Communications
Miss Najarian
Name: _________________
Period:_________________
Etymology Exercises:
Look up the following words online using
etymonline.com or myetymology.com. For each word, include the origin,
meaning, date, and fun fact (if available).
Hamburger
Cheddar
Denim
Marathon
Tuxedo
Turkey
Jeans
Knit
Badminton
Catkin
Simulcast
Chop Suey
Tarantula
Robot
Yam
Design-a-Word:
Using your list of Latin roots and Greek stems, design
your own words and provide definitions for them. You will probably need
to brainstorm some prefixes and suffixes to attach to your stems and
roots. You may combine some stems and roots, and may have to add
some extra letters here ad there.
Example
prephonamagnetism: the magnetic connection between you and the phone,
drawing you to it right before it rings.
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Latin Roots
Greek Stems
Creat = make
Fract = break
Gress = step, go
Ject = throw
Liber = free
Loc = place
Manu = make
Mem = keep in mind
Mare = sea
Ped = foot
Vis = see
Astro = star
Auto = self
Geo = earth
Gram = something written
Graph = something that writes
Meter = measure
Phone = sound
Tele = far away
Greek & Latin Root Words
Arch = ancient
Audi = hear
Brev = short
Derm = skin
Geo = earth
Herb = plants
Manu = hands
Neg = no
Ocu = eye
Osteo = bone
Ped = child
Pod = foot
Pseudo = false
Sect = cut
Vac = empty
Vid/vis = see
Prefixes
Ad = to
Ambi = both
Ante = before
Anti = against
Auto = self
Con = with
De = from/down
Dis = opposite
Mis = bad
Mono = single
Neo = new
Per = throughout
Poly = many
Post = after
Pro = forward
Sub = under
Suffixes
Al = relating to
Arium = place of
Dom = quality or
state
Ic = relating to
Ile = quality or
state
Ology = study of
Ous = quality or
state
Tion = quality or
state
Ular = relating
to