Thursday, January 25, 2024

ROOT WORS AND AFFIXES (PREFIXES & SUFFIXES)

 UNDERSTAND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

Languages have their vocabulary and keep it developing. There are many ways to create new words as well as develop vocabulary, and one of the methods is borrowing. Hence, they take words from other languages to enrich their vocabulary. Similarly, the English language has its own vocabulary but many words are taken from Latin and Greek language. The roots of those words are in donor languages.

ROOT WORDS 

 A root word is the most basic form of a word that cannot be further divided into meaningful segments. A root word has no words at the beginning or end. Root words are used to form new words by adding prefixes and suffixes.