1. And Understanding our ROOTS
PREFIXES and SUFFIXES
And Understanding our ROOTS

2. Root
The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes*; the form of a word after all affixes are removed
*To place at the end or beginning
Pretending

3. Prefix Preclude* To put or attach before or in front of.
To put or attach before or in front of.
To settle or arrange in advance.
Preclude*
*root word meaning to close

4. Suffix
An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or a functional ending, such as ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.
thankful

5. pro (forward) cess (going) ion (the act of)
Procession
ion – the act of
cess – to go
pro – for, forward
pro (forward) cess (going) ion (the act of)
Meaning? The act of moving along or forward; progression

6. Many of the words in the English language have three parts: a prefix, a root, and a suffix.
If you learn some prefixes, some roots, and a few suffixes, you can multiply your vocabulary rather than merely add to it word by word.

7. You might benefit more from memorizing a hundred roots and how to use them than from memorizing five thousand individual words.
Of the more than six hundred thousand words in our language, almost half come from about eight hundred roots.

8. The two ancient languages that provide the roots for many of our words are Latin and Greek. Ten Latin verbs provide roots for more than two thousand of our words.

9. ROOTS FOR ENGLISH WORDS LATIN VERB MEANING
cap-(cip-) capt-(cept-) capio take, seize
duct- duc- duco lead
fac-(fic-)fact-(fect-) facio do, make
fer- lat- fero carry, bear
mit- mitt- miss- mitto send
-plica- plicat-(plect-)(plex-) plico fold
pon- posit- pono place, put
tend- tent- tendo stretch
tene- tent- teneo have, hold
spec-(spic-)speci- spect- specio observe, see

10. Inconceivable
Prefixes
In – not
Con - with
Root
- Ceiv - take
Suffix
-able – able to be
Receive
Conceive
Conceivability
Inconceivable adj. – impossible to comprehend or grasp fully