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Greek and Latin Roots
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Definition
A wide variety of words can be made by adding a prefix or suffix to the beginning or end of a Greek or Latin root. Let’s take the word Aquarium for example. Aqua is a common Latin prefix used in everyday language that denotes water. Paired with another Latin suffix, rium which signifies a place or location, aquarium literally means a place or location of water, i.e. fish tanks. Aquafina, the popular water bottle company, stems from Latin roots also. The suffix fina originates from finis, which means boundary. Aquafina is a boundary (bottle) of water.
Lyrics
Now let's start off with some common Greek roots
And what's the meaning of them
I will show you how to peep roots
And what you’re needing from them
AER means air like an aerospace
Aeronautics Aerobat
Take me to Aero place
COSMO OH
Let me do it first
Flyer than a cosmonaut
That’s who rule the universe
SPHERE means ball
When you kick it watch it fly up out of here
TELE TELE that’s the root of far
Like you see in telescope
An instrument to see the stars
MICRO that’s the root of small
Looking through a microscope
You can really see it all
These is just some common Greek roots
Aint Nothing complex
If somethings unfamiliar to you
You should write in context
Every word got a root
GOTTA DIG IT UP DIG IT UP
Every word got a root
GOTTA DIG IT UP DIG IT UP
Every word got a root
GOTTA DIG IT UP DIG IT UP
Every word got a root
GOTTA DIG IT UP DIG IT UP
GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS
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GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS
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GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS
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here’s just some common Latin roots
And what's the meaning of them
I will show you how to peep roots
And what's the meaning of them
SCOPE stands for see
like telescope we look through
seeing different galaxies
Now PEDE meaning foot like a pedicure
Your girl will go to get
When she gets pretty and you ready for
SCRIBE meaning write like describe writing history
On different people’s life
Now GEO stands for earth like geography
The study of the globe
Mountain ranches and a lot of seas
SPECT meaning look
Like a Spectator who watching something that’s truly off the hook
And TERR land like terrain
Like when you riding on a four wheeler
and its Fun and off the chain
now these are some examples of a little Latin roots
when you see it know the word is Latin and it’s the proof
Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.B — Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.C — Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4.B — Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.B — Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.B — Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.B — Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).