Previously published as "Thesaurus of word roots of the English language": Lanham, Md.: y University Press of America, 1992.
This book lists almost 1,500 roots of academic, professional, and technical words. This is not a thesaurus in the common sense. Unlike the familiar collection of synonyms, this thesaurus gathers...
... orth IlOSO Greek nosos disease SIMPLE ROOT: nosema, nosode (any product of disease used as a remedy) PREFIXED ROOT: anosodiaphoria (indifference to the existence of disease) (a negative + diaphoria difference) anosognosia ...
The Greek and Latin Roots of English
The Teacher's Guide includes lesson plans with detailed notes about words from each root, overhead transparencies for introductory activities, standards-based connections, and differentiation strategies.
Specially prepared to supplement the second edition of Ayers's text, this classroom-tested workbook contains a variety of exercises that reinforce the lessons in the text and help promote word-building skills.
This book, now in its third edition, is still the most uniquely comprehensive resource for finding word parts needed to express a concept.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.
A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.
Why use boring old words when you can expand and build your vocabulary—and have fun doing it!