Prefixes
History
Bases
Language
Suffixes
100
ab-, abs-, a-
What is away, from?
100
Latin was the basis for a number of languages like French, Spanish, Italian, etc. collectively known as this
What are the Romance Languages?
100
DUC-, DUCT-
What is to lead?
100
ad- changes to ag- in the word aggravate
What is assimilation?
100
-able, -ible
What is able to be, able to, tending to?
200
trans-, tran-, tra-
What is across, through?
200
The English language was impacted by this many 'invasions' of the British Islands
What is five?
200
OCTAV-
What is eighth?
200
The word typeface, combining Greek and Latin bases is this
What is a hybrid?
200
-ose, (-iose)
What is full of?
300
ob-
What is toward, against, face-to-face, completely?
300
Which invasion of Britain was most peaceful?
What is the Christian invasion?
300
GRAD-, GRESS-
What is to step, go?
300
Meat, originally referring to anything edible, has undergone this process
What is specialization?
300
-ar
What is pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of?
400
intra-, intro-
What is within?
400
Indo-Europeans were thought to live in this region based on study of their language
What is southeast Europe?
400
TRACT-
What is to drag?
400
The word burgle arose from burglar in this process
What is back formation?
400
-ulous
What is tending to, inclined to?
500
de-
What is down, off, thoroughly?
500
Which invasion of the British Isles completely replaced the base language that English grew up from?
What is the Anglo-Saxon invasion?
500
PLIC-, PLEX-, [PLY-]
What is to fold, tangle, weave?
500
The loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word is this
What is aphesis?
500
-ant, -ent, (-ient)
What is -ing?
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