Latin Derivatives I

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Latin Derivatives I
Programmed College Vocabulary
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The English Language

• Sixty percent of the English language comes from
  Latin and Greek.
• The Latin and Greek languages used a system of
  word parts to create new words.
• Each word part had a specific meaning and a
  specific placement in a word.

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Word Parts - Roots

• The main part of a word which gives the word its
  main meaning is called the root or stem
• port means to carry
• capit means head
• duct means lead
• Portable computer able to carry
• Capital letter head or main letter
• Conduct an orchestra lead the orchestra

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The Prefix

• The prefix is the part of a word that comes
  before the root/stem it can change the words
  meaning.
• Im port import (to carry in)
• Ex port export (to carry out)
• Trans port transport (to carry across)

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The Suffix

• The suffix is a word part attached to the end of
  the root/stem. A suffix may change a words
  meaning, but it usually changes the words part
  of speech or form.
• Porter (noun) one who carries
• Portable (adjective) able to carry
• Ported (verb) carried past tense of carry

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Affixes and Derivatives

• Word parts that are added to a root or stem are
  called affixes. Thus, a prefix or a suffix can be
  referred to as an affix.
• Any word that is made up of or uses a Latin or
  Greek term is known as a derivative. There are
  many derivatives you will be required to know.
• Learning the definitions of the Latin and Greek
  terms from these chapters will help you unlock
  the meaning of many unknown words you come across
  in your academic career as well as in your daily
  life.

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Do you know the definitions of the following
roots?

• duc, duct
• lead
• frater
• brother
• greg
• flock

• ann, enn
• year
• capit
• head
• cent
• hundred
• aud, audit
• hear

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Definitions The best way to learn the definitions
of a Greek or Latin term is to associate it with
a derivative you know. In each of the following
derivatives what do the underlined roots mean?

• conduct
• lead
• fraternity
• brother
• gregarious
• flock

• anniversary
• year
• capitol
• head
• century
• hundred
• auditorium
• hear

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Practice In each of the following derivatives,
what do the underlined roots mean?

• amatory
• love
• credible
• believe trust
• confidence
• faith trust
• malign
• bad

• loquacious
• talk
• location
• place
• maternal
• mother
• manufacture
• hand

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More Practice In each of the following
derivatives underline the root what does each
root mean?

• mission
• send
• literacy
• letter
• novice
• new
• post-mortem
• death

• pedestrian
• foot
• deposit
• place
• omnipresent
• all

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THE MORE YOU PRACTICE, THE GREATER YOUR
VOCABULARY WILL BECOME!