etymology & coinage 01

Etymology 词源学: study the origin 起源 & historical development of a word.研究一个词语的起源和历史发展

• true 真

• false 假

• no idea 没想法

• who cares 谁在乎

Language carries history(culture).

语言承载着历史（文化）

• true 真

• false 假

• no idea 没想法

• who cares 谁在乎

60% of English words originate from Latin

60%英语词汇来源于 拉丁语

• true 真

• false 假

• no idea 没想法

• who cares 谁在乎

The shortest & best way of learning a language, is to know the roots(词)根 of it. The shortest & best way of learning a language, is to know the roots(词)根 of it.

• true 真

• false 假

_____: word part by itself is a word.

Other words or word parts can be added to base words to form new words. e.g.High, school.作为其他词语的组成部分 本身就是一个词。

其他词或词部可以添加到基础词上形成新词。例如，高，学校。

• base word 基础词

• prefix 前缀

• suffix 后缀

• root 词根

_______word part   core meaning of the word. 

from older languages e.g. Greek, Latin, Old English ( Anlgo-Saxon, Old German), & Norse (Languages used in Northern Europe.) e.g. phone in telephone, symphony, phonetic, mobilephone, etc.word part   core meaning of the word. 

from older languages e.g. Greek, Latin, Old English ( Anlgo-Saxon, Old German), & Norse (Languages used in Northern Europe.) e.g. phone in telephone, symphony, phonetic, mobilephone, etc.

• base word 基础词

• root 词根

• prefix 前缀

• suffix 后缀

A prefix is a word part attached to the beginning of a word.  前缀是附加在词的开头的一个词缀 which one below is not a prefix? 下面哪一个不是 前缀？

• be in behind

• ment in government

• pro in progress

• ex in export

Suffix  appears at the end of a root or base word  Suffix can change word meaning. 后缀出现在词根或基本词的结尾。后缀可以改变词义。which one below is not a suffix? 下面哪一个不是 后缀？

• ment in movement

• able in reliable

• est in largest

• pre in preschool

____:  words  have  the same root,   have  related meanings.

___：具有相同词根的单词，拥有相关的意义。

• word family 词族

• root 词根

• base word 基础词

• affix词根

Affix cannot change the property of a word (change the category the word belongs to) to serve different functions in sentences.

词缀不能够改变单词的属性（改变单词所属的类别），以在句子中发挥不同的功能。

• true 真

• false 假

• who cares 谁在乎

• no idea 没想法