Membean Word Root Of the Day

#15 Into the Fold

The English stem plic comes from a Latin root word meaning ‘fold.’ Some common English words...

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#14 Don't make this more dif'fic'ult than it should be.

The Latin root word fic means to ‘make.’ A good number of common English vocabulary words come...

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#13 Carry That Lat(te) over Here!

It’s time to consider the relative importance of the Latin word root lat which means to ‘carry.’...

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#12 Dukes of 'Duc'

The Latin root words duc and duct mean to ‘lead.’ Some common English vocabulary words that come...

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#11 Carry Me Fer(ry)!

Just like a ferry carries people across the water, so too does the Latin word root fer mean to...

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#10 'Ject' is Not a Word Reject!

The Latin word root ject means ‘throw.’ Many common words are ‘thrown’ about each day which use...

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#9 Graphic Writing

You’ve seen the graph root, which means ‘to write,’ written everywhere. From geography classes...

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#8 Chronos, the God of What?

The day-to-day cycle of time is something we become aware of before we even go to school. Every...

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#7 Mighty Morph

The root word morph comes from a Greek word meaning ‘shape.’ Ever heard of the ‘Mighty Morphin...

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#6 Mental Cogs Cognition

A Latin word meaning ‘to learn’ gives rise to the English word root cogn. Primarily because of...

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#5 Keep in Word Shape Using Good Verbal Form

The root form, which means ‘shape,’ gives us a number of words that are used every day, including...

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#4 On a Mission

The English root mit comes from a Latin word that means ‘to send.’ Mit also shows up as miss in...

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#3 Of Popes and Tricky Pipes

The root words fall and fals come from a Latin word that means to ‘trick.’ Some common words...

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#2 Chop-chop, Cut-cut

Cis and its variants cid and -cide come from a Latin root which means both ‘cut’ and ‘kill.’ Some...

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#1 Fascinated by Love?

The root word phil comes from a Greek verb meaning to love. Some common words derived from phil...

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