Word Origins

Identify the word origin of structure

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxton

Identify the word origin of philosopher

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxton

Identify the word origin of indication

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxton

Identify the word origin of tractor

• Latin

• Greek

• Anglo-Saxton

Refer to the dictionary entry in the photo: From what language does the word contour originate?

• English

• American

• Latin

• French

Germanic Origin

• Words with origins in Greek such as ethos pathos and lothos.

• The Language of the Romans

• Words with Germanic origins

• Words with Spanish origins

The word ___________ is derived from the Greek words astron, meaning star, and nautes, meaning sailor.

• astronaut

• astronomical

• asterisk

• astronomy

Which of these words probably comes from the Latin word albus meaning "white?"

• albino

• album

• algebra

• alchemy

"Submarine" is derived from Latin roots meaning:

• Under the sea

• Above the waves

• Between the lands

• Across the ocean

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4.b

Word Origins

• Where words "originated" from

• Words with Germanic Origins

• Words with Latin Origins

• Words with Greek Origins