Post by Katie Lee April 2010 on Apr 15, 2010 14:56:03 GMT -8
7/4/1776= when america began
Etymology
LESSON 1
ped=foot
pedal=where your feet goes
pedestrian=a person walking
pedestal=bottom of a statue, where the foot of the statue goes
bi=two
biped= two feeted animals (human, ducks)
bifocal=two focus
bifocal lens= lens with two different focuses
bimonthly=every two months
bivalve=two shelled shellfish (oyster, mussel)
valve=leaf
quadr=four
quadruped= animals with four legs (cows, cats)
quadruplets=four babies in the same birth
quadruple=male it four times as much
kyklos(cycle)=wheels
bicycle= a vehicle with two wheels
cuspis=point
bicuspid= a teeth in the back that has two point
phone=sound
quadraphonic= a stereo system with four sound systems
telephone=sound is coming from a distance
tele=distance
-later-=side
quadrilateral=four sided figure
bilateral=two sided (bilateral discussion=debate from two sides)
unus=one
unilateral=one sided (unilateral discussion=discussion with one opinion)
(president made a unilateral decision=decision made by himself)
annus= less than one year
annual=every year
annuity=yearly payment
annual=school annual cause it is produced every year
enn=greater tahn one year biennial;quadennial
biennial=every 2 years
quadrennial=every 4 years
(the election of the president is a quadrennial)
semi=1/2
semiannual= half an year
biannual=twice in one year
per=through
perennial=through the many years, as in plants (pumpkin pie is a perennial favorite)
tri=3
triplet=3 babies
triangle=3 sided figure
tricycle=3 whells
trifocal=3 focuses
LESSON 2
centum/cent=100
century, centennial=100 year celebration
bicentennial=two hundred year celebration
tricentennial=three hundred year celebration
semicentennial= 50 year celebration
sesqui=1 1/2
sesquicentennial=150 year celebration
mille=1000
mill= 1/1000 of a dollar
millennium= a period of a thousand years
centipede=100 feet animal (two legs on each body)
millipede= thousand leg animal (two pairs of legs on each body)
metron/meter=measure
pedometer=device you put on your hip that counts the distance on foot
optiko=vision
optometrist= someone who measures your vision
optician=makes lense
chronos=time
chronometer= a time measurer= clock, watch
chronic=happening all the time
therme=heat
thermometer=measuring heat
LESSON 5
im-/in-=in or not
impede= get in the way (of your foot)
impediment= something that is in your way (speech impediment)
inhale= breathe in
include=leave in
ex=out
expedite= to speed (out of the way of your feet)
expediter=an expert at speeding things up
expeditious= (adj) speedy (expeditious handling of the matter/delivery)
exhale= breath out
verto-; extro- =turn outward
extrovert=someone turned outward, outgoing
expedition=a trip you take with a mission
intro-=turn inward
introvert=someone who is not outgoing
Etymology
LESSON 1
ped=foot
pedal=where your feet goes
pedestrian=a person walking
pedestal=bottom of a statue, where the foot of the statue goes
bi=two
biped= two feeted animals (human, ducks)
bifocal=two focus
bifocal lens= lens with two different focuses
bimonthly=every two months
bivalve=two shelled shellfish (oyster, mussel)
valve=leaf
quadr=four
quadruped= animals with four legs (cows, cats)
quadruplets=four babies in the same birth
quadruple=male it four times as much
kyklos(cycle)=wheels
bicycle= a vehicle with two wheels
cuspis=point
bicuspid= a teeth in the back that has two point
phone=sound
quadraphonic= a stereo system with four sound systems
telephone=sound is coming from a distance
tele=distance
-later-=side
quadrilateral=four sided figure
bilateral=two sided (bilateral discussion=debate from two sides)
unus=one
unilateral=one sided (unilateral discussion=discussion with one opinion)
(president made a unilateral decision=decision made by himself)
annus= less than one year
annual=every year
annuity=yearly payment
annual=school annual cause it is produced every year
enn=greater tahn one year biennial;quadennial
biennial=every 2 years
quadrennial=every 4 years
(the election of the president is a quadrennial)
semi=1/2
semiannual= half an year
biannual=twice in one year
per=through
perennial=through the many years, as in plants (pumpkin pie is a perennial favorite)
tri=3
triplet=3 babies
triangle=3 sided figure
tricycle=3 whells
trifocal=3 focuses
LESSON 2
centum/cent=100
century, centennial=100 year celebration
bicentennial=two hundred year celebration
tricentennial=three hundred year celebration
semicentennial= 50 year celebration
sesqui=1 1/2
sesquicentennial=150 year celebration
mille=1000
mill= 1/1000 of a dollar
millennium= a period of a thousand years
centipede=100 feet animal (two legs on each body)
millipede= thousand leg animal (two pairs of legs on each body)
metron/meter=measure
pedometer=device you put on your hip that counts the distance on foot
optiko=vision
optometrist= someone who measures your vision
optician=makes lense
chronos=time
chronometer= a time measurer= clock, watch
chronic=happening all the time
therme=heat
thermometer=measuring heat
LESSON 5
im-/in-=in or not
impede= get in the way (of your foot)
impediment= something that is in your way (speech impediment)
inhale= breathe in
include=leave in
ex=out
expedite= to speed (out of the way of your feet)
expediter=an expert at speeding things up
expeditious= (adj) speedy (expeditious handling of the matter/delivery)
exhale= breath out
verto-; extro- =turn outward
extrovert=someone turned outward, outgoing
expedition=a trip you take with a mission
intro-=turn inward
introvert=someone who is not outgoing