{ Tracking Word Origins Where do our words come from?

Latin Words: 55%

{ Meditate, monument suffixprefixroot Connective (usually i)

Anglo-Saxon Words: 20%

{ *Usually one syllable words one, brown, arm, could, boat, doubt *Numbers *Basic color words *short words with silent letters

Greek : 11%

{ democrat, photograph, biology, kilometer prefixsuffix root connective (usually o) *Often involves science, school or the arts.

{ Word Parts Breaking down a word into its parts

Base Word  A word alone  You can add a prefix, suffix, or another root or base word to it. Both bread and cheese can stand alone just like a base word is a word alone.

{ Base Word Examples play + ground= playground chalk + board= chalkboard

Root Word  Is a word part  Gives basic meaning of the word  You MUST add a prefix or suffix in order to make it a word. Flour needs other items to make it into something edible just like the root word needs a prefix or suffix to make it a word.

{ Root part examples bene + fit = benefit mob+ ile= mobile chrono + meter = chronometer

Prefix  A word part  Added BEFORE a root or base word  Contributes to the MEANING of a word  It often CHANGES the meaning of the word once added. The hot sauce changes the flavor of the food once it is added just like the prefix changes the meaning of the word.

{ Adding a prefix co+ mit= commit post+ game= postgame syn+ onym= synonym

Suffix  A word part  Added at the END of the base or root word  Contributes to the meaning of the word  It helps determine the PART OF SPEECH. An oven and a blender are like a suffix because it is used at the end of cooking and can change the food completely just like the suffix changes the part of speech and is at the end of the word.

{ Adding a suffix burp + ed= burped cred + ible= credible humor + ous= humorous

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