Improving Comprehension in English

In English, words derived from these Latin nouns keep the same meaning with a slight change of form.

• (i)tudo becomes tude, and (i)tas becomes ty.

• (i)tudo becomes tude, and (i)tas becomes ize.

• (i)tudo becomes tude, and (i)tas becomes ing.

• (i)tudo becomes tude, and (i)tas becomes ed.

tele

• Means 'near' (Example: microscope)

• Means 'far' (Example: telescope)

• Means 'close' (Example: proximity)

• Means 'distant' (Example: remote)

meter/metr

• measure

• calculate

• estimate

• assess

claustrophobia

• Fear of open spaces

• Fear of heights

• Fear of closed places

• Fear of crowded places

therm

• Means 'heat' (Example: thermometer)

• Means 'cold' (Example: refrigerator)

• Means 'light' (Example: flashlight)

• Means 'sound' (Example: microphone)

hydrophobia

• Fear of heights

• Fear of water

• Fear of darkness

• Fear of flying

photo

• Means 'light' (Example: photograph)

• Means 'dark' (Example: photophobia)

• Means 'color' (Example: photogenic)

• Means 'image' (Example: photocopy)

bio

• Means "life" (Example: biology)

• Means "death" (Example: necrology)

• Means "earth" (Example: geology)

• Means "study of plants" (Example: botany)

arachnophobia

• Fear of heights

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of darkness

• Fear of enclosed spaces

cycl

• Means "circle, ring" (Example: bicycle)

• Means "square, cube" (Example: quadrilateral)

• Means "triangle, angle" (Example: trigonometry)

• Means "line, path" (Example: linear)