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Oct 2: Temporarily down and back up!

October 2, 2012 Roots

Oct 2nd 6:06 p.m PST : A Network problem at our hosts had us down for 16 minutes. We are back up again! Oct 2nd 5:50 p.m PST : There appears to be a problem at our server host in New Jersey. Our friends at The Small Orange are currently working on it and will have a fix [...]

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English Root Words Recap: the Prefixes “sub-” and “super-”

January 8, 2012 Roots

Our educational etymology work this past week on English word origins included the English prefixes sub-: “under” (including its variants suf-, suc-, sug-, sup-, and sur-) and super- with its variant sur-: “over.”  In order to keep a superlative hold on your English vocabulary, may I suggest that you temporarily (and freely!) subscribe to this blog to [...]

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English Root Words Recap: the Intensive Prefixes “e-, ex-” and Etymology

December 11, 2011 Roots

Our educational etymology work this past week on English word origins included the intensive English prefixes e- and ex-, and a podcast and blog that explained the concept of etymology, focusing on Greek and Latin roots.   In order to keep the extolling of etymology intact in your memory, let’s briefly review both the intensive prefixes e- and [...]

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English Root Words Recap: the Prefixes e-, ex-, and ec-: “out of” and Magn: “Large, Big, Great”

December 4, 2011 Roots

Our educational etymology work this past week on English word origins included the Latin root words magn, which means “big, large, great,” and the English prefixes e-, ec-, and ex-, which mean “out, out of.”   In order to keep these exceptional root words magnified in your magnificent memory, this review blog is magnaminously extended to you to make [...]

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English Root Words Recap: the Prefix “Trans-” and Clud, Clus, Clos: “Shut”

November 20, 2011 Roots

Our educational etymology work this past week on English word origins included the Latin root words clud, clus,  and clos, which mean “shut,” and the English prefixes trans- and tra-, which mean “across.”   In order to preclude these root words from memory exclusion, let’s enclose them into our memories by traversing them again in this blog, thereby transferring them once [...]

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50 Roots and Counting!

November 17, 2011 Roots

Yesterday we released our 50th Rootcast.  We couldn’t be more proud of how popular this has become since it sprouted up six months ago.  Not surprisingly our first Rootcast was phil (love) – we really do love creating these!

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English Root Words Recap: the Prefix “Pre-” and Grad, Gress: “Step”

November 6, 2011 Roots

In our ongoing educational etymology work on English word origins, this past week we learned that the Latin root words grad and gress mean “step,” and that the English prefix pre- means “before.”   In order to prevent these root words from regressing into the dark depths of memory, let’s make some further progress by preparing [...]

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English Root Words Recap: Latin Roots Ced, Cess, Ceed

October 30, 2011 Roots

In our ongoing educational etymology work on English word origins, this past week we learned that the root words ced, cess, and ceed all mean “go.”  So that these Latin root words do not recede into the dark depths of memory, let’s proceed by reviewing ced, cess, and ceed so that we will have success [...]

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English Root Words Recap: the Root Words Sid/Sed and Morphology

October 23, 2011 Roots

In our ongoing educational etymology work on English word origins, this past week we learned that the root words sid and sed both mean “sit.”  We also learned about morphology, or how words are put together via morphemes: prefixes, roots (stems), and suffixes.  So that both the concepts of morphology and the root words sid [...]

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Prefixes Recap: Re-: “Back, Again” + Re-/De-: “Thoroughly”

October 16, 2011 Roots

In our ongoing educational etymology work on English word origins, this past week we learned that the prefix “re-” can mean “back, again,” or act as an intensive, meaning “thoroughly.”  We also learned that the prefix “de-” can act as an intensive.  Resolute review and recapitulation is the best way to remember and learn English [...]

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