Post on 23-Dec-2015
Morphology &
Etymology
If these words mean nothing to you, then you are not alone.
They will be clear by the end of this presentation.
Morphology = looking at the shapes that make up words
What word can you make?
BIO
AUTO
IC
AL
AUTO+BIO+GRAPH+IC+AL
If you don’t know already what the word AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL means…
BIO
AUTO IC AL
You can start to figure it out by identifying the word parts (“shapes”).
That’s MORPHOLOGY.
IF MORPHOLOGY means looking at (studying) the shapes that make up words, THEN what do you think ETYMOLOGY might mean?
HINT: ETYM means word origin
Etymology = looking at (studying) the origin of words
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
BIO
AUTO IC AL
AUTO = SELF
BIO = LIFE
GRAPH = WRITING
IC = OF
AL = RELATING TO
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
LIFE
SELF OF
relating to
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL = RELATING TO WRITING THE LIFE OF THE SELF
OR, RELATING TO THE WRITER’S OWN LIFE
Morphology = looking at the “shape” of words
Etymology = looking at the origin of words
This year, you will become a MORPHOLOGIST and an ETYMOLOGIST, studying the shapes and
origins of words…by mastering over 30 word “roots” (or “origins”)
How many do you know?
AMI/AMOAUDBELLIBENECAPITCARDCARNCHRON
CORDCORPDICTGENGRADGRAPHGRESSLITERA
LOQULYS/LYZMALMANMEMMORIPATHPED
PHONPSYCHSCRIPSENSSOLUSONSPECTTORT
VERSVISVIV