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1、HowWordsWork廖家璇12号1513490104Endnote:InmysecondyearofLatininhighschool,wewererequiredtofindtwenty-fiveLatinwordrootsandforeachroottofindfiveEnglishwordscontainingtheroot.Thisexercisenotonlyhelpedtoincreasemyvocabulary,butitgavemeavaluableinsightintothewaymanyEnglishwordsareconstru
2、cted.Astechnologyadvances,newwordsarecoinedtocoversomenewideaorthing,andoftenthesewordsarecreatedfromexistingroots.Alittlerootknowledgeherecanthereforehelpustobegintounderstandanewwordevenbeforewereadaboutitsmeaning.Manywordsaremadeupofaroot(orbaseword)andaprefix.Somewordsalsohav
3、easuffix.Forexample,therootwordportmeanstocarryortobear.Attachtheprefixex,meaningoutoroutof,andyouhavethewordexport,tocarryout.Attachtheprefixim,meaninginorintoandyouhaveimport,tocarryin.Attachtheprefixtrans,meaningacross,andyouhavetransport,meaningtocarryacross.Nowlet'sattachthe
4、suffixable,meaningabletobe,andyouhaveimportable,exportable,andtransportable.Theverywordsprefixandsuffixaregoodexamples,too.Premeansbeforeandfixmeanstofastenorattach,soquiteliterally,aprefixissomethingattachedtothebeginningofsomethingelse.Sufisavariantofsub,beloworunder,soasuffixi
5、ssomethingfastenedunderneathsomethingelse(inthiscase,behindtheroot).Bylearningthecommonrootsandprefixes(andafewsuffixes)youwillbeabletodiscernthemeaningofmanynewwordsalmostimmediately.(Butdolookthemupforconfirmation.)Takethewordabject,forexample.Ifyouknowthatabmeansawayordownandj
6、ectmeanstothrow,youcaneasilyfigureoutthatabjectdoesn'tmeansomethinghappy.Ratherabject'srootmeaningof throwndownisquiteclosetothedictionarydefintionof castdowninspiritor sunkintodepression.Notethatsomemodernwordsareformedbyusingabbreviatedformsofotherwords.Thus,weseetheuseofthelet
7、teriforInternetiniPhone,iPod,andiTunes,indicatingthattheseitemsorservicesworkwiththeInternet.Similarly,theuseofeforelectronicappearsinwordssuchaselearning(andvariousforms:eLearning,E-Learning,andsoon),e-commerce,ande-business.The"e-terms"seemtohavebeencoinedbeforethe"i-terms"beca
8、mepopular.Andnotethatmostofthe"i-terms"a
