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Vocabulary Strategy:
Greek and Latin Roots
Many words in English have roots from ancient Greek, Latin, or
other languages. Sometimes Latin or Greek word parts create a
word family, or a group of words with a common feature or pattern.
For example, the Greek root geo means “earth.” The words
geography, geology, geographer, geode, geometry, and geometric
form a word family based on the words’ Greek root geo.
Origin
Greek
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Word part
bio
dict
tele
man
terr
Meaning
life
speak
far away
hand
earth
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Look at the Latin and Greek word parts above. Choose the word in
parentheses that best fits with the other two words to form a word family.
Then write the word on the line.
1. bionic
biography
(biosphere/bicker)
2. dictate
dictation
(dice/dictionary)
3. telethon
telephone
(telescope/territory)
4. manner
maneuver
(manicure/main)
5. diction
dictator
(decorate/edict)
6. manual
manufacture
(manuscript/mane)
7. terrarium
terrestrial
(terrible/terrace)
8. television
telegram
(telecast/teller)
9. biology
biologist
(bisect/biographer)
telepathy
(telegraph/tale)
10. telescopic
5.2 (A) Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words
derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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