What words have the latin root sign in them?

Answer 1

There are hundreds of words in English with greek roots.

Telephone comes from τελε [tele - means far away in ancient greek] and φωνή [phonee - means voice]. So telephone means "voice from far away".

Phobia is a greek word which means "to be afraid of something". So words that end in phobia, like arachnophobia [comes from αράχνη (arachni - means spider) and φοβία(phobia)] are greek or partly greek.

You can see more examples in this website:

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/list/329418

root word ast

Answer 2

Latin roots fairly often tend to derive from earlier Greek roots. But the reverse tends not to happen. One example is the root ter-, which means 'to rub'. It derives from, or is connected with, the Greek 'tribo' and 'teiro'. Its derivatives include 'tenere', 'to rub'; 'tritus', 'rubbed'; and 'contritus', 'rubbed away'.

Another example is the root pro-, which means 'before'. It derives from the Greek 'pro'. Its derivatives are 'procedere', 'to go ahead'; 'procurvus', 'bent forward'; and 'profiteri', 'to acknowledge openly'.

Still another example is ante-, which means 'before'. It derives from the Greek 'anti'. Its derivatives are 'antegredior', 'to go before'; and 'antemittere', 'to send before'.

Another possibility, favored by many linguists (see Michiel de Vaan's Etymological Dictionary or the Oxford Latin Dictionary), is that none of these roots are derived from Greek and are instead cognates with Greek. The confusion arises from two sources. The first is that thousands of words, many technical in nature, were borrowed into Latin from Greek. This can lead to the incorrect conclusion that any time we see a similarity between Greek and Latin, Latin must have borrowed from Greek. The second is that, because Greek was written down much earlier than Latin, we assume that Latin is "younger." In fact both are from Proto-Indo-European and are linguistically called "sisters." If we assume that Latin is younger and so must have borrowed prefixes like "ante" and "pro," then we must also assume that Greek borrowed these same prefixes from Sanskrit, or even Hittite (Hittite was written much earlier and the literary tradition of Sanskrit is said to be older). This is a mistake. This faulty reasoning can be seen if we examine the English preposition "in." Since we known that English has borrowed many Latin/French words (far more than Latin took from Greek), we might look at the meaning of "in" and compare it to Latin and conclude it must have been borrowed because it has the same spelling and meaning. In fact it was not borrowed, they (Latin "in" and English "in") are cognates, no borrowing took place.

If we look at "pro," we can see many IE (Indo-European) cognates, Oir "ro," Skt "pra," Lith "pra," Go. "fra" (note Grimm's law in effect here)... Neither the Oxford Latin Dictionary, nor Lewis and Short, nor the Etymological Dictionary of Latin attributes "pro" to Greek. The same goes for the other roots given above. Detecting Latin borrowings from Greek can be very difficult. Because of the huge impact Greek culture had on the "rustic" Romans (thank you Horace for that bit of wisdom), many words were borrowed into Latin, both technological and even poetic (poet is a Greek work, the native Latin word is versificator).

As for a list of roots, there are too many to list here, but you can find them on Wiktionary. Also the book English words from Latin and Greek elements is good.

Some of the most common latin prefixes are (non alphabetical)

(Many have Greek cognates but sound changes have altered either the Greek or Latin from PIE. A good example is English "seven," Latin "septem," and Greek "hepta." At the beginning of words Greek has aspiration when many other IE languages have an 's.')

a-(ab) from

ad- (af, am, at) at, to

ambi- both

ante before

con- (com) with

dis- apart

de- from

e- (ex-) from

in (im) in

infra- below

inter- between

non- not

ob- (of-) in front of, because

per- through, greatly

post- after

prae- (pre-) in font of

pro- for

re- (red-) back, again

trans- across

sub- under

ultra- beyond

super- above, on the top of

Answer 3

There are far more words in the English language of Latin origin than of Greek. This is for two major reasons: first, many words entered the language from French after the Norman conquest, and French is a direct descendant of Latin; second, Latin remained the language of science and scholarship in Europe throughout the Renaissance and into the eighteenth century, and many words were borrowed directly from Latin, or coined based on Latin roots.

According to one count (see related links below), approximately 28% of the English vocabulary is directly from Latin, and another 28% from French (most of which is ultimately of Latin origin). Only a little over 5% is from Greek.

Answer 4

There are literally thousands, far to many to list. Scientific words alone owe most of their roots to Greek and Latin.

Examples for Latin include -

Regal (rex/regis)

Amble or Ambulance (ambulare)

Derelict (derelictus)

Lunar (lunaris)

Membrane (membrana)

Greek examples inclue -

Cosmos (kosmikos)

Epic (epikos)

Geometry (geometria)

Answer 5

Some words with the Latin root "sign" include signature, signify, assign, and consign.

Answer 6

Some words that have Latin and Greek roots are generation,spectators,aquamarine, carnivore, and a lot more words in our English language.

Answer 7

arahnophobia,schisophrenic,dramatic,elispis,eclipse...

Answer 8

signal, signature, significant