Morphology
The pieces of words are called this.
What are roots?
What is the beginning?
This is the base in the word sentiment and means feeling.
What is sent?
Where the suffix goes in a word.
What is the end OR what is after a base?
The function of a word in a sentence is called this.
What is parts of speech?
The three kinds of roots.
What are prefixes, bases, and suffixes?
This prefix means with, together, and very.
What is co- or con-?
This is the base in the word hypothermic and means temperature.
What is therm?
This suffix means thing or object.
What is -ment?
These words are people, places, and things.
What are nouns?
All words must have this type of root in them.
What is a base?
This prefix means to, toward.
What is ad-?
This base means name.
What is onym?
This suffix means state or quality.
What is -itude?
These are action words such as "ran"
What is a verb?
This root determines the part of speech of the word.
What is a base (if there is no suffix after) and/or a suffix?
These two prefixes mean above.
What are hyper and super?
This base means carry/bear.
What is lat?
The suffix -ment turns a base word into this part of speech.
What is a noun?
These words describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
90% of English words come from the roots from these 2 languages.
What are Greek and Latin?
This is the process of changing the letters in a prefix so it flows better into the base word.
What is assimilation?
The base in the word periscope and its meaning.
What is scope and look/view?
The suffix -itude turns a base word into this part of speech.
What is a noun?
These words describe a verb (and sometimes an adjective)
What is an adverb?