Transcript Latin and Greek Root Words

Latin and Greek Root Words
Basic Terms
root form: inspector, thermal
base word: unlikely
prefix: re-, un-, dissuffix: -able, -ive, -ly
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affixes:to add on
derivation-a word formed from an existing word, root, or affix: electric,
electricity
(pronounced: “der-uh-vey-sh uhn”)
Derivation means
drawing off water from a main stream
From Latin
de: down from, away from
+
rivus: brook, stream
English words may be derived or drawn off
of mainstream Greek or Latin roots. Roots
may not be spelled the same way all the
time.
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Look Inside—Look Outside
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
1.Look inside the word for known word parts: prefixes, roots or combining forms,
suffixes.
2.Use the analogy strategy—“I don’t know this word, but I know pneumonia and I know
volcano, so by analogy, this word might have something to do with lungs and heat.”
3.Look outside the word at context clues, visuals
The coal miners, coughing and wheezing, suffered from
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Susan Ebbers 2005
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Look Inside—Look Outside
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
1.Look inside the word for known word parts: prefixes, roots or combining forms,
suffixes.
2.Use the analogy strategy—“I don’t know this word, but I know pneumonia and I know
volcano, so by analogy, this word might have something to do with lungs and heat.”
3.Look outside the word at context clues, visuals
The coal miners, coughing and wheezing, suffered from
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Susan Ebbers 2005
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photos
Draw a green border around the word on this card.
Green stands for a Greek root word.
photos
Definition: light
Examples: photograph, photosynthesis
Greek and Latin Roots
ROOT
photos
MEANING
EXAMPLES
light
photosynthesis
graph
graph
Definition: to write or draw
Examples: autograph, hologram
Greek and Latin Roots
ROOT
photos
graph
MEANING
EXAMPLES
light
photosynthesis
to write or draw
autograph
grammar school
grammar books
rules of grammar
grammatical
grammatically
ungrammatical
ungrammatically
grammatology
grammar
gram, graph
to write,
written
Greek
graph
telegram
mammogram
histogram
gram
anagram
cryptogram
monogram
electrocardiogram
graphite
grapheme
graphologist
graphic
graphically
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photograph
polygraph
mimeograph
phonograph
telegraph
paragraph
photographer
cartographer
geographer
cryptographer
autobiographer
xylographer
paleographer
biographer
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tele
tele
Definition: far away, distant
Examples: telephone, telescope
Greek and Latin Roots
ROOT
photos
graph
tele
MEANING
EXAMPLES
light
photosynthesis
to write or draw
far away.
autograph
telephone
metron
metron
Definition: measure
Examples: thermometer, meter stick,
geometry
Greek and Latin Roots
ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLES
photos
light
photosynthesis
graph
to write or draw
autograph
tele
far away or distant telephone
metron
measure
thermometer
phobos
phobos
Definition: unusual fear
Examples:
claustrophobia: fear of closed places
acrophobia: fear of heights
arachnophobia: fear of spiders
myctophobia: fear of darkness
suriphobia- fear of mice
testophobia- fear of taking tests
Greek and Latin Roots
ROOT
MEANING
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
tele
far away or distant
metron
measure
phobos
unusual fear
EXAMPLES
Draw a word tree. Select a root. Grow words.
Write words that
contain your root
on the branches of
the tree. Include
definitions.
television: box to see distant things
telethon: long fundraising event
telephone: sound from far away
telekinesis: making things move from
a distance
telescope: device for seeing distant
objects
Write the root word
on the bottom near
the roots of the tree.
1. extra
2. geo
3. human
4. aqua
5. sphere
6. terra
7. spec