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Mac's Etymology
7th Grade LASS Etymology for TNT
| morpheme | the smallest piece of a meaning in a word |
| etymology | the study of where words come from |
| base word | an English word that can stand alone |
| root | the base of a word that cannot stand alone |
| prefix | a morpheme that is placed before the root or base word |
| suffix | a morpheme that is placed after the root or base word |
| pro | for; forward; before |
| anti | against; opposite |
| mono | one; single |
| poly | many; much |
| mis | wrong; bad |
| inter | among; between |
| uni | one; single |
| multi | many; much |
| dis | opposite |
| homo | same |
| hetero | different |
| chron | time |
| bio | life |
| phobia | fear |
| cide | kill |
| cred | to believe |
| rupt | break |
| graph | written |
| micro | small |
| tele | distant |
| geo | earth |
| ism | practice; belief |
| ology/ logy | study of |
| ist | one who |