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Word History Assignment, Part 1

Word History Assignment, Part 1. Write each of the following words in your notebook. Use a dictionary to find the correct spelling, definition, and part of speech of each word: fosphorus gewulry wairwithall imaskulate seej. Word History Assignment, Part 2.

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Word History Assignment, Part 1

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  1. Word History Assignment, Part 1 • Write each of the following words in your notebook. Use a dictionary to find the correct spelling, definition, and part of speech of each word: • fosphorus • gewulry • wairwithall • imaskulate • seej

  2. Word History Assignment, Part 2 • Using the provided entries on the next slide, respond to the following questions: • Which has the most languages in its etymology? • Which comes from a word related to knowledge? • Which word comes from a word consisting of a root word and a prefix? • Which word has a reference to Middle English? • What is the oldest known form of the word “science”?

  3. Dictionary Samples • investigatev. 1. search into carefully; examine closely. <L investigare <in- in + vestigare track, trace> • sciencen. 1. knowledge of general facts, laws, and relationships that is obtained through systematic observation and experimentation. <ME <OF <L scientia knowledge <scire know>

  4. Word History Assignment, Part 3 • Look up each word below and find which language the word originally came from and give the word’s original form and meaning: • calisthenics • devastate • pneumonia • tang • frolic • ramble • garret

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