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Etymology

Etymology. Ms. Reddick English I CP. Stems. Studying stems gives you knowledge of word structure such as base words and affixes. Prefixes, bases, and suffixes have meaning. When joined together, they create new words.

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Etymology

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  1. Etymology Ms. Reddick English I CP

  2. Stems • Studying stems gives you knowledge of word structure such as base words and affixes. • Prefixes, bases, and suffixes have meaning. When joined together, they create new words. • Prefixes come at the beginning, bases come in the middle, and suffixes come at the end of words. • Meanings of words are often grounded in history.

  3. Stems Week 1 • agog (leader) demagogue: leader of the people • alter (change) Alteration: a change in something • chron (time) Chronological: time order • cracy (rule) Democracy: government of the people • hyper (more/over) Hyperactive: more active than normal

  4. Stems Week 2 STEMS • morph (shape) • polis (city) • theo (God) • cede (go) • poly (many) VOCABULARY • anthropomorphic: man shaped • megopolis: huge city • theology: study of God • concede: to go with/admit defeat • polygamy: many marriages

  5. Stems Week 3 STEMS • Clud (close) • Duct (lead) • Greg (flock, group) • Nomen/nym (name) • Nov (new) VOCABULARY • conclude: something you close with. • conduct: leading with something. • congregation: people grouped with others. • psuedonym: fake name. • novel: something new.

  6. Stems Week 4 • Prim/prime (first) primitive: first type of something. • Sent/sens (feel) sensitive: care about others’ feelings. • solv/solute (free/loosen) solvent: something which loosens. • trac/tract (pull/drag) attractive: quality that pulls others to you.

  7. Stems Week 5 1. ante- (before) antebellum: before the war 2. bene- (good) benefit: something good • fer (carry) transfer: to carry across • flex/flect (bend) reflect: to bend an image back.

  8. Stems Week 6 1. ject (throw) reject: to throw back. 2. pend (hang) pendant: jewelry that hangs. 3. rupt (break) eruption: something breaking out. 4. sol (sun) solar: sun-powered

  9. Stems Week 7 1. temp/tempo (time) temporary: for a short time. 2. voc (call) vocal: dealing with calling out 3. astro (star) astronomy: study of the stars 4. helio (sun) heliocentric: sun-centered

  10. Stems Week 8 hetero (different) heterosexual: one prefers a different gender homo (same) homosexual: one prefers the same gender neo (new) neology: study of the new paleo (old) paleology: study of the old

  11. Stems Week 9 1. syn/sym (with/same) symbiotic: things that live with each other. 2. dyn (power) dynasty: a group that remains in power. 3. post (after) postgame: after the game 4. sur (over) surreal: something that is over real

  12. Stems Week 10 1. ad (toward) advance: to go towards 2. bin (two) binoculars: two-lensed object you use to see far. 3. cata- (down) Catapult: something that slings rocks up and then down. 4. de- (down) decline: to slope down.

  13. Stems Week 11 1. mal- (bad) malfunction: error 2. omni- (all) omnivore: eats all types of food. 3. under- (below) underground: below ground. 4. vol- (will) Volunteer: doesn’t have to go.

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