From 2230ea0684a355e2f0b6959a4d2dc260889f9735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Tse Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 20:10:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] feat: update the-morphology-of-english-words.md --- ...1-02-08-the-morphology-of-english-words.md | 26 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2021-02-08-the-morphology-of-english-words.md b/_posts/2021-02-08-the-morphology-of-english-words.md index d048ac359..17e00dc4c 100644 --- a/_posts/2021-02-08-the-morphology-of-english-words.md +++ b/_posts/2021-02-08-the-morphology-of-english-words.md @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `lect`: to pick out, choose; to collect, gather; law; to say, to speak; count (e.g. collect, lecture, lexicon, elect, select, neglect, dialect, idiolect) - `leg`: the same as `lect` (e.g. delegate, legal, privilege, legend, legacy, - college, legislate) + college, legislate, decalogue) - `legis`: the same as `leg` (e.g. legisation) - `lex`: the same as `lect` (e.g. lexicon, lexicography) - `lic`: to be allowed, be lawful (e.g. license) @@ -542,11 +542,15 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `loc`: a place, spot (e.g. local, locality, locomote, matrilocal, allocate, relocate) - From Latin `locus` -- `log`: speech; to speek; word, speech, thought; the same as `lect` (e.g. logo, - logger, apology, catalogue) +- `locut`: the same as `log` +- `log`: speech; to speak; word, speech, thought; the same as `lect` (e.g. logo, + logger, apology, catalogue, waterlog, logarithm, syllogism, blog = weblog, + ideologue, homologue, decalogue, apology, dialog, logic, monologue, eulogy, + epilogue, neologize, slogan) - From Greek `legein` = to speak, `logos` = word, speech, though - From Latin `loqui` = to speak - `logos`: the same as `log` +- `loqu`: the same as `log` - `low`: low - `lun`: moon (e.g. lunar) - `main`: the same as `man` (e.g. maintain) @@ -818,6 +822,7 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `sui`: one's own (e.g. suicide) - From Latin sui "of oneself" (genitive of se "self") - `swim`: swim +- `syl`: the same as `syn` (e.g. syllogism) - `syn`: to place together, organize, form in order (e.g. synergy, syntactic) - From stem of `synistanai` - `sys`: the same as `syn` (e.g. system) @@ -957,7 +962,7 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `cardio`: relating to the heart (e.g. cardiograph) - `cephal`: head, uppermost or top part, source (e.g. cephalopod, encephalopathy) - Modern Latin combining form of Greek `kephalē` -- `cata`: down; completely (e.g. catastrophe, catalyst) +- `cata`: down; completely (e.g. catastrophe, catalyst, catalog) - `circum`: around, round about, all around, on all sides (e.g. circumstance) - From Latin adverb and preposition circum "around, round about," literally "in a circle," probably accusative form of circus "ring" (see circus). @@ -984,6 +989,8 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. deduct, detail, determine, demand, deploy, deselect, deplete, desperate, descend, despite, deactive, defeat, detain, dedicate, decedent) - used to add the meaning "opposite", "remove", or "reduce" to a noun or verb: +- `deca`: ten (e.g. decalogue) +- `deci`: the same as `deca` (e.g. decimal) - `demi`: the same as `semi` (e.g. demigod, demitasse) - `detrite`: erosion (e.g. detrition) - `di`: two, double, twice, twofold; apart, asunder(e.g. direct, divergence, @@ -1008,11 +1015,12 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `endo`: inside, within, internal (e.g. endogenous, endocrine, endomixis) - Word-forming element from Greek `endon` "in, within" - `enter`: the same as `inter` (e.g. entertain) -- `epi`: on, upon, above;in addition to; toward, among; (e.g. epistemic) +- `epi`: on, upon, above;in addition to; toward, among; (e.g. epimetheus, + epistemic, episode, epilogue) - Before vowels reduced to `ep-`, before aspirated vowels `eph-` - `es`: to be (emphatic) (e.g. essence, espresso) - Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be." -- `eu`: good, well (e.g. eupheme) +- `eu`: good, well, pleasant (e.g. eupheme, eulogy, euphony) - `ex`: out of, from, upwards, completely, deprive of, former (e.g. express, extra = `ex` + `trans`, extort, exact, exigent, explicit, escape) - From Latin `ex` "out of, from within; from which time, since; according to; @@ -1032,7 +1040,7 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - `hemi`: the same as `semi` (e.g. hemicycle, hemisphere) - `hetero`: other, opposite, different (e.g. heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterocyclic) -- `homo`: one and the same (e.g. homogeneous, homosexual) +- `homo`: one and the same (e.g. homogeneous, homosexual, homologue) - `homeo`: like, resembling, of the same kind; equal (e.g. homeopathy) - Latinized from Greek `homio-`, from `homoios` - `hypo`: under, less than usual, especially too little; the same as `sub-`, under @@ -1098,7 +1106,7 @@ Roman scripts. It’s quite interesting to learn how each letter was formed. - From Greek `pan-`, combining form of pas - `para`: alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal; defense against (e.g. paramedic, parastatal, paralegal, paraeducator, paranormal, - parachute) + parachute, paramount) - From Greek `para-`, before vowels, par-, word-forming element. - `per`: through; throughout; thoroughly; entirely, utterly; very (e.g. perfect, perform, persist, permit, persevere) @@ -1199,7 +1207,7 @@ Variants: ## Suffix - `a`: noun (e.g formula, primipara, quota, plena, media, summa, visa, partita, - agenda = `ag` + `end` + `a`, per-capita) + agenda = `ag` + `end` + `a`, per-capita, apologia) - `able`: adjective - `ability`: noun (`able` + `i` + `ty`) - `acle`: noun (e.g. obstacle, spectacle, manacle)