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Latin and Greek Roots

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Latin and Greek Roots The activities are based on the text: Mahnke, M. K, & Duffy, C. (1996). The Heinemann ELT TOEFL Preparation Course. Oxford, UK: Heinemann.

 

Directions:

  1. From the RESOURCES below, find additional example words and give a definition for the additional example words you found using the meaning given for the root or prefix. Highlight the root word in the definition.
  2. Click EDIT PAGE (top).
  3. Copy (CTRL+C) the information from the resource and paste (CTRL+V) it into the table in the Wiki.

 

RESOURCES:

 

  1. Dictionary of Latin & Greek Words in Modern English Vocabulary (Put the prefix or root in the search area to find many words and definitions for it.).

  2. To find definitions and additional words/expressions, see Online Dictionaries.

  3. Concordance:  Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Click ENTER. Register yourself (free) and remember your username/password. Type the word(s) into the search string. Click KWIC (keyword in context) and then Search. On the right side you will see the word with the frequency of occurrence in the corpus. Click the word and select a sample sentence with the meaning you chose. Click MORE to get the entire sentence. Copy/paste it into the column. Then write a simple sentence of your own with the same word, modeled on the sentence from the concordance.

 

EXAMPLE:

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example words

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

 Copy a sentence from the concordance with your word. Then write your own sentence with the same word, modeled on that sentence.  

belli-

war

belligerent

 rebellious

 ready to fight; resisting

Were you surprised by the recent outbreak of violence in India between Hindus and Christians? # A: Not really. Historically, these belligerent attitudes have been there. 

 

I saw her belligerent attitude toward the interviewer.
   

rebellion

    armed resistance to authority  
   

bellicose

    warlike  

 

 

GROUP 1

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

 Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

 Copy a sentence from the concordance
with your word. Then write your own
sentence with the same word,
modeled on that sentence  		 Comments  Evaluation 

act-

do 

action

react 

  

 

 

 

      

agro-

field 

agriculture

agrarian 

  

 

 

 

      

anthr-

human 

anthropology

philanthropist

  

 

 

      

aqua-

water 

aquarium
aqueous

  

 

 

      

arch-

chief

monarch
architect

  

 

 

      

art-

skill

artist
artisan
artifact

  

 

 

 

      
belli-  war  bellicose, rebellion   

 

 

      

biblio-

book

bibliography

   
  1.  
        

GROUP 2

 

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

 Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

 Comments  Evaluation 

bio-

 life

biography, biology

 

  

 

 

 

    

-cede, -ceed

 go,yield

proceed, concede,
succeed

 

  

 

 

    

cert-

 sure

 certain, certify, certificate

  

 

 

    

chron-

 time

 chronological, synchronize

  

 

 

    

clar-

 clear

 clarify, declare

  

   

 

    

cogn-

 know

recognize, cognition

 

  

 

 

    

corp-

 body

 corporation

corpus

corpse

  

 

 

 

    

cum- 

 heap

 cumulative

accumulate

  

 

 

  

 

 

GROUP 3

 

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

 Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

 Comments  Evaluation 

dem-

 people

 democracy,
demography

 Pride 

1. demogogue

 

 

2. demographer

1. In a bad sense: a leader (person) of a popular faction, or of the mob;

 2. someone who studies human populations.

Someone who studies human populations, including their size, growth, density, and distribution, and statistics regarding birth, marriage, disease, and death (-er always means someone who ....)

 

 I did #1 for you. Where is #2? Please be more careful with the exact word/
definition. 

dict-

 speak

 dictate, predict,
verdict

  

1. dictaphone®

 

 

 

2. dictate

 

 

 

 

1.A small cassette recorder used to record 

speech for transcription at a later time.

 

2. To put into words that are to be written down; to utter, pronounce, or read aloud to a person (something which he/she is to write).

    

don-, donat-

 give

 donation, pardon, donate

  Mavluda 

1. donative 

,

 

2. donor

 

 

 

1..A compulsion to give presents.A special donation; a gift

A person who gives a gift through a trust or a charitable contribution

 Don't highlight everything, only the root inside the word! good

duct-

 lead

 conduct, educate

  

1.abduct

 

 

2abduction

3.conductor

11. To lead, take away, or carry off improperly, whether by force or fraud..

 

2.1. A leading away

3. A person, etc. who conducts, leads, guides, etc.; one who leads, guides, or escorts; a leader, guide

   good

fac-, fact-

 do, make

factory, 

manufacture 

 Nao

1.factious

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.factotum

1. Contrived and insincere rather than genuine.
2. Not real or natural, but artificial or invented.
3. Not produced by natural forces: "Brokers have created a factitious demand for stocks."

Anyone whose job is to do many different jobs for someone else or a servant employed to do a variety of jobs.

    

fer-

 bear, carry

transfer,

ferry  

 Nao 

1.cruciferous

 

 

 

 

2.aquifer

One who bears a cross in a religious procession.

 

 1. An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water.
2. Permeable underground rock stratum which holds water.

    

fig-

form 

 figure, effigy, figment

 Nao 

 1.configurate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.disfigure

 

 1. To take a form or a position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
2. To give a configuration, form, or design to something.

 

 To spoil, deform, or mar the appearance of someone or something.

    

gen-

creation

 

 Nao   cultigen

 1. A cultivated plant of unknown or obscure taxonomic origin.
2. An organism, especially a cultivated plant; such as, a banana, not known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart.

    

 

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