PPT-Greek and Latin Root words

History of the English Language Ancient Romans spoke Latin and conquered most of Europe Julius Caesar and his adopted son Augustus gave their names to the months of July and August September means seventh. Sophomore English . 2013-2014. What is a root word?. A "root word" is the basic linguistic unit of a word, the form of a word after all affixes are removed. Also known as the "stem word.”. Ex/ "export" has a root word ". Spelling List 7. Mrs. Maimone. orthodox . Ortho. means correct or right. It comes from the . Greek. word . orth. , meaning correct or straight.. Dox. (also, . doc. or . doct. ) means opinion or thinking. It comes from the Latin word . Unit 1. somat. , . corp. = body. hem(o)(a)(at) = blood. cephal. (o), cap = head, brain. cardi. (o) = heart. arthr. (o) = joint. derm. (at) = skin. somat. , . corp. Somatology. – the psychological and anatomical study of the body. CLAM/CLAIM, DIC/DICT, LOC/LOQU, VOCA. Advocate, Benediction, Clamorous, Colloquial, Declaim, Dictate, Eloquent, Equivocate, Evocative, Exclamatory, Locution, Malediction. DIC/DICT. Latin DICERE, DICTUM “to say, to order”. Quiz . 1 (Friday). Clud. , . clus. , . claus. COSM. Cur, CURA. DENT, DONT. DOX, DOG. DYN. ENDO. FIL. GAM. gLoss. clud. , . clus. , . claus. (Latin). claustrophobia (n.). extreme fear of being in enclosed spaces. Unit 10. ART, ERT. Latin. ART. Clever trickery; deception. n.. Little Sally thought she purchased a delicious chicken to eat; unfortunately, it was just a matter of artifice put on by the PETA- sponsored pug. – S3tI~I. Greek & Latin Morphemes for Quiz 1 (Friday) Clud , clus , claus COSM Cur, CURA DENT, DONT DOX, DOG DYN ENDO FIL GAM gLoss clud , clus , claus (Latin) claustrophobia (n.) extreme fear of being in enclosed spaces Greek & Latin Morphemes for Quiz 3 Hetero Hypn Ign / Ignis / ignit Jun/ Juven Neur ACT Focus Word: heterodox (adj.) Definition: not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions Unit 1 Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary biblio (Greek) Biblio means book. 1. bibliography (noun) A list of source materials, as in books used for sources 2. bibliophile ( noun) A person who collects books Vocabulary List 6 ROOT WORDS Have you ever noticed how, in the English language, some small words sometimes appear in a lot of bigger words? Take the word “friend,” for example. If you notice someone who is acting  What does the root word . bio. mean?. Can you think of any words that have . bio. bi. bios. in them?. What does the root word . scrib. mean?. Can you think of any words that have. scrib. s. cript. in them?. brev. , . carn. , geo, . ject. , . omni. . Why should we study Greek & Latin word parts?. Some words cannot be broken down: base words.. However, many, many other words contain prefixes, roots, and suffixes.. Quiz 2. DIA . don/. dow. glu. /. glo. Helio. hema. ,/. hemo. dia. (Greek). ACT Focus Word: diaphanous (adj.). very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or . translucent (see-through). Context. Olesia. . Lazer-Pankiv. Olesia. . Lazer-Pankiv. , PhD, Associate Professor . Institute of Philology, . Department. . of. . General. . Linguistics. , . Classical. . Philology. . and. . Neohellenistic.