Ancient Greek and Latin Roots
What do we mean by “Ancient Greek and
Latin”?
Greek refers to the language of Greece, and
Latin is the language used by the ancient
(very old) Romans.
What is a root?
A root is a piece of an ancient word that we
find in the English language today.
Ancient Greek and Latin Roots
What is a derivative?
A derivative is a word that has a Greek or
Latin root inside of it. If you know what the
root means, you may be able to figure out
the meaning of the derivative.
Example: “min” means small.
“diminish” means to make smaller.
Vocabulary #1
photos
light
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Photograph – picture drawn by light.
Photometer – a device which measures
light.
Phototropic – turning toward light.
(Example: a sunflower
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Photosynthesis – a process that plants
use to convert (change) light energy to
food energy.
Practice
1.
Write a sentence using the word
photosynthesis correctly in a sentence.
2.
In a sentence, describe how a
photograph is a picture drawn by light.
Vocabulary #2
Graph/gram
to write or draw
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Photograph – picture drawn by light.
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Graph – pictured information.
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Graphite – black carbon used for
drawing or writing.
Autograph – to write one’s own name
Hologram – a three-dimensional
photograph of a whole object.
Practice
1.
Write a sentence using a derivative (word
that has the root in it) correctly in a
sentence.
2.
The prefix “holo” means whole. How is a
hologram different than a photograph.
(Hint: think of dimensions – height, width,
depth).