Potpourri of Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes

These are the original workbooks which we made in order to create the istudycards of prefixes, roots and suffixes.  We call it our Potpourri of Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes.  As you can see, it is a very rough copy.  We at Wylcomenetwork.com  rarely, if ever, throw away anything, therefore we are providing this book to anyone who would like it.  It contains prefixes, roots and suffixes from a to z.   (contains 2 books/ Work Book 1 (84 pages), Work Book 2 (116 pages) )

Also, videos on  more general discussions on pronunciation, metaphoric English, idiomatic expressions, grammar, collegiate vocabulary, prefixes, roots, suffixes and more, go to carralaficklin.com.  At Carralaficklin.com you can also find video on Spanish, Spanish expressions, Spanish grammar, Spanish relationship with English and English relationship with Spanish and the other Latin-based languages.  There even is a discussion on verbs and the subjunctive mood in English versus Spanish.

So called (supposedly) difficult words in English are only mind-boggling if you do not understand the structure of English.  English is really several languages in one.  There is that area of the language which everyone, educated or not, is able to grasp.  That is the Germanic part.  It is the oldest part of the language.  It is also the part which forms of the core of English.  Most of the most basic and most frequently used words in English are Germanic in origin. 

 

            All of the closed class words* (function or grammatical words) come from the Germanic area of English.  The overwhelming majority of the most common and frequently used words in English are Germanic, rather than Latin, base.  These words are rarely a problem to native English speaker.  For the speaker of  Latin-based (French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) this area of the language can be hell.

 

            The words that English speakers have problems with are those words which are Latin and Greek based.  These are the words which are neither known nor spoken by everyone who speaks English.  They are taught in school.  Students are forced to memorize them in primary, secondary and high school.  The standardized tests which students are obligated to take to graduate, are full of words from this area of the language.  The SAT, ACT, GRE do not ask questions on the Germanic-based vocabulary of English.  They test one’s knowledge of those words known which are known only by the educated part of the English-speaking population.  These words, known as collegiate, are what one is expected to write and express oneself to demonstrate one’s educational level.  If one has not had the benefit of an education or a good education, this area of English is as strange and alien as any foreign language.

 

            One can learn these words by memorizing them.  This site will NOT help you to do that.  What we WILL do is help you understand how many of collegiate words are formed.   This way, even though you do not understand a word, you will be able to figure out what its meaning.  This is done by studying some of the most important prefixes, roots and suffixes in English.   This site was developed to help you to have the meaning of some of the most important prefixes and roots in English.  Although the majority of prefixes and roots are from Greek and Latin origin, also included here will be those prefixes which are from Anglo-Saxon origin.