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Exploring Vocabulary Roots: Understanding Words Through Latin and Greek Origins

Dive into the fascinating world of vocabulary roots with our comprehensive guide, focusing on Latin and Greek origins. This resource covers significant roots such as "termin," "vinc," "spher," "vert," "morph," "form," "doc," and "tut," each illustrating the essence of words derived from them. Learn the meanings, derivations, and key examples like "indeterminate," "invincible," and "amorphous." Enhance your language skills by recognizing how these root words shape our understanding of everyday vocabulary and literature.

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Exploring Vocabulary Roots: Understanding Words Through Latin and Greek Origins

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  1. Vocabulary Roots Unit 15

  2. STANDARDS Word Analysis, Fluency, Systematic Vocab. Development 1.1 Identify/use literal & figurative meanings of words & understand word derivations

  3. TERM/TERMIN = limit, bound, or set limits to • Latin verb terminare • In English those boundaries or limits tend to be final. • To terminate a sentence means to end it. • Words to know: indeterminate, interminable, terminal, terminology

  4. VINC/VICT = conquer or overcome • From the Latin verb vincere. • The victor defeats an enemy, whether on a football field or on a battlefield. • Words to know: evince, invincible, provincial, victimize

  5. SPHER = ball • Comes from Greek and appears in words for things that have something round about them. • A ball is itself a sphere. • Words to know: stratosphere, biosphere, hemisphere, spherical.

  6. VERT/VERS = to turn or turn around • Latin verb • An advertisement turns your attention to a product or service. • Vertigo is the dizziness that results from turning rapidly or that makes you feel as if everything is turning • Words to know: divert, perverse, avert, versatile

  7. MORPH = shape • Comes from the Greek word for “shape.” • MORPH itself is an English word (like w/ filmmakers/digital images.) • Words to know:amorphous, anthropomorphic, metamorphosis, morphology

  8. FORM = shape or form • Latin root • Marching in formation is marching in ordered patterns. • A formula is a standard form for expressing information. • Words to know: conform, formality, formative, format

  9. DOC/DOCT= to teach • Latin • A doctor is a highly educated person capable of instructing others in the doctrines, or basic principles of his or her field. • Words to know: doctrine, docile, doctrinaire, indoctrinate

  10. TUT/TUI = to look out • In English it has come to mean “to guide, guard, or teach.” • Latin • A tutor guides his students (or tutee) through a subject, saving the most careful tutoring for the most difficult areas. • Words to know: intuition, tuition, tutelage, tutorial

  11. DI/DUO=two • Shown in either technical or non-technical terms • Latin & Greek • A duel is a battle between two people. A duet is music for a duo, or a pair of musicians. • Words to know: dichotomy, diplomatic, duplex, duplicity

  12. BI/BIN=two or double • A bicycle has two wheels; binoculars consist of two little telescopes; bigamy is marriage to two people at once. • Words to know: bipartisan, binary, biennial, bipolar

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