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Language and Its Roots: Understanding Word Formation

Explore the fascinating world of language formation through prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Learn how words are built using prefixes like pre- and post-, suffixes like -ism and -ive, and roots like man and hand. Discover the origins and meanings of words like manufacture, preview, and belief, and enhance your linguistic knowledge.

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Language and Its Roots: Understanding Word Formation

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  1. Prefixes pre- /fore- before post- after mis- wrong poly-/multi- many com-/con – with

  2. Roots = hand/by hand man sign man

  3. Suffixes -ism = a belief -ive= nature of -ology = study of

  4. pretest (p) irrigation (s) Catholocism (s) manufacture **hīk manufacture

  5. pedestrian (root + suffix) audition (root + suffix) impossible(p+s) Optometrist(s) + (root you haven’t learned in here)

  6. preview (p) misspell (p) decrease (p) ** pak’ij

  7. By hand to make (root) belief in manner of (s) without life (s) notable to (p + root + s) read before (p) believe

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