Download or read book A Thesaurus of English Word Roots written by Horace Gerald Danner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 1007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.

Download or read book A Thesaurus of Word Roots of the English Language written by Horace G. Danner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book lists almost 1,500 roots of academic, professional, and technical words. This is not a thesaurus in the common sense. Unlike the familiar collection of synonyms, this thesaurus gathers words with the same root words with similar meaning. The authors have distinguished a variety of these word elements and given them technical names, such as Simple Root, Prefixed Root, Leading Root Compound, and Trailing Root Compound. Horace Danner and Roger NoÎl's previous books include An Introduction to an Academic Vocabulary (UPA, 1990) which is recommended as a companion to this thesaurus.

Download or read book Dictionary of English Word roots written by Robert W. L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots written by Horace Gerald Danner and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Horace Gerald Danner’s A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the medical and health-care professions. All word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes. For example, esthesia, which means “feeling,” has as its prefixed roots alloesthesia, anesthesia, and dysesthesia. The listing then switches to words where the root itself forms the beginning, such as esthesiogenesis or esthesioneuroblastoma. These root-starting terms then are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in acanthesthesia, cryesthesia, or osmesthesia. In this manner, A Thesaurus of Medical Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest not only medical practitioners but linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of medical terminology.

Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins written by Julia Cresswell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.

Download or read book Dictionary of English Word roots written by Robert W. L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Once Upon a Word written by Jess Zafarris and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do words come from?—Teaching kids ages 9 to 12 vocabulary through word origins The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. Once Upon a Word is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word origin stories. With this dictionary for kids, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. Explore how weird words like gnome, fun words like zombie, and common words like caterpillar came to exist. Discover why some words sound funnier than others (like cackle, sizzle, and twang) and why some groups of words start with the same few letters (like hydrate, hydrogen, and fire hydrant). In this dictionary for kids, there's a whole world of English words to uncover! This unique dictionary for kids includes: Roots & branches—Learn about the building blocks that make up words, called roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Kid-friendly definitions—Look up definitions designed for your reading level in this dictionary for kids. Word tidbits—Find out where your favorite food words got their start, from bacon to marshmallow, spaghetti, yogurt, and beyond. See how the English language evolved with this colorful dictionary for kids.

Download or read book Dictionary of English word roots English roots and roots English with examples and exercises written by Bob Kupa'a Smith and published by Littlefield Adams. This book was released on 1990 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper reprint of a 1966 reference (with exercises) to elements, prefixes, and suffixes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Dictionary of English Word roots written by Robert W. L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Words from Latin and Greek Elements written by Donald M. Ayers and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1986-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview of the development of the English language and examines the formation of words especially from Greek and Latin roots. Also discusses definitions and usage.

Download or read book Chambers Dictionary of Etymology written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Words written by Donka Minkova and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.

Download or read book Webster s Dictionary of Word Origins written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Vocabulary Quick Reference written by Roger S. Crutchfield and published by Lexadyne Pub.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides two hundred sixty Greek and Latin word roots and lists words containing those roots along with the definition, entymology, and pronunciation for each.

Download or read book Dictionary of Root Words written by Manik Joshi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are "Root Words"? -- A root, or root word is a word which is used to form another word. It is also called a base word. A root does not have a prefix (a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word) or a suffix (a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word). Root is the primary lexical unit of a word, and of a word family. For example, pure is a root. By adding prefixes and suffixes, the following words could be made: impure, purity, pureness. Similarly, play and move are root words. By adding prefixes and suffixes, the following words could be made: plays, played, playing, player | moving, movement, moved, movable, mover, movingly. In this book, I have given the most common Greek and Latin roots which are used in English language. Sample This: Root Words - A -- AB/ABS -- Origin: Latin | Meaning: away, from, off -- Examples: abate -- to subside; abject -- hopeless; abjure -- to renounce; abnormal -- unusual | related words: abnormally, abnormality; abroad -- out of the country; abscess -- swelling; abscond -- to run away | related word: absconder; abseil -- to go down a steep cliff; absence -- nonattendance | related words: absent, absentee, absenteeism, absentia, absently; absolve -- to forgive; absorb -- to soak up | related words: absorbable, absorbance, absorbed, absorbency, absorbent, absorbing, absorption; abstain -- to give up something for moral reason | related words: abstainer, abstention, abstinence; abstemious -- critical; abstinent -- not having something for moral reason; abstruse -- difficult to understand; obscure; absurd -- ridiculous | related words: absurdist, absurdity, absurdly **AGG - Origin: Latin | Meaning: collected - Examples: agglomerate -- to collect things and form them into a mass or group | related word: agglomeration; aggrandize -- to increase your importance or power | related word: aggrandizement; aggregate -- to put together different items, amounts, etc. into a single total | related words: aggregation, aggregator ** ALTR/ALTER - Origin: Latin | Meaning: other - Examples: altruism -- caring about the needs of other people | related word: altruistic; alterable -- that can be changed | related word: unalterable; altercation -- noisy argument; alternate -- to follow one after other | related words: alternately, alternation, alternative **Some More Root Words - A -- Root Word [Origin] -- Meaning | Example(s) (Related Words in Bracket) -- a [Greek] -- not | atheism, apolitical, atypical **ablat [Latin] -- remove | ablation **ablut [Latin] -- wash | ablutions **abort [Latin] -- born too soon | abortion **abras [Latin] -- rub off | abrasion (abrasive, abrasively, abrasiveness) **abstemi [Latin] -- controlled; moderate | abstemious **abund [Latin] -- overflow | abundance (abundant, abundantly) **ac [Latin] -- to, toward | accept (acceptability, acceptable, acceptably, acceptance, acceptation) **acanth [Greek] -- thorn | acanthus **acceler [Latin] -- hasten | accelerate (acceleration, accelerator) **acet [Latin] -- vinegar | acetate, acetic, acetone **achr [Greek] -- colorless | achromic **acid [Latin] -- sour | acidic, acidify, acidosis, acidulate (acidulation, acidulous) **acm [Greek] -- summit | acme **aco [Greek] -- relief | acoustic (acoustical, acoustically, acoustician, acoustics) **adama [Greek] -- invincible | adamant (adamantly) **ade [Greek] -- enough | adequate (adequacy, adequately) **adip [Latin] -- fat | adipose **adolesc [Latin] -- growing up | Other Root Words - A -- Root Word [Origin] - Meaning -- aapt [Greek] -- indomitable, unfriendly **abact [Latin] -- driven away **abdit [Latin] -- secret/hidden **abr [Greek] - delicate **abscis [Latin] -- cutoff; absit [Latin] - distant **aca [Greek] -- a point; silence **acar [Greek] - tiny **accip [Latin] -- allow, snatch **accliv [Latin] -- steep; up-hill **accresc [Latin] -- increase**ace [Greek] - heal **acer [Latin] - sharp **acerv [Latin] - pile **acest [Greek] -- healing; remedy

Download or read book Dictionary of English Word roots written by Robert W. L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: