Building Vocabulary from Word Roots Unit 1: Lesson 1 Latin Prefix ad
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Building
Vocabulary
from Word
Roots
Unit 1: Lesson 1
Latin Prefix ad-
Did you know?
Over sixty percent of all words in the
English dictionary are based on Greek or
Latin roots?
Ninety percent of English words with
more than two syllables come from Latin
and Greek.
You do already
know how
words work.
Make a list of
everything you
already know!
What do you notice about the use
of the prefix ad- in all of the words
below?
adhesive
aggravate
access
affix
adThe Latin
prefix admeans “to,
toward, add
to”
assimilation
Assimilation is defined as becoming like
something else.
Sometimes when a prefix meets a base, it
undergoes a spelling change: the final
consonant of the prefix “turns into” or
assimilates and becomes the first consonant
of the base. The result is a double
consonant near the beginning of the word.
ad + similate = assimilation
Words beginning with assimilated adare easily recognizable because they
usually have double consonants
ad + celerate = accelerate
ad + preciate = appreciate
ad + traction = attraction
* Try saying both forms of the word.
Notice how much easier it is to say the
latter?
Divide and Conquer
ad- = “to, toward, add to”
tract = “pull, draw, drag”
ad- assimilates to atAttract means to “draw” something or
someone “toward” you.
aggravate: “add to” a serious problem or
irritation
adhesive: glue that sticks “to” surfaces
Do Now! Copy these phrases down on a
piece of notebook paper, skipping lines
in between.
to appreciate a friend
to affirm a belief
to assimilate a culture
to append a note
to attribute a burden
to alleviate a burden
aggressive behavior
to abbreviate a word