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ROOTS
Review this PowerPoint carefully.
There will be a quiz at the end.

2. ROOTS There are THREE layers to the English language.
EXAMPLES
ANGLO SAXON: Short, common, everyday words.
LATIN: Technical, sophisticated words used in literature and textbooks.
GREEK: Specialized words used mostly in science.
jump, mother, mouth, cry, blood
audience, disruptive, extract, survival, tenacious
atmosphere, chromosome, photograph, thermometer

3. ROOTS LIST 1 GREEK/LATIN ROOT ROOT MEANING CANTO CREDO FUNDO, FUSUM
LOCUS
NEGO
TEN
SING (cantata, cantor)
BELIEVE (credit, incredible)
POUR; THING POURED (infuse, diffuse, refund)
A PLACE (local, location)
DENY (negative, negotiation)
HOLD (tenacious, tenacity)