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Ling 150 Ch. 10
Morphemes from Chapter 10 of English Vocabulary Elements
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| all~allel | other | allomorph, allele, allopathy, allelocatalytic |
| card | heart | cardiac, electrocardiogram, endocardium |
| cord | heart | cordial, misericord, accord |
| cruc | cross, important point | crucify, crucial, cru, cruciform, crucible, cruciate, excruciating |
| dec | acceptable | decent, decorum, decorus, decorist, decor |
| ed~es | eat | edible, obese, comestible, edacioius, esurient, esculent |
| fa | speak | famous, ineffable |
| fer | carry | transfer, fertile, differ, refer |
| fratr | brother | fraternity, fratricide, fraternal |
| ge | earth | geology, perigee, apogee, geode, georgic, epigeal |
| gemin | twin | Gemini, bigeminal, trigeminal, gemellus, geminate |
| ger | old person | geriatric, gerontogeous, gerontomorphosis, gerontology |
| graph~gramm | write | telegraph, telegram, tetragrammaton, pantograph, graphite, epigram, diagram, diagraph |
| juven~jun | young | juvenile, rejuvenate, junior |
| lat | carry | translate, ablation, collate, illation, superlative, dilatory, prolate, elate, prelate |
| lig | tie | ligament, oblige, ligate, ligature, alligation, colligate, religion |
| lign | wood | ligneous, lignify, lignite, ligescent |
| loqu~locu | speak | soliloquy, elocution, circumlocution, interlocutor, obloquy, grandiloquence, colloquium, colloquial |
| magn | great, large | magnify, magnanimous, magniloquent, magnum, magnitude |
| matr | mother | maternal, matrilineal, dura mater, material, matrix |
| metr | mother, uterus | metritis, metrorrhagia, metropolis, endometrium |
| myc | fungus | mycology, strptomycin, mycosis |
| noct | night | nocturnal, equinox, nocturn, noctule |
| nomen~nomin | name | nominate, nomenclature, nominal |
| nyct | night | nyctophobia, nyctitropism |
| onom~onomat~onym | name | onomatopoeia, psuedonym, patronymic, onomastic, synonym, antonym, eponym |
| orth | straight, correct | orthopedic, orthodox, orthographic, orthogonal, anorthite, orthotic |
| pale~palae | old | paleolithic, paleontology, paleoclimatic, paleobotany |
| patr | father, country | paternal, expatriate, perpatrate, patron, repatriate, sympatric, patriarchal, patrilocal |
| ped | foot | pedal, centipede, expedite |
| ped~paed | child, teach | pediatric, encyclopedia, pedology, pedodontia, pedophilia, orthpedic, pedagogy, paedomorphism, paedogenic |
| pha~phe | speak | aphasia, euphemism, blaspheme, phatic, emphasis, dysphasia |
| pher~phor | carry | metaphor, peripheral, pheromone, phosphor, electrophoresis, hemaphoresis, euphoria |
| phyll | leaf | chlorophyll, phyllotaxis, heterophyllous, phylloid, phyllophagous |
| phyt | plant | phytogenic, thallophyte, phytoplankton, neophyte |
| pod~pus | foot | podiatry, platypus, cephalopod, octopus |
| pom | fruit | polegranate, pomade, pome, pomiferous, pomology, pomaceous |
| pred | preying | predator, depredation, predacious, predatory |
| rhiz | root | rhizome, mycorrhiza, rhizopod, rhizophagous |
| sal~sil | jump | salient, resilience, salacious, saltitory, saltation, saltigrade |
| salv~salu | safe~greet | salvation, salubrious, salutary, salvable, salubrity, salutatorian, salute, salvo |
| soror | sister | sorority, sororial, sororicide, sororate |
| spor | scatter, seed | diaspora, sporozoan, sporadic, sporogenisis, sporophyll, sporophore, sporophyte |
| the | put | epithet, thesis, prosthesis, antithesis, diathesis, parentheticcal, thetic, anathema |
| uxor | wife | uxorial, uxorilocal, uxoricide, uxorious |
| val | strong | valor, valid, valence, convalesce, prevalent, valetudinarian |
| voc | call, voice | vocation, vociferous, invoke, vocative, convoke, evoke, revoke |
| al | other | alias, alibi, alter |