Happy #morphememonday everyone!
This week we are focusing on Latin morphemes.
Definition: much or many
Origin: Latin
Examples: multichannel, multifactor, multigenerational, multivariable, multisensory
<multi> + <media> -> multimedia
<multi> + <plex> -> multiplex
<multi> + <sect> -> multisect
<multi> + <tone> + <ed> -> multitoned
<multi> + <graph> -> multigraph
- This prefix should be taught to students in the intermediate grades of elementary school, once they have a good foundation of some of the other common prefixes
- While this prefix could be taught in a lesson on its own, it could also be taught in context when words containing it come up throughout your teaching
- When teaching this prefix, it is important to mention that if the base word has begins with a vowel, it could take the form of <mult>
Definition: hand
Origin: Latin
Examples: manipulate, emancipate, manicurist, maneuverability, maniple
<man> + <age> + <ment> -> management
<manu> + <script> -> manuscript
<man> + <a> + <cle> + <s> -> manacles
<man> + <i> + <fest> -> manifest
<manu> + <al> -> manual
- This Latin root is one best left for students who have advanced morphemic awareness because while it can be found in the English language in commonly used words, there are other roots students should focus on
- Note that <man> and <manu> are allomorphs
Definition: having, full of
Origin: Latin
Examples: hazardous, marvelous, clamorous, sinuous, murderous
<riot> + <ous> -> riotous
<joy> + <ous> -> joyous
<in> + <fam> + <ous> -> infamous
<extra> + <ne> + <ous> -> extraneous
<odor> + <ous> -> odorous
- This is a common suffix that should be explicitly taught to students in the intermediate elementary grades
- When teaching this suffix, it is important to mention its related suffixes:
- -cious
Examples: precious, vicious, malicious, officious - -ious
Examples: amphibious, hilarious, obvious, rebellious
- -cious
- When this suffix is added to a base element, it forms an adjective
- This suffix is primarily used with Latin roots
Last time, February 17, 2020, featured the morphemes were the prefix <di>, the root <derm> and the suffix <ic>.
Next week, March 2, 2020, will feature the morphemes will be the prefix <il>, the root <cept> and the suffix <ism>.
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