Language Families
The Germanic and Romance languages both are part of which language family?
Indo-European
To go back to the drawing board
To start again from the beginning
Where and when something began
origin
a small word part added before the root. It adds meaning to a word
prefix
scrib/script
to write
The word "tomato" comes from French, Nahuatl, or Swahili?
Nahuatl
To kill two birds with one stone
To achieve two things by a single action
The study of the history of a word and its origins. It includes how it began and also how it changed over time.
etymology
a small part added after the root. It changes how the word is used.
suffix
fer
to carry
English is a member of which family?
Germanic
A dime a dozen
something very common
The main part of a word. It carries the meaning of the word.
root
words borrowed from another language
Loan words
duc
to lead
How many languages are spoken by less than 1,000 people?
2,000
Once in a blue moon
something NOT very common
abbreviation
a recently created word that can be used to describe some new concept
neologism
cess
to go
There are approximately how many living languages in the world?
7,000
Cut to the chase
get to the important part
creating new words by adding prefixes and suffixes to existing root words
agglutination
an abbreviation that uses letters from several other words
acronym
lect/leg
to read