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Understanding Roots: Exploring Animal Life, Change, Time, and the Body

This guide dives into various Latin roots, shedding light on concepts of life, change, and physicality. Learn about the essence of "anim" which refers to living beings, and discover how "fig" relates to transformation in shapes or forms. Explore the meaning of "ann/enn" related to years and longevity, as well as "corp" which pertains to the body. Delve into "tang/tact," highlighting touch and interaction. Expand your vocabulary with key terms associated with each root to enhance your understanding of these concepts in a broader context.

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Understanding Roots: Exploring Animal Life, Change, Time, and the Body

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  1. ANIM = breath or soul • An animal is a living, breathing thing. • Words to know: • Animated • Magnanimous • Animosity • Inanimate

  2. FIG = to shape or mold • A transfiguration changes the shape or appearance or nature of something. • Words to know: configuration, effigy, figment, figurative

  3. ANN/ENN = year • A wedding or birthday anniversary is an example, although the older you get the more frequent they seem to be. • Words to know: superannuated, annuity, millennium, perennial

  4. EV = age or lifetime • This Latin root only appears in English a couple times, but is related to the Greek aion, “age” from which we get eon, meaning a very long period of time. • Words to know: coeval, longevity, medieval, primeval

  5. COEVAL Having the same or lasting the same amount of time LONGEVITY A long duration of time; length of life Words to know…

  6. MEDIEVAL Relating to the middle ages of European history; extremely out of date PRIMEVAL Having to do with the earliest ages; primitive or ancient; existing from the beginning Did you know? Pearls melt in vinegar…

  7. CORP =Latin for body • A corporation is one kind of body, a corpse is another. • Words to know: • Corporeal • Corpulent • Corporal • Incorporate

  8. Corporeal Having or relating to a physical body; substantial Corpulent Having a large,bulky body; fat Did you know…more than 10 people a year are killed by vending machines…

  9. Corporal Relating to or affecting the body Incorporate To blend or combine into something already in existing to form one whole; to form into a corporation

  10. TANG/TACT= to touch • Latin • A person who shows tact has a delicate touch when it comes to dealing with other people. • Words to know:intact, tactile, tangential, tangible

  11. Intact Untouched by anything that harms; entire, uninjured Tactile Able to be perceived by touching; relating to the sense of touch

  12. CODI/ CODE = trunk of a tree or document written on wood tablets • From the Latin codex • A codecan be either a set of laws or a system of symbols used to write messages. • Words to know: codex, codicil, codify, decode

  13. Codex A book in a manuscript or handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics or ancient text. Codicil An amendment or addition made to a will. An appendix or supplement.

  14. Codify To arrange according to a system; classify Decode To put a coded message into an understandable form; to find the underlying meaning of; decipher

  15. Tangential Touching lightly; incidental Tangible Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial

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