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Word Roots are a Part of History. "Histories Make Men Wise" -- Bacon.

Learning English Roots

In comparison with Latin roots, Greek roots are easier, because they are more apparent and clearly defined.

Chapter 4

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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