounds that go togethersynchronize: do things at the same timesynagogue: to bring people together forJewish worship
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thesis
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Definition: put, place, position
Thesis (3 Ps)
Examples:thesis: position taken in apersuasive argumentparentheses: symbols grouping
words placed inside a sentencesynthesizer: instrument that putssounds together
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kinesis
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Definition: movement
kinesis
Examples:kinetic: movement of bodiescinema: motion pictures (movies)telekinesis: moving things without physical contact
Kinetic art: a sculpturewith moving parts.
References
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References
Greek and Latin roots in English:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English
The Online Etymology Dictionary:http://www.etymonline.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_Englishhttp://www.etymonline.com/http://www.etymonline.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English