CLA201H1 Lecture : Lecture 4

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Base: core element, in grk. or lat. , from which a term comes. Prefix: an element that comes before a base. Suffix : an element that comes after a base. Compound word: a word composed of more than one base. Coordinate compound: when two or more words of equal rank are linked together. Subordinate compound: a word where the several components are not of equal rank. Interconnecting vowel: a vowel, often o" or i," used to connect bases and in which it is evident that the first element of each word qualifies the second element. Breaking up a word: ophthalmoplegia, ophthalm /o/pleg /ia, eye/paralysis/state of state of paralysis of the eye". Ium, -ion = little: bacter/ium = little rod, pod/ium = little foot. (i)dium, -(i)dion = little: coni/dium = little piece of dust, bas/idium = little piece of base. Arium, -arion = little: con/arium = small cone-shaped thing, hipp/arion = small horse-like animal.

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