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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:24 pm
Obviously, certain languages have a common root; they are derived from Latin. When I was in 6th grade, we received packets on words in English that have Latin suffixes and prefixes, called Word Cells. These really helped me with my native language as well as when I started Spanish the following year.
This game may not be a "foreign language" thing (to most people), but I think it would be fun to analyze English words. It can help you learn a bit of Latin, and prepare those of you who are interested in languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian to learn.
Here is an example of a post:
Vegetarian
vege...vegetables
-arian...one who
One who eats vegetables.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:39 pm
that's so cool! smile
here's another one I like:
sub-urban :
sub = under
urb- = city
sub-urban = under the city wink
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:06 pm
Biped
bi...2
-ped...feet or footed
Two-footed.
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:51 am
Cephalo - Head
Mega - Big/large
Megalocephily - Too big a head, a medical condition where, um, you like..have a big head and stuff. Yeah.
My friend had to memorize these pre/suffixes, and asked me for help, so we basically spent an afternoon on the bus ride home saying random things like "I put hats on my cephalo, do you?" to all the middle school kids, and they'd all go "ewww, no!! *disgustedddd*"
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:39 am
Here's one that's really fascinating (in my opinion anyway):
draco - dragon
And of course, we know that in stories, dragons are vile, vicious creatures.... that's why people or things who are said to draconian are dragon-like, aka vile, cruel, etc razz
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:36 am
Prefixes;-
Circum: Around
Circumspect
Circumscribe
Ob: Against, over, or in the way
Obsess literally means "To sit over".
Obstruct
Obscure
Con, Co, Col, and Cor: Together, with.
Collaborate
Coherent
Coalesce
Congenital
Per: Thorough, thoroughly, to the end.
Permeate
Persist
Perplex
Pre: Beforehand.
Premeditated
Preface
Preamble
Pro: Forward.
Protrude
Proficient
Propel
Suffixes
Meate; Pass
Permeate
Stacle; something that stands
Obstacle
Face; something said
Preface
Trude; Thrust
Protrude
Voke; Call
Provoke, invoke, evoke
Turb; disturb
Perturb, disturb
Ponent; one who puts
Proponent
Sess; sit.
Obsess.
Locution; speaking
Circumlocution.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:03 pm
How about "dis"? Where did it come from?
My brother insists there must be some connection to "The City of Dis".
It seems possible.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:37 pm
'Dis' is from Latin and it means "Off" or "Down".
Like Disable.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:06 pm
Concur:
Con is a preposition meaning together or with.
Cur is from curro, currere, cucurri, cursus- run
So to concur with someone is literally to run with them. One of my personal favroties.
I'll see if I can think of more tomorrow.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:32 pm
I found this one fascinating
Sinister- Left
Left-handed people used to be considered to be 'marked by the devil'.
Sinister- Evil looking people
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:14 pm
anasca I found this one fascinating Sinister- Left Left-handed people used to be considered to be 'marked by the devil'. Sinister- Evil looking people For some reason, females are also often associated with the "left side." ... Anyone read Da Vinci Code? domokun
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:53 pm
This is actually a Greek root, but this seemed the best thread for it.
We get our words 'cynical' and 'cynic' from the Greek cynos, or dog. (I may have my ending wrong; I don't take Greek, but I do know the stem.)
Y'see, there used to be this bunch of philosophers in ancient Greece called the Cynics--basically, the 'doggy people'--because they eschewed all comforts, luxuries, etc. and basically lived like dogs--on the streets, not bathing often, eating essentially garbage, and the like. Now, they understandably had a rather negative outlook, and eventually the meaning of the word spread to encompass all pessimisstic people.
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:27 pm
Sola Catella This is actually a Greek root, but this seemed the best thread for it. We get our words 'cynical' and 'cynic' from the Greek cynos, or dog. (I may have my ending wrong; I don't take Greek, but I do know the stem.) Y'see, there used to be this bunch of philosophers in ancient Greece called the Cynics--basically, the 'doggy people'--because they eschewed all comforts, luxuries, etc. and basically lived like dogs--on the streets, not bathing often, eating essentially garbage, and the like. Now, they understandably had a rather negative outlook, and eventually the meaning of the word spread to encompass all pessimisstic people.
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:48 am
Sola Catella This is actually a Greek root, but this seemed the best thread for it. We get our words 'cynical' and 'cynic' from the Greek cynos, or dog. (I may have my ending wrong; I don't take Greek, but I do know the stem.) Y'see, there used to be this bunch of philosophers in ancient Greece called the Cynics--basically, the 'doggy people'--because they eschewed all comforts, luxuries, etc. and basically lived like dogs--on the streets, not bathing often, eating essentially garbage, and the like. Now, they understandably had a rather negative outlook, and eventually the meaning of the word spread to encompass all pessimisstic people. xD I actually knew that one. I thought the word was 'kinikos'. I'm not sure. >.<
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:32 am
Eccentric Iconoclast Sola Catella This is actually a Greek root, but this seemed the best thread for it. We get our words 'cynical' and 'cynic' from the Greek cynos, or dog. (I may have my ending wrong; I don't take Greek, but I do know the stem.) Y'see, there used to be this bunch of philosophers in ancient Greece called the Cynics--basically, the 'doggy people'--because they eschewed all comforts, luxuries, etc. and basically lived like dogs--on the streets, not bathing often, eating essentially garbage, and the like. Now, they understandably had a rather negative outlook, and eventually the meaning of the word spread to encompass all pessimisstic people. xD I actually knew that one. I thought the word was 'kinikos'. I'm not sure. >.< You're probably right about the k instead of the c (just remembered Latin leaned towards c and Greek towards k for that particular consonantal sound), but I'm pretty sure Greek has the 'y' sound. Most of the Latin/Greek first-generation words I can think of with relation to dogs (mostly scientific ones like cynodont and Procyon) also use the 'cy' spelling.
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