Roots of English – III

Dear Readers,

Here we are with our 3rd session of our Roots of English hope this will help you with your English language preparation.

English language is made up of four parts

GREEK ROOTS, GERMAN ROOTS, FRENCH ROOTS, LATIN ROOTS

Now if you learn these roots you can figure out the meaning of hundreds of English language words without even knowing their exact meaning.

The first question arises here is what is a root?

A root is the part of the word which gives instructions to a word. Now how many parts is a word made of?

A word is made up of three parts.

For ex– subtracted

Sub (prefix) ——–tract (root) ———-ed (suffix)

Note: PREFIX—a word, letter or number placed before another.

SUFFIX—a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

CASE 1

Consider BEL or BELLI as a ROOT means WAR, FIGHT, RESISTANCE, OPPOSES

Now with the help of this one root you can come out with conclusion of several other English words. Such as,

BELLIC—-warlike

BELLICISM—- The policy or practice of resorting to war even when it is not necessary and is avoidable.

BELLICIST—- Adherent of bellicism, advocate of war, one who is war-centred or war-oriented.

BELLICOSE—- having or showing a ready disposition to fight

BELLIGERENT—-hostile ready to fight

BELLICOSITY—- a natural disposition to fight

BELLIGERATI—- Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.

BELLIGERENCY—- fighting; acts of overt warfare

REBEL—-person who opposes and fights

REBELLIOUS—- resisting control or authority

REBELLER—- One who rebels or opposes

Synonyms —-Aggressive, Pugnacious, Combative, Insurrectionist, Insurgent.

Antonyms —-Affable, Amiable, Amicable.

CASE 2

Consider APO or APHO as a ROOT means away, off, separate, without, absent, loss, regret, lack.

Now with the help of this one root you can come out with conclusion of several other English words. Such as,

APHOBIA—-Fearlessness, a lack of fear.

APHONIC—- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered Speech.

APHONOUS—- Without a voice, voiceless.

APHORISM—- a short expression of a general truth.

APOLOGETIC—- expressing of regret.

APOLOGETICISM—- An instance use of expression of regret.

APOLOGIAN—- one who regrets.

APOGEOTROPIC—- Bending away from the ground.

APOSEMATIC COLORATION—- conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off Predators.

APOSTROPHE—- address to an absent or imaginary person

APOSTROPHIZE—- use an apostrophe to address to an absent.

SYNONYMS—- APOTHEGM, EXCUSE.

I hope this session will help you with your English Language Preparation.We will come back soon with our next session.

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