Etymology Calendar Fall Break!!

Bruce Elementary School
October 2016
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Etymology
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“hydr”
“non”
Greek root that means water
Prefix that means not
Example: dehydration= lack Example: nonviolent= not
of water
violent
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Saturday
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“scribe/script”
“over”
“ chron”
Prefix that means too much
Latin root that means to
Greek root that means time Example: overeat= to eat too
write Example: inscription=
Example: chronological= in
much
to write on
order based on time
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School Dance
3:30 – 5:30
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Fall Break!!
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“spect”
“-ful”
“cred”
“cent”
Latin root that means to Suffix that means full of Latin that means believe
Latin that means
look
Example: colorful= full of
Example:
hundred
Example: spectator=
color
credible= able to be
Example: century= one
person or one who looks
believed
hundred years
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“biblio” Greek root that
“cide”
“-ness”
“en-/em-”
means “book” Example: Latin root that means to Suffix that means state of Prefix that means cause
bibliography= the writng of
kill
or condition of
to
books; list of sources/books
Example:
Example:
Example:
used to write a boo
pesticide= to kill bugs openness= condition of enact= cause to act
being open
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“auto”
Greek root that means self
Example:
autobiography= to write
about yourself
“super-”
Prefix that means
above
Example: superstar=
above a star; famous
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“cap”
Latin root that means to
take or hold
Example:
capture= to take
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