- •Table of contents: Events that have led to English as we know it now 9
- •Word origins___________________________________________________159 Etymological bonus_____________________________________________201 Events which have led to English as we know it now
- •About 3000 b.C., our male ancestors led their women-folk on their great migrations in two directions
- •The Romans in Britain
- •The Romans left the Britains to defend their empire
- •Additional influences on the English language
- •After the Battle of Hastings, in 1066, William the Conqueror imposed Norman rule upon England
- •While the Norman Conquest was directly affecting English speech, events in other regions of the world were also influencing the language
- •In England, there were other influences which resulted in language modifications
- •If you understand the following story, you understand at least one word from thirty-two different languages!
- •The English Language: It's Greek to Me
- •Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
- •Word/ Origin of Word
- •Vocabulary List One
- •Vocabulary List Two
- •Vocabulary List Two Practice Sheet
- •Categories
- •Latin Expressions in English
- •It is Everlasting
- •Interesting fact!
- •Facts About Hades - The Greek God of the Dead
- •Zeus - Greek God Zeus
- •It’s only words…
- •Greek Goddess Athena: The Goddess of Wisdom and War
- •Latin and Greek names of some semi-precious & precious stones agate:
- •Amethyst:
- •Garnet:
- •Hematite:
- •Iolite:
- •Jasper:
- •Malachite:
- •Chrisoprase
- •Quartz:
- •Diamond
- •Emerald
- •Anglo-Saxon words in the English language
- •Naked facts and no fun! приставки латинского происхождения
- •Суффиксы латинского происхождения
- •Латинские цифровые основы
- •Латинские названия годовщин
- •Греческие корни и производные от них слова
- •Суффиксы греческого происхождения
- •Варианты написания префиксов
- •Приставки древнеанглийского происхождения
- •Суффиксы древне- и среднеанглийского происхождения
- •Книжные прилагательные латинского и греческого происхождения, соответствующие некоторым общеупотребительным существительным
- •Позднейшие французские заимствования, сохранившие форму оригинала
- •Latin wirds adopted directly into English
- •Word Origins
- •Toponymy
- •Events/agreements (политические топонимы)
- •Food and drink (other than cheese and wine)
- •Corporations
- •Derivations from literary or mythical places
- •Eponyms
- •Имена, перешедшие в слова
- •Хочу далее обратить особое внимание читателей на эпонимы, произошедшие от имен героев очень хорошо известных всем литературных произведений. Jekyll and Hyde
- •Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- •Alphonse and Gaston
- •Mutt and Jeff
- •Darby and Joan
- •Beau Brummell
- •Termagant
- •Gordon Bennett
- •Test –Test –Test - Test
- •Spell Test Choose the right word:
- •Этимологический бонус
Categories
Look at the following subject headings. Add more, if you wish. Look at the list of Greek and Latin words, below, and assign them to the subject they go with. For example, “geometry” would be under the math heading. Some words may fit two topics.
Law |
Government |
Medicine |
Math |
Science |
Religion |
Grammar/ Literature |
History |
Music |
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Abduct |
Geometry |
Penal |
Addition |
Holocaust |
Photosynthesis |
Adjective |
Homicide |
Political |
Alias |
Homonym |
Politics |
Allegation |
Incarcerate |
Pope |
Altar |
Judiciary |
Pragmatist |
Antonym |
Jugular |
Primeval |
Arthritis |
Larva |
Primitive |
Assault |
Legislature |
Prologue |
Biography |
Metaphor |
Pronoun |
Calculus |
Microscope |
Psychosis |
Cerebral |
Militant |
Pulmonary |
Chant |
Minister |
Radius |
Chromatic |
Monarchy |
Song |
Colonies |
Monarchy |
Species |
Crime |
Narrative |
Subcutaneous |
Culpable |
Nasal |
Subtraction |
Custody |
Neuropathy |
Testify |
Democracy |
Opera |
Theology |
Despot |
Optician |
Theorem |
Divorce |
Organ |
Totalitarian |
Fungus |
Orthodontist |
Vaccinate |
Geography |
Paragraph |
Verb |