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Greek & Latin roots

Greek & Latin roots. Created by Mr. Cass. Cool facts about roots. • Over 60 percent of all words in the English dictionary are based on Greek or Latin roots . • Roots tend to have consistent spellings and clear meanings . • 90 percent of English words with more

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Greek & Latin roots

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  1. Greek & Latin roots Created by Mr. Cass

  2. Cool facts about roots • Over 60 percent of all words in the English dictionary are based on Greek or Latin roots. • Roots tend to have consistent spellings and clear meanings. • 90 percent of English words with more than two syllablescome from Latin and Greek.

  3. What is a root? • Roots are parts of words that have meaning. • When joined together, roots create words. Antidisestablishmentarianism How many roots can you find?

  4. If you really want to know . . . ANTIDISESTBLISHMENTARIANISM: nounopposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. "ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 14 Nov. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM>.

  5. Types of Roots There are THREE types of roots: 1. Prefixes (come at the beginning of words)  Tend to give words direction& emotionalcharge. 2. Bases (come in the middle of words)  Give words their basicmeaning. 3. Suffixes (come at the end of words)  Determine the part of speech or tense of a word. in-struct-ion

  6. Functions of prefixes • A prefix can NEGATE a base  un + able = unable (not able)  non + sense = nonsense (doesn’t‘ make sense) • A prefix can give a base DIRECTIONAL force  sub + marine = submarine (under the ocean)  ex + port = export (carry out) • A prefix can INTENSIFY or WEAKEN a base’s meaning.  super + human = superhuman (more than human)  sub + standard = substandard (less than standard)

  7. Assimilation • Sometimes the spelling of a prefix changes when it meets a base that begins with a consonant (b,c,d,f,g). • In this case, the final consonant of the prefix “turns into” (ASSIMILATES) the first consonant of the base.* • The result is a double consonant near the beginning of the word. ob + pose  oppose ad + rive  arrive in + probable  improbable*

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