Exploring Roots: Understanding Word Origins in Communication Arts
Dive into the fascinating world of word roots and their meanings, specifically within the realm of Communication Arts. Each root is a building block that shapes our language. This guide covers roots like ACT (to do), AUD (to hear), and SOCI (to join), with meanings and examples to illuminate their relevance. Enhance your vocabulary and comprehension by understanding how these roots connect to various fields, enabling better communication and expression. Suitable for students, educators, and language enthusiasts alike.
Exploring Roots: Understanding Word Origins in Communication Arts
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Root Words Communication Arts II
ACT Meaning: to do Examples: action, active, react
ANIM Meaning: life, spirit Examples: animal, animation, inanimate
AUD Meaning: to hear Examples: auditory, audience, inaudible
BEN / BENE Meaning: good Examples: benefit, benign, benevolent
CHRON Meaning: time Examples: chronological, synchronous, chronicle
COGN Meaning: to know Examples: cognitive, cognizant, recognize
CRED Meaning: to trust or believe Examples: credible, accreditation, credence
DIC / DICT Meaning: to say or speak Examples: dictator, dictionary, indicate, contradict, predict
DOC / DOCT Meaning: to teach or prove Examples: doctor, document, doctrine
DUC / DUCT Meaning: to lead or guide Examples: introduction, education, produce
FIC/FICT Meaning: to shape or make Examples: fiction, deficiency, personification
FIG Meaning: a shape or form Examples: figment, figure, disfigured
FRAC / FRAG Meaning: a break or part Examples: fracture, fraction, fragment
GEO Meaning: earth Examples: geology, geographical
GRAD / GRESS Meaning: to go or move Examples: graduate, gradual, digress, progress
GRAPH Meaning: to write or draw Examples: telegraph, calligraphy, graphic
JUNCT Meaning: to join Examples: juncture, adjunct, conjunction
LOC Meaning: place or area Example: location, local, dislocate
LUC / LUM / LUN Meaning: light Examples: lunar, translucent, luminous
MAN Meaning: hands Examples: manual, manufacture, manicure
MEM Meaning: recall Examples: memory, remember, memo
MENT Meaning: mind Examples: mentor, mental, demented
MIN Meaning: small Example: minimal, minimize, miniscule
MOV / MOT Meaning: move Examples: motor, motivate, movie
NOM / NYM Meaning: name Example: synonym, nominate, homonym
NOV Meaning: new Examples: novice, innovate, novelty
OPER Meaning: to work Examples: operate, operatory, operose
PATH Meaning: to feel Examples: sympathy, apathetic, empathy
PHIL Meaning: love Examples: philanderer, philanthropist, philosophy
PHON Meaning: sound Examples: telephone, cacophony, homophone
PICT Meaning: to show Examples: depict, picture, Pictionary
PSYCH Meaning: mind Examples: psychology, psychopath, psyche
RUPT Meaning: to break Examples: interrupt, bankrupt, rupture
SCI Meaning: to know Examples: science, conscience, omniscient
SEN Meaning: to feel or think Example: sentiment, sensitive, sense
SOCI Meaning: to join or connect Examples: social, associate
SOL Meaning: alone Examples: solidarity, soliloquy, solo
SPEC Meaning: to watch or see Examples: spectacle, spectator, specious
TELE Meaning: far away Examples: telephone, telepathic, telescope
THERM Meaning: heat Examples: thermal, thermometer
UNI Meaning: one Examples: unicycle, unicorn, unite
VER Meaning: true Examples: verify, very, verdict
VERS Meaning: change Examples: versatile, version, versation
VIT / VIV Meaning: to live Examples: vitality, vivacious, survive