Roots of English - 32 - Detailed Notes

By Shristi|Updated : June 27th, 2017

Roots of English is one of the most amusing way to learn abounding words with a single root word. Visual images do have a impact which lasts for a long time, roots of english helps you in commemorate the word with images & pronunciation to utter the word with appropriate pronunciation. Today we are here with the one more article of our series Roots of English which will help you in remodelling your vocab. Hope this format will help you in adding new words of vocab to your bucket list.

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English language is made up of four parts. These are -

GREEK ROOTS
GERMAN ROOTS
FRENCH ROOTS
LATIN ROOTS

Now if you learn these roots, you can figure out the meaning of hundreds of English language words without even knowing their exact meaning. Before we go further, let us answer some basic questions for you first.

What is a root?

A root is the part of the word which gives instructions to a word.

How many parts is a word made of?

A word is made up of three parts.

For example – Unhappily

Here 'Un' is a prefix, 'happy' is the root and 'ly' is the suffix.

Note: PREFIX is a word, letter or number placed before another.

SUFFIX is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

Now today we have taken 'Scrib/Scrip' as a ROOT which has a meaning: Write.

Now with the help of this one root you can come out with conclusion of several other English words. Such as,

1) Inscription - (In-scrip-shun) - A short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument.

Usage - There's an inscription in the front of the book.

2) Postscript - (Post-script) - A short bit of writing added after a letter is finished

Usage - News of the award comes as a fitting postscript to a long and successful career.

3) Scribble - (Scrib-bal) - Sloppy writing that is hard to read

Usage - Tom scribbled something on his notepad.

4) Scribe - (Sky-ribe) - A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented

Usage - In the old days, uneducated people would often hire a scribe to write down their family histories.

5) Descry - (Dis-cry) - Catch sight of

Usage - The jeweler was able to easily descry the true value of the large diamond.

6) Subscription - (Sub-scrip-shun) - An arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

Usage - Due to accessible news on the internet, fewer people are paying for a subscription to a newspaper.

7) Circumscribe - (Sir-cum-scribe) - Restrict (something) within limits

Usage - A tall electric fence was constructed outside the prison to circumscribe prison escapes.

8) Transcribe - (Tran-scribe) - Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form

Usage - Because I have sticky liquid on my hands, I will let my smartphone transcribe my vocal response into a text message.

9) Proscribe - (Pro-scribe) - Forbid, especially by law

Usage - In our country, there are laws which proscribe discrimination based on race and gender.

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