Native words
What is etymology?
Study of the origin words and how their meanings and forms have changed over time
hand/ head/ foot/ eye
Biology comes from which language? And its meaning.
from Greek
bio - "life", -logos- "study of ..." = studying life
which is more formal : help or assist?
assist
give one native word used in daily life
house, water, sun, go
Is sun a native or borrowed word?
native word
Give one example of a French borrowing.
government/ court/ beef/ beauty
which language gave English words like sky, take, they?
Scandinavian (Old Norse)
ask -question
which is native?
ask is native
form a word from help.
helpful, helpless
What is the origin of native English words?
Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
What is another name for borrowed words?
Loanwords
what major historical event brought many French words into English?
Norman Conquest
give a native and borrowed pair meaning ''start"
start (native)- commence (French)
What suffix is common in Latin borrowings?
-tion, -ment, -ity
Why are native words usually short?
come from Old English and have simple structures used in everyday speech
Why does English have many borrowed words?
because of historical events, invasions, trade, cultural/scientific contact
Name the areas where French borrowings are common?
law, government, food, culture, military
Why does English have 2 words like cow and beef?
animals were named in native English, while meat terms came from French after Norman rule
what is conversion in native word formation?
when a word chamges its grammatical class without changing form (e.g., to water, to hand)
Explain the difference between native and borrowed vocabulary in terms of style.
N.w- informal, simple,and emotional
B.w- more formal, abstract, and used in academic or official contexts
Is assist native or borrowed?
borrowed word (Latin)
Explain how Latin influenced English vocabulary.
Latin contributed many words in science, education, religion, especially during Roman contact, Christianization, and the Reneissance
explain difference between royal, kingly, regal.
kingly- native (informal), royal- French (neutral/formal), regal- Latin (formal/academic)
explain why native words are more productive in word formation than borrowed words?
native words easily form compounds, derivatives, and conversions, making them flexible in creating new vocabulary.