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Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ba-[1](ΒΑ [2]): to step: Greek: βαίνειν (baínein), βατός (batós ...
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes.These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O
Googleplex, from Google and complex (meaning a complex of buildings) [b] Groupon, from group and coupon; Ideanomics, from idea and economics; Imagineering, from Imagine (or Imagination) and Engineering; LATAM, from Lan Airlines and TAM Airlines; Lenovo, from Legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new")
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples lab-, lep-[1]grasp, seize, take: Greek: λαμβάνειν (lambánein), λῆψις (lêpsis), λῆμμα (lêmma)
Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ebon-[1] dark: Greek: ἔβενος (ébenos) ebony, ebonize, ébéniste (from French) ec-[2] out: Greek: ἐκ (ek) eccentric, ecstasy, ecstatic ecclesi-assembly, congregation: Greek: ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía) from ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō) "I summon" or "I call ...
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z