Rose
Proverb
Pro + Verbum
Adverb
Next to + Words
Transfix
Root words: Trans + Figo, fixum
To fasten across
What does transliterate mean?
to read "across", to use a different system for spelling.
Nominate
nomen
To throw + Away
Prey
Root word: Prae
To attain before
Who invented lowercase letters?
The christian monks
Digitize
digitus
Pregnant
Before + Birth
Project
Root words: Pro + Jacio, jectum
Throw + Forward
The greeks, then the romans.
Conjugation
Con + Junctum
Advertise
Turn + Toward
Root word: pono, positum
put in place
What is a syllabary?
A writing system that represents whole syllables.
Crucifix
Cruci + Figo
nom de plume
Name + Pen
Prologue
Root words: Pro + Logos
Before + Words
The writing system that Chinese uses can also be called...
a Pictograph