Raineshaven Elementary’s
Etymology Calendar
~ September 2015 ~
Sun
Mon
31
6
27
Thu
Fri
3 port”
4 “micro”
Prefix that means
wrongly
Example:
misspell=
to spell wrongly
Prefix t that
means two
Example:
biweekly= two
times a week
Greek root that
means to carry
Example:
portable=
able to be carry
Greek root that
means small
Example:
microscope=
Instrument for
viewing
something small
9 “ mid”
10 “trans”
11 “non”
Greek root that
means viewing
instrument
Example:
telescope=
instrument for
viewing
something far
away
Prefix that
means middle
Example:
midfield=
middle of the
field
Prefix that means
across
Example:
transport= to
carry across
Prefix that means
not
Example:
nonviolent=
not violent
14 -ness”
15 “un”
16 “hyper”
17 “-or/-er”
18
Suffix that means
state of or
condition of
Example:
kindness= the
condition of being
kind
Prefix that means
not
Example:
unfriendly=
Not friendly
Greek root that
means over,
above, or beyond
Example:
hyperactive=
over active
Suffix that means Students are out
one who or person of school today!
connected with
Examples:
teacher= one who
teaches
21 “sect/sec” 22 “frac”
23 “audi”
24
25 “therm”
Latin root that
means to cut
Example:
bisect= to cut in
two
Latin root that
means break
Examples:
fracture= to
break
Greek root that
means hear
Examples:
audible= able to
hear
“meter/metr”
Greek root that
means heat
Examples:
thermometer= to
measure heat
28 “re”
29 “under”
30 “tele”
Prefix t that
means again
Example:
rewrite= to write
again
Prefix that means
too little or under
Example:
underestimate=
estimate too little
Greek root that
means far off
Example:
Telephone= to
hear far off
sounds
Students are out
of school today!
20
Wed
2 “bi”
7 1 Labor Day 8 “scope”
Holiday!!
13
Tue
1 “mis”
Greek root that
means measure
Example:
perimeter= to
measure around
Sat
5
12
19
26
Please review these word origins with your child each night, so that they will be able to define
words with these word parts in them.