Latin Root Word Meaning
The Latin root word meaning fire
What is ignis?
The Greek root word meaning water
What is hydr, hydra, or hydro?
The root word man
What is hand?
The root word ignis
What is fire?
What is an affix?
A group of letters attached before and/or after the root word.
The Latin root word meaning hand
What is man?
The Greek word meaning madness
What is mania?
The root word liber
What is free?
The root word juven
What is young?
What is a prefix?
A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning.
The Latin root word meaning half, middle, between or halfway
What is medi?
The Latin root word meaning young
What is juven?
The root word mar
What is sea?
The root word leg
What is law?
What is a suffix?
A suffix is an affix that is added at the end of the word that modifies or changes its meaning.
The Latin root word meaning law
What is leg?
The Latin root word meaning free
What is liber?
The root word medi
What is half, middle, between or halfway?
The root word mania
What is madness?
What is the SUCCESS CRITERIA for this 6th grade standard (L.6.4.) Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
I can use common Greek and Latin affixes (prefixes) and roots as clues to help me determine the meaning of a word.
The Latin root word meaning great
The Latin root word meaning sea
What is mar?
The root word magn
What is great?
The root word hydr, hydra, or hydro
What is water?
Why do we need to learn Greek & Latin Roots?
They are the bulding blocks for many English words; they help us understand new or challenging words.