Prefixes #1
Derived from Latin "prae," meaning "before," as in "preview" or "predict."
What is pre-?
Originates from Latin "in-," meaning "not" or "into," found in words like "invisible" or "insert."
What is in-?
Derived from the Latin suffix "-tio," used to form nouns indicating action or condition, such as "creation" or "reception."
What is -tion?
Derived from Latin "-osus," meaning "full of," as seen in words like "dangerous" or "glorious."
What is -ous?
"pre-" "re-" "dis-" "in-" "inter-" "sub-" "-tion" "-able" "-ous"
What is Latin?
From Latin "re-," meaning "again" or "back," found in words like "redo" or "rebuild."
What is re-?
From Greek "anti-," meaning "against" or "opposite," such as in "antibiotic" or "antifreeze."
What is anti-?
Originates from Latin "-abilis," meaning "capable of," found in words like "readable" or "enjoyable."
What is -able?
Comes from Old English "-leas," meaning "without," found in words like "hopeless" or "fearless."
What is -less?
The language for these "fixings":
"un-" "mis-" "-ly" "-less" "-ness" "-er"
What is Old English?
Originates from Old English "un-," meaning "not" or "opposite of," seen in words like "unhappy" or "uncertain."
What is un-?
Comes from Latin "inter-," meaning "between" or "among," used in "international" or "interact."
What is inter-?
Comes from the Old English "-lic," meaning "having the qualities of," used in words like "quickly" or "happily."
What is -ly?
Originates from Old English "-nes," used to form nouns indicating a state or quality, such as "kindness" or "darkness."
What is -ness?
The language for these "fixings":
"anti-" "auto-" "-ize" "-ist"
What is Greek?
Comes from Old English "mis-," meaning "wrongly" or "badly," used in words like "misunderstand" or "misplace."
What is mis-?
Derived from Latin "sub-," meaning "under" or "below," as seen in "submarine" or "subway."
What is sub-?
Borrowed from Old French "-ment" and ultimately from Latin "-mentum," meaning "the result of an action," seen in words like "development" or "enrichment."
What is -ment?
From Old English "-ere," used to form nouns indicating a person or thing that performs an action, such as "teacher" or "writer."
What is -er?
Marcus is the blank
What is the (currently disassembled) skeleton in Ms. Smith's room?
Derived from Latin "dis-," meaning "apart" or "opposite of," as seen in "disconnect" or "disapprove."
What is dis-?
Originates from Greek "auto-," meaning "self" or "own," found in words like "autonomous" or "autograph."
What is auto-?
From Greek "-izein," which was used to create verbs indicating a process or transformation, such as "modernize" or "realize."
What is -ize?
Derived from Greek "-istes," meaning "one who practices or believes in," as found in words like "artist" or "scientist."
What is -ist?
The name of the medicinal book in the article read in class.
What is (Mr.) Bald's Leechbook?