Roots of English – 13

Dear Readers,

Here we are with our 13th 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 I 

Consider PED, POD as a ROOT means foot, feet

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

PEDESTRIAN –— one who travels on foot

PEDOMETER —– an instrument to measure distance walked

PEDOMOTIVE —– moved by the power of the foot 

PODIATRY —- that branch of medicine which treats of diseases of the foot

PEDOGRAPH  –— an instrument that records topography when held by a pedestrian as he walks

PEDIALGIA —- neuralgia in the foot

APOD —- footless, term applied to certain birds, fish, and reptiles, in which feet or ventral fins are either wholly absent or merely rudimentary

ASTHENOPODIA —- a condition in which one has weak feet.

ATELOPODIA —- the imperfect development of the foot.

BRACHIOPOD —- a bivalve mollusc distinguished by having, on each side of the mouth, a long spiral arm, used in procuring food, literally, “arm-foot”

BRADYPOD —– slow-footed, a member of the family of edentate mammal quadruped represented by the sloth

CHEIROPODALGIA —– pain in the hands and in the feet

CASE II 

ROOT —-  AGE  means  activity, or result of action

Now words we can guess of are –

ACREAGE —– an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres

ANECDOTAGE —– anecdotes considered as a group

APPENDAGE  —- that which is fastened to something else, such as, a small, or a secondary, attachme

ARBITRAGE —- the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different business markets

ASSUAGE —- attempting to make a situation less painful or severe, such as, an unpleasant feeling or pain

ASSUAGEMENT —- a condition or feeling that results when a feeling of relief from a disappointment or worry takes place.

CARNAGE —- serious injury to a great many people, such as, in a major accident.

DOSAGE —- the amount of a therapeutic medication, or other substance, that is administered in a prescribed and measured amount at any one time

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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