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Greek & Latin Roots 8th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 8.2.C
determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as ast, qui, path, mand/mend, and duc.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.8.V.1.2
Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.
Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.V.1.a
Acquire a range of general, academic, and disciplinary vocabulary through grade-level print, digital, and/or multimodal texts or content. (I)
Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.V.2.a
Deconstruct words using etymology knowledge, Greek and Latin roots, root words, and/or affixes to determine or clarify meaning in grade-level texts. (I)

ROOT WORDS

Roots form the base of different words and help give them meaning. Sometimes a root is an entire word, such as act, but other times, it is only part of a word, such as deca. Affixes can be added to a root to form new words and change their meanings.

Many words in English use Greek and / or Latin roots. Understanding the meanings of these different roots can help you decipher the meanings of new and unfamiliar words.

claim / clam — Latin roots that mean yell or declare

• acclaim, clamorous, exclaim, proclamation, disclaimer, exclamation

path — Greek root that means feeling, suffering, or disease

• apathetic, pathology, pathogen, empathy, sympathy, antipathy

NOTE: Using roots and affixes to determine the general meanings of unfamiliar words can be helpful, but it is not always exactly accurate.

An apology is an expression of regret for wrongdoing. However, the meanings of apo (away/without) and logos (speech), which form the word, do not make this meaning clear.

Be careful when relying on roots and affixes to determine meaning!

Below is a list of some more common Greek and Latin roots used in everyday words. It is only a small fraction of all the possible Greek and Latin roots.

Root	Meaning	Example Word
dict	speech	diction (style of speaking)
log/logue	word	dialogue (words exchanged between people)
duc	lead	conductor (one who leads)
bene	well	beneficial (good or helpful)
gen	birth/produce	generate (to create)
ast/astr	star	asteroid (a rock from space)
luc/lum/lus	light	luminous (full of light)
mand/mend	to order	command (to give an order)
vac	empty	vacant (characterized by emptiness)
sens/sent	feel	sensitive (susceptible to feelings)
jur/jus	law/justice	juror (a person who helps decide a trial)

Greek & Latin Roots

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 8.2.C

determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as ast, qui, path, mand/mend, and duc.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.8.V.1.2

Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.V.1.a

Acquire a range of general, academic, and disciplinary vocabulary through grade-level print, digital, and/or multimodal texts or content. (I)

Georgia Math and ELA Standards: 8.L.V.2.a

Deconstruct words using etymology knowledge, Greek and Latin roots, root words, and/or affixes to determine or clarify meaning in grade-level texts. (I)

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