grammar
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
grammar
the study of a language, dealing with structure of word, syntax, sound, semantics
语法
Dissection of grammar
grammar = gram (write, draw, describe, record, compared with graph, gram means something written, record; letter, word as in anagram, program) + mar (Note: this mar is from the maire in gramaire which is a French word which means grammar)
grammar = letters
grammar = extended further to mean the letters or words in a language
grammar = extended further to mean the study of a language, dealing with structure word, syntax, sound, and semantics
Now Repeat my Dissection
grammar = letters
grammar = extended further to mean the letters or words in a language
grammar = extended further to mean the study of a language, dealing with structure word, syntax, sound, and semantics
Important roots for this word:
gram
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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