English from the Roots Up

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English from the Roots Up

• Vocabulary building by using Greek and Latin root
  words

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PHOTOS
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Light

• photograph (graph write, draw) picture
  drawn by light
• telephoto (tele - distant) light from far
  away
• photometer (metron measure) a device which
  measures light
• phototropic (tropos turn) turning toward
  light
• photophilia (philia love) love of light

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GRAPH
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To write or draw

• photograph (photo light) picture drawn by
  light
• phonograph (phono sound) machine for
  writing (or recording) sound
• telegraph (tele distant) writing from far
  away
• lithograph (lithos stone) writing made on a
  stone
• autograph (autos self) to write ones own
  name

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TELE
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Far away, distant

• television (video, visum see) seeing
  distant things
• telephone (phone sound) sound from far away
• telegraph (graph to write) writing from a
  distance
• telephoto (photo light) light from far away
• telescope (skopeo look at) device for
  looking at distant objects

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METRON
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Measure

• meter unit of measure 39.47 inches long
• geometry (geo - earth) measurement of the
  earth
• optometry (opsis sight) measure eyesight
• symmetry (sym same, equal) measuring the
  same
• thermometer (thermos heat) measure heat

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TROPOS
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Turning

• tropics the area of the earth from the equator
  north to the Tropic of Cancer and south to the
  Tropic of Capricorn
• tropical the climate of the earth in the
  tropics
• phototropic (photo light) turning toward
  light as leaves and flowers do
• heliotrope (helios sun) a flower named for
  its tendency to turn toward the sun
• thermotropism (thermos heat) turning toward
  heat (as cats do!)

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PHILIA
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Love, friendship

• philosopher (sophia wisdom) one who loves
  wisdom
• Philadelphia (adelphos - brother) city of
  brotherly love
• phillumenist (lumen light) one who collects
  match covers
• philogynist (gyne woman) one who loves
  women
• anglophile (Angli English) one who loves
  England

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PHOBOS
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fear

• phobia irrational fear
• agoraphobia (agora - field) fear of open
  space
• claustrophobia (claustrum lock or bolt)
  fear of closed (locked or bolted) places
• hydrophobia (hydro water) disease which
  makes it difficult to swallow, thought to be fear
  of water
• zoophobia (zoon animals) fear of animals

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SYN
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With, together

• sympathy (pathos feeling) to feel with
  someone else
• symphony (phone - sound) sounds that go
  together
• synthesis (thesis put, place) putting
  together
• synthetic materials made by putting chemicals
  together
• synonym (onoma name) two words with same
  meaning

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THESIS
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Put, place, position

• thesis a position taken in an argument
  supported by a set of reasons
• theme an essay or composition on a certain
  subject
• parenthesis (para beside) a statement
  beside (or inside) a main sentence
• synthetic (syn together) elements put
  together to make a material like a natural one
  (synthetic rubber)

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KINESIS
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movement

• kinetic relating to movement of bodies
• kinesiology (logos word or study) study of
  human movement
• telekinesis (tele far away) movement of an
  object from a distant source
• cinema motion pictures (Greeks had no c. They
  used k.)
• kinescope (skopeo look at) a machine which
  shows pictures of movement (old term for TV
  movies)

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PHONE
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Sound

• phonograph (graph write, draw) writing with
  sound
• telephone (tele - distant) sound from far
  away
• phonogram (gramma letter) written sound
• euphony (eu well, good) good or pleasant
  sound
• megaphone (mega big) device to make sound
  big

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SONUS
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sound

• sound vibrations perceived by our ears
• sonic relating to what we can hear
• sonnet a form of rhyming in Italian poetry
• sonar device that hears sound under water
• consonant - (con with) speech sounds made
  with lips, tongue, or teeth

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SKOPEO
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Look at, inspect, consider, examine

• scope all that the eye can see
• microscope (mikros - small) device for seeing
  small objects
• telescope (tele distant) a device for
  seeing distant objects
• kaleidoscope (kalos beautiful) device for
  seeing changing beautiful forms or arrangements
  of small fragments of glass, etc.

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VIDEO / VISUM
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See

• television (tele far away) machine for
  seeing things that are far away
• video picture portion of a television
• evidence (e, ex out) out of what you can
  see
• advise (ad toward, to) look and tell your
  view
• invisible (in not) not visible

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LOGOS
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Word, study

• logic reasoning to gain knowledge and wisdom
• geology (geo - earth) study of the earth
• astrology (astron star) knowledge from the
  stars
• technology (techne art, skill) study of how
  to improve and art or a skill
• psychology (psyche soul, life) study of the
  soul or mental life of human beings

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VERBUM
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word

• verb the action word of a sentence
• proverb (pro - forward) a wise or profound
  saying
• verbal of, or pertaining to, words
• verbiage use of too many words
• verbatim word-for-word copy or record

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NOMEN / NOMINIS
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Name

• nominate suggest someones name for office
• nominal in name only, not real or actual
• nomenclature (calo, calatum call) system of
  names used to classify knowledge, what we call
  things
• denomination (de down from) names of
  classes or categories, e.g., religions, money

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PRO
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For, before, forward, in place of

• profess (fateor, fassus sum admit, reveal)
  to admit that one is an expert
• professional one who claims to be an expert
• prologue (logos word, study) words before
  the beginning of a play or book
• proclaim (clamo, clamatum shout) announce,
  cry out, publish
• proceed (cedo, cessurus move, yield) move
  forward

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PRAE
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Before, in front of

• predict (dico, dictum say) say beforehand
• preamble (ambulo, ambulatum - walk) that
  which goes before
• precaution (caveo, cautum be on guard)
  being on guard beforehand
• precursor (curro, cursum run) on who runs
  ahead
• pregnant (gigno, genitum bring forth)
  condition before birth

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AD
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To, toward near, next to

• adequate (aequus level, even, flat) even
  with or equal to
• adhere (haereo, haesum stick, stay) stick
  to
• adjective (jacio, jactum throw) word
  thrown at a noun to modify it
• admonish (moneo, monitum warn) give warning
  to
• advertise (verto, versum turn) turn people
  to what youre offereing

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JACIO / JACTUM
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throw

• eject (e, ex out) throw out
• interject (inter - between) throw between
• object (ob against) throw against
• objection arguments thrown against a
  situation
• project (pro forward) throw forward
• projectile a thing thrown forward (arrow,
  bullet, rock)
• reject (re back, again) throw back

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PONO / POSITUM
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Lay, put, place

• pose position or attitude
• post fixed or established place, military post
• postage payment for messages sent from post to
  post
• deposit (de down, away from) lay away, put
  aside
• repose (re again, back) lie back, pause,
  rest
• depose (de down, away from) put down from a
  throne or high office

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CUM
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With, together

• cooperate (operor, operatum work) work with
• collaborate (laboro, laboratum work) work
  with
• collect (lego, lectum gather) gather
  together
• combat (battuo beat, fight) - fight with
• content (teneo, tentum hold) held together