Etymology: The Study of Words

How are words put together? Find out by listening to this Morpheme Podcast. Links to an external site.While listening, answer the below questions:

    1. Knowing different morphemes not only allows you to deduce the definition of a word, but also to know _________________________.

    2. What is the name of the primary part of a word that conveys most of its meaning? _____________________________

    3. What are affixes? _________________________________

    4. What does convention literally mean? _________________________

Let's learn about etymology, or the study of where words come from. Listen to this Etymology Podcast and answer the below questions:

    1. From which two languages does most English vocabulary derive? _____________________

    2. What does the affix -ible- mean? _____________________

    3. What does the word origin mean? _______________________

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Check out the website https://www.etymonline.com/ Links to an external site.. Search for your name and/or different words to see their origins.