Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 44 стр.

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                             Reference Material

                                     Word Roots

    Here are some Latin (marked L) and Greek (marked G) roots. Recognizing
them will help you recognize networks of words in the language.

  Root                    Meaning                             Examples

- audi- (L)              to hear                 audience, audio, auditorium
- bene- (L)              good, well              benevolent, benefit, benefactor
- bio- (G)               life                    biography, biosphere, biopsy
- duc(t)- (L)            to lead, to make        ductile, reduce, reproduce
- gen- (G)                race, kind             genealogy, gene
- geo- (G)                earth                  geography, geometry
- graph- (G)              to write               graphic, photography, pictograph
- jur -, -jus- (L)        law                    justice, jurisdiction
- log(o)- (G)              word, thought         biology, logical, logocentric
- luc- (L)                 light                  lucid, translucent
- manu- (L)               hand                   manufacture, manual, manipulate
- mit-, -mis- (L)         to send                permit, transmission, intermittent
- path- (G)                feel, suffer          empathy, pathetic
- phil- (G)                 love                 philosopher, bibliophile
- photo- (G)                light                photography, telephoto
- port- (L)                 to carry             transport, portable
- psych- (G)                soul                  psychology, psychopath
- scrib-, -script- (L)       to write             inscribe, manuscript, descriptive
- sent-, -sens- (L)         to feel               sensation, resent
- tele- (G)                  far away             telegraph, telepathy
- tend – (L)                 to stretch           extend, tendency
- terr- (L)                  earth                inter, territorial
- therm- (G)               heat                   thermonuclear, thermostat
- vac- (L)                 empty                  vacuole, evacuation
- vid-, -vis- (L)           to see                video, envision, visit


                                      Prefixes
Prefixes of negation or opposition:

 Prefix                    Meaning                       Examples

a-, an-                     without                ahistorical, anemia
anti-                       against                antibody, antiphonal