GREEK WEEK 1

etymology=the study of word origins and how words change over time

The root is the "core" or "heart" of the word. (The root "cor/cour" actually means "heart," as in--courage, cordial, etc.)

Root word=
the basic element of a word (and a word all by itself). You can add prefixes and or suffixes to a root word to make new ones!

affix: a letter or group of letters added to a word (at the beginning, middle or end) that changes its meaning

prefix = an affix that is attached to the beginning of a word, changing its meaning.

example: un

"un" means "not"

• unkind
• unexcite
• unable
• undefined
• unequal

suffix = same thing, at the end of a word. example = est

"est" means "most"

• Warmest
• Coolest
• Neatest
• Greatest
• Weirdest
• Longest

Now that we have that covered...

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the first term:
anthrop
Can you guess
what it means?

anthrop=human

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the second term:
phil
Can you guess
what it means?

phil=love

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the third term:
miso
Can you guess
what it means?

miso=hate

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the fourth term: biblio, bibl
Can you guess what it means?

biblio/bibl=book

You have 30 seconds to think of as many words as you can that contain the fifth term: phon
Can you guess
what it means?

phon = sound

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the sixth term: graph, gram
What does it mean?

graph/gram=write, draw, describe, record

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the seventh term:
scop, skept, scept
Can you guess
what it means?

scop/skept/scept
=look at; examine

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the term: arch/archi

arch/archi
=rule, govern

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the term: dem

dem=people

You have 30 seconds to come up with as many words as you can that contain the
final Greek root:
gen, gon

gen/gon=
kind,race,origin