Identificación de Tecnicismos (Raíces Grecolatinas)
Identificación de Tecnicismos (Raíces Grecolatinas)
Identificación de Tecnicismos (Raíces Grecolatinas)
Example words
-dict-
to say
-duc-
-gress-
to walk
-ject-
to throw
-pel-
to drive
-pend-
to hang
-port-
to carry
-scrib-,
-script-
to write
-tract-
to pull, drag,
draw
-vert-
to turn
From the example words in the above table, it is easy to see how roots
combine with prefixes to form new words. For example, the root -tract-,
meaning to pull, can combine with a number of prefixes,
including de- and re-. Detract means literally to pull away (de-, away,
off) and retract means literally to pull back (re-, again, back). The
following table gives a list of Latin prefixes and their basic meanings.
Latin
prefix
Basic meaning
Example words
co-
together
de-
dis-
inter-
between, among
non-
not
post-
after
pre-
before
re-
sub-
under
trans-
transatlantic, transpolar
Words and word roots may also combine with suffixes. Here are
examples of some important English suffixes that come from Latin:
Latin
suffix
Basic meaning
Example words
-able,
-ible
-ation
-ty, -ity forms nouns from adjectives subtlety, certainty, cruelty, frailty, loyalty, royalty;
eccentricity, electricity, peculiarity, similarity,
technicality
Basic meaning
Example words
-anthrop-
human
-chron-
time
-dem-
people
-morph-
form
-path-
feeling, suffering
-pedo-,
-ped-
child, children
pediatrician, pedagogue
-philo-,
-phil-
-phon-
sound
The following table gives a list of Greek prefixes and their basic
meanings.
Greek prefix
Basic meaning
Example words
a-, an-
without
anti-, ant-
opposite; opposing
auto-
self, same
bio-, bi-
geo-
Earth; geography
hyper-
excessive,
excessively
micro-
small
mono-
neo-
new, recent
pan-
all
thermo-,
therm-
heat
Words and word roots may also combine with suffixes. Here are
examples of some important English suffixes that come from Greek:
Greek
suffix
Basic meaning
Example words
-ism
forms nouns and means the act, state, criticism, optimism, capitalism
or theory of
-ist
-ize
-gram
cardiogram, telegram
-graph
-logue,
-log
-logy
-meter,
-metry
-oid
-phile
audiophile, Francophile
-phobe,
-phobia
-phone