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Breaking down the Latin root words - "currere, celer, movere, fugare"
ex + cursion;
dis + course;
celer;
accelerated;
volatile;
im + movable;
mobile;
auto + mobile;
de + mote;
fugitive;
re + fuge;
subter + fuge;
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing - "dico, dictum" & some word history
dictate;
diction;
dictation;
dictionary;
dictator;
contra + dict;
verdict;
bene + diction;
ad + dict;
3 years, 9 months ago
Breaking down the root words - "liber, libri" & "biblos"
libr + ary;
libel;
libra;
lb.;
liber + ation;
liberty;
libation;
bibio + thetic;
biblio + logy;
biblio + klept;
biblio + mania;
biblio + phobia;
Bibl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing words I saw around my world, yesterday
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EjiYFx1K4lwfykjf5jApM?si=8d8e60e1373b42ac
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3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing - "centum" and "hydros"
cent;
century;
centurion;
centi + grade;
centi + pede;
cent + ennial;
hydro + phobia;
hydro + electric;
hydro + logy;
hydro + gen;
hydro + phone;
de …
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing - "andro," "gyn," "(more) syn-/sym-"
Did you know senate cones from the Latin "SENEX"? It means "old man" and it's because the senate was made up of old, white, SENILE, men...
andro + g…
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing the root words - "capit," "rid-/ris-," "gen/gend/gener-"
re + capit + ulate;
capit + al;
corpor + al;
de + gener + ative;
gend + er;
gen + esis;
en + gend + er;
risorius (muscle);
rictus sempra;
rid + icule…
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologyzing root words: "peri-", "metr-", "sym-/syn-", "somat-", "path-"
Lot's of good words to absorb here! "ab" = from; "sorbere" = "to suck in"
peri + cardial;
peri + meter;
peri + menopausal;
peri + card + ium;
path + …
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing a bunch of words!
Stick with me as I get into a bunch of words that I decided to write down the other day! From narcosis to exculpate to dogma to orthodox, learn the v…
3 years, 9 months ago
Etymologizing - "Zoon" and "Scio, Scitum"
Here, I dive into modern derivatives of the Greek root, "zoon" and the Latin root word, "scio"
3 years, 9 months ago