Transcript Greek & Latin Roots and Affixes

Greek & Latin Roots
and Affixes
RW1.4 (5th Grade) Know abstract, derived roots and
affixes from Greek and Latin, and use this knowledge
to analyze the meaning of complex words.
(3 questions on CST)
RW1.2 Use word origins to determine the meaning of
unknown words. (2 questions on CST)
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Greek & Latin
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The Greek empire is
famous for its
architecture and
philosophy.
The Roman (Latin)
empire was famous
for its military and
artistic achievements.
Many of our words are
based on roots or
affixes from these two
great civilizations.
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Roots
 Greek
– aero
– biblio
– cardi
– chron
– geo
– photo
– tele
(air)
(book)
(heart)
(time)
(earth)
(light)
(far away)
aerobics
Bible
cardiologist
chronological
geography
photosynthesis
telescope
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Roots
 Latin
– anim
– aqua
– frag
– luna
– phone
– rupt
– terr
(life, spirit)
(water)
(break)
(moon)
(sound)
(break)
(land)
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animal
aqueduct
fragile
lunatic
telephone
rupture
terrain
STAR Test Prep.
The teacher required us to include a
bibliography at the end of the report.
The origin of the word bibliography is
the Greek word biblio meaning
A
B
C
D
essay
book
research
write
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STAR Test Prep.
Astronomers have predicted that a
lunar eclipse will occur tonight.
The origin of the word lunar is the
Latin root luna meaning
A
B
C
D
sun
planet
lunatic
moon
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Greek & Latin Roots Practice
California farmers have dug aqueducts to supply
their crops with water from the Sierra Nevada
mountains.
The word aqueducts is based on the Latin root
aqua, meaning “water.” Based on this information,
the reader can tell the literal meaning of aqueducts
is
A
B
C
D
waterways
water trucks
rain
snow
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Affixes – prefixes or suffixes that
have been “affixed” to a root word.
prefix + root word + suffix
micro
scope
sub
marine
kind
ness
person
al
bi
cycle
re
appear
joy
ous
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microscope
submarine
kindness
personal
bicycle
reappear
joyous
STAR Test Prep.
Joel was the fastest runner in class
today.
In which word does est mean the
same as it does in the word fastest?
A
B
C
D
test
festival
arrest
cleanest
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