Etymology-2015/2016

Overview-Unit Three-Greek Bases (3 weeks)
Essential Question / How has Greek culture impacted our modern English language?
Major Skills/Objectives /
  1. Students will understand Greek bases and what role they play in better understanding the English Language.

Major Assignments /
  1. Vocabulary Quizzes
  2. Mythology Assignment
  3. Daily Activities

Ongoing Assignments (all ongoing assignments will be collected and graded twice during the quarter). /
  1. SAT Etymology
  2. Most Common Roots
  3. New Vocabulary
  4. Writer’s Notebook

Project:

Pick one of the assignments below to complete. Needs to be turned in by the day of the last Greek roots quiz or any time before that.

  1. “The old myths have never died; they live on in hundreds of words.”

The following words are derived from classical mythology. For each, research the myth and briefly(4-5 sentences) explain how the classical origin has contributed to the meaning of the word.

AdonisAphrodisiacArbus-eyedHerculean

SisypheanLabyrinthGorgonLethargy

AegisChimericAmazonNarcissism

  1. Mythology permeates our society. Searching through magazines, newspapers, and the Yellow Pages. Cut out all allusions to the classical myths. Create a collage with headlines, titles, pictures, and designs.

Greek Roots

  1. A, an-not, without
  2. Acro-high, extremity, tip
  3. Aero-air
  4. Agog-leader, to lead
  5. Alg/o-pain
  6. Ana-up, back, again, against, throughout
  7. Andr/o-man, male, stamen
  8. Anth/o-flower
  9. Anthrop/o-man, human
  10. Apo-away, from, off, separate
  11. Arch, archi, arche/o, archae/o-rule, chief, first, ancient
  12. Arthr/o-joint
  13. Astro, aster-star
  14. Auto-self, same
  15. Bar/o-pressure, weight
  16. Bible/o-book
  17. Bio-life, living organisms, living tissue, mode of living
  18. Blast/o-cell, cell layer, immature, cell, primitive, bud
  19. Cardi/o-heart, orifice
  20. Carp/o-fruit

Greek Roots

-Write down definitions

-With partner come up with 3words using each root. IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE WORD, DEFINE IT AS WELL.

- Visualize the root/root group

-Can be done directly on the paper or in your notebooks

Greek Roots Quiz Dates: #1(1-40)-April 12(last grade of third quarter)

  1. Cata-down, completely, thoroughly, against, intensive, according to
  2. Caust, caut-to burn
  3. Centr/o, centri-center
  4. Cephal/o, encephala/o-head, brain
  5. Chrom/o, chromate/o, chros, chrome-color, pigment, chromium, chormatin
  6. Chron/o-time
  7. Chrys/o-gold, yellow
  8. Cosm/o-universe, world
  9. Cracy, crat-government, rule, power
  10. Crani/o-skull, cranium
  11. Cryo-cold
  12. Crypt/o-secret, hidden
  13. Cyan/o-blue
  14. Cycl/o-circle, wheel
  15. Cyt/o, cyte-cell
  16. Dactyl/o-finger, toe, digit
  17. Dem/o, demi-people
  18. Dendr/o, dendri-tree
  19. Derma, derm, dermat/o-skin
  20. Di, diplo-two, double

Greek Roots Work

-Write down definitions

-With partner come up with 2words using each root. IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE WORD, DEFINE IT AS WELL.

- Visualize the root/root group

-Can be done directly on the paper or in your notebooks

Greek Roots Quiz #1(1-40)-April 12(last grade of third quarter)

  1. Dia-through, apart, across
  2. Dont, odont/o-tooth, teeth
  3. Dox-belief, praise
  4. Dyn, dyna, dynam/o-power, energy, strength
  5. Dys-bad, difficult, abnormal, impaired
  6. Ecto-outside
  7. Endo-inside
  8. Ep, epi-on, upon, outside, over, among, at, after, to
  9. Erg/o-work
  10. Erythr/o-red
  11. Esthes, aesthes, esthet, aesthet-feeling, sensation
  12. Eu-good, well
  13. Gam/o, gameto, gamy-marriage, sexual union, gamete, united
  14. Gastr/o-stomach
  15. Gen/o, gene, genesis-production, formation, generation, origin, cause, birth, kind, race
  16. Geo-earth
  17. Gnos, gnom, gnomon-knowledge
  18. Gon, gonio-angle
  19. Gon/o, gony-reproduction, origination, generation
  20. Graph, graphy-writing, written, recording, drawing, science
  21. Gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o-woman, female
  22. Gyr, gyro-circle
  23. Hect, hecto, hecat-hundred
  24. Helic/o-spirla, circular
  25. Heli/o-sun
  26. Hem/o, hemat/o, hema, emia, aemia-blood, blood condition
  27. Hemi-half, partly
  28. Hepat/o-liver
  29. Hepta, hept-seven
  30. Hetero-different, other
  31. Hexa, hex-six
  32. Homo, homoio, homeo-same, similar, equal
  33. Hydr/o-water, hydrogen, liquid
  34. Hyp, hypo-under, below, less
  35. Hyper-above, excessive, beyond, over
  36. Iatr/o-healing, medical treatment
  37. Icon/o-image
  38. Ics-study of, science, skill, practice, knowledge
  39. Idio-peculiar, personal, distinct
  40. Iso-equal, same
  1. It is-inflammation
  2. Kilo-thousand (NEED TO ADD TO YOUR PAPER)
  3. kinet, kinemat-motion, division
  4. Latry-worship
  5. Leuk/o, leuc/o-white, colorless
  6. Lip/o-fat
  7. Lite, ite-mineral, rock, stone, fossil
  8. Lith/o-stone, rock
  9. Log/o-word, discourse, doctrine
  10. Macro-large, long
  11. Mancy-divination
  12. Mania-excessive desire, mental aberration
  13. Mega, megal/o, megaly-large, great, million
  14. Melan/o-black
  15. Meso-middle
  16. Meta-change, between, after, beyond
  17. Meter, metr, metry-measure, to measure, science of measuring
  18. Micro-small, millionth
  19. Mis/o-to hate
  20. Mono, mon-one, single, alone
  1. Morph/o-form
  2. My/o-muscle
  3. Necr/o-dead, death
  4. Neo-new, recent
  5. Nephr/o-kidney
  6. Neur/o-nerve
  7. Nom/o, nomy-law, system of laws, management, rule
  8. Octa, oct, octo-eight (FIX ON PAPER)
  9. olig/o-few, deficiency (ADD TO PAPER)
  10. Ology, logy—study of, science
  11. Onym-name, word
  12. Op, ops, opt/o, ophthalm/o, opia, opsy-ey, visual condition, vision, sight, inspection
  13. Ornith/o-bird
  14. Ortho-straight, correct, vertical, perpendicular
  15. Oste/o-bone
  16. Pale/o-ancient
  17. Pan, panto-all
  18. Para-beside, beyond, abnormal, variation, assistant
  19. Path/o, pathy-disease, feeling
  20. Ped/o-child
  1. Penta, pent-five
  2. Pept, peps-digestion
  3. Peri-around
  4. Phag, phage-to eat
  5. Phil/o, phile-love, attracted to, affinity for, a natural liking
  6. Phobia-fear
  7. Phon/o, phone, phony-sound, voice
  8. Phor, phore-to bear, to produce, to carry, state
  9. Phot/o-light
  10. Phyll/o-leaf
  11. Physi/o-nature, physical
  12. Phyt/o, phyte-plan, to grow
  13. Plas, plast, plasm, plasty-to form, forming cells or tissue, protoplasm, development
  14. Pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o, pnea, pnoea-breathing, lung, air, spirit
  15. Pod, pode-foot, feet
  16. Poly-many
  17. Pro-before, forward, forth, in place of, in addition to
  18. Prot, proto-primitive, first, chief
  19. Pseud/o-false
  20. Psych/o-mind, soul, mental process
  21. Pter/o, pteryg, pteryx-wing, fin
  22. Pyr/o-fire, heat, fever
  23. Rhin.o-nose
  24. Rhod/o-red
  25. Rrhea, rrhoea, rrhag-flow, excessive flow, discharge
  26. Scler/o-hard
  27. Scop, scope, scopy-to view, to examine, to observe
  28. Soph, sophy-wise, wisdom
  29. Sphere-ball
  30. Spor/o, spori-spore, to sow
  31. Syn, sym, syl, sys-together
  32. Tax/o-arrangement
  33. Tele, tel, telo-distant, end, complete
  34. Tetra-four
  35. The, theo-God
  36. Therm/o-heat, temperature
  37. Tom, tome, tomy, stomy-to cute
  38. Trop/o, tropy-turning, changing, figure of speech, responding to a stimulus
  39. Troph/o, trophy-nourisment
  40. Xanth/o-yellow
  41. Xen/o-foreign
  42. Xer/o, xeri-dry
  43. Zo, zoo-animal, life
  44. Zyg/o-pair