Etymology is the study of words by splitting the word into its components prefix,root and suffix has many facets to it which can make the study of words slightly confusing.
One such facet is one root having multiple meanings.This quiz looks at one such root in detail i.e. 'ped'.The root 'ped' has three meanings : feet,child and information.
Answers
1) both 2 and 4 [ both the spellings are valid.paedophile is basically used in the American system but in India both the spellings are accepted.This word has a negative connotation]
2) information [ wiki in Hawaii language means fast and hence wikipedia the search engine is fast information.While encyclopedia;en-into+ cyklos around or circle+ pedia,means inside this there is information of things around you]
3) ped - feet [other words having the root ped with the meaning feet are;pedestal,pedigree,centipede,millipede,stampede.moped etc]
4) impediment [ usage :The Right to information act raises no legal impediment to charging for access to public records]
5) to take care of [other words from the same root: manicure,curator,curate,secure]
Note : if you have come across with roots having multiple meanings plz post them in the comment section of this post.will elaborate them for the benefit of the other students.
Be a budding etymologist,come fall in love with words and the English language
thanx..it is very useful as well as interesting.
ReplyDeleteHello Ma'am.. I attended d logic lecture dis week and just now saw this blog...
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful and informative blog! Ma'am, I am a vocab maniac... And I am in love with this language for no apparent reason..
but of late I feel like a little disappointed and dont feel like studying English...But after attending ur lecture...I feel I am falling in love wid english all ova again!!
Dear Anonymous (do mention your name the next time you post a comment :) )
ReplyDeleteI was glad to read this post,after a long time some student said that he/she loves the language and learning words.I would like to know your name so please post a comment wid ur name the nxt time.
And trust me English is a fascinating language one of the few tolerant languages in the world which has accepted words from all the languages with open arms.
So keep going and trust me will unveil a lot of fascinating stories about the language and the words as we go ahead with our quizzes.
So keep checking the blog and solving the quizzes.
Hi, ma'm this was the first quiz which i could solve almost correctly...thank you.
ReplyDeletehello ma'm,
ReplyDeleteI attended ur lecture for the first time this week.I am good at grammer but not in vocab.I am very much intrested in learning new words & its meanings so all i used to do was byheart them which actually did not help.It was for the first time that I solved the quiz & I found it very intresting..Thank you ma'm!!!!!!
Dear Reshma,
ReplyDeleteThe vocab quizzes are aimed at helping you guess the meaning of the words rather than rote learning.I'm glad they have helped.
Happy Quizzing!!!!!!
Hello Mam,
ReplyDeleteare there any more examples of roots like ped which has multiple meanings?
maam, do each n every word has a root similar 2 other words?
ReplyDeletehello ma'am, can u give quizzes of french, latin or greek words. i have more curiosity to know some common words in other international languages. and can u send the timetable schedule like how to study vocab in next 3 months.
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