A Course On Words Unit 1

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Derived/borrowed

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words borrowed and adapted from other languages

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Content Words

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-nouns, adjectives, etc.
-usually derived from Greek or Latin.

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Function Words

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-short words used to hold content words together.
-incorporated from Anglo-Saxon.

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Anglo-Saxon/Old English

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-Parent language of modern English which still retains its structure.
-Spoken by the Angles and Saxons (Germanic peoples from northern Europe) who invaded England in the 5th and 6th centuries CE.
-Form of English used from 400-1100 CE.

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Middle English

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-Form of English used from 1100-1500 CE.

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Structure

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-The way a language is put together.
-English: depends on function words and word order.

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Morpheme

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minimum unit of meaning

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Analyze

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Breaking down words into morphemes.

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Prefix

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Morpheme that occurs at the front of a word.

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Base

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morpheme which another modifier (prefix/suffix) is added.

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Allomorph

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variant forms of a morpheme

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as-/ad-

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to, toward

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dis-

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away, apart

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e-/ex-

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out, from

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in-/im-

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in, into

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re-

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back, again, against

or empty morpheme

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pel/pulse

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push, drive

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quire

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ask, seek

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solve/solut

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loosen

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spic/spect

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look at, see

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sume

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use up, take

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vene/vent

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come

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con-

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full, highly, very; together

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pre-

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before

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Empty Morpheme

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has no clear meaning

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Full Morpheme

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morpheme with assigned meaning

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Intensifying Morpheme

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makes base stronger

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ac-

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Allomorph of as-/ad-; can be an empty morpheme.

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-cess-

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go, come

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retro-

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back

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intro-

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into

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contra-/con-

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against

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pro-

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forward, in favor of, before

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creat-

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make, build

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-ment

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the result of an action, the means of accomplishing an action

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-ion

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act of x

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-or

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A person or thing that does something.

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medic

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pertaining to medicine

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feder

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union of states

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-al

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connected with, pertaining to

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etymology

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origin of a word

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obsolete

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word that is no longer used

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nas

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Latin, nose

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turt

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Latin, twist

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skia

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Greek, shadow

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oura

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Greek, tail

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scrupus

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Latin, sharp stone

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ulus

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Latin, small

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villanus

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Latin, servant working on a farm

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uku

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Hawaiian, flea

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lele

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Hawaiian, jump

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sanguine

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-Latin "sanguin" meaning "blood," "cruel," or "bloodthirsty"
-having a healthy amount of blood so-as to make one optimistic.

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sanguinary

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-Latin "sanguin" meaning "blood," "cruel," or "bloodthirsty"
-Covered with blood

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desiccated

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-Latin "siccus" meaning dry

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dissected

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-Latin dis "apart" + sect "cut"

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disinterrested

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not influenced by selfish motives

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uninterested

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not interested

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sine die

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without a definite date

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per diem

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daily allowance

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post meridiem

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after noon

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tabula rasa

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clean slate

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ad nauseam

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to the point of making one ill