The document discusses compound words and word origins in the English language. It provides examples of compound words such as "sometimes", "meatball", and "springboard". It explains that compound words are formed from two smaller words. The document also discusses that many English words originated from other languages, especially Latin and Greek, and includes common prefixes from those languages used in English words today. Dictionaries can be used to find the origins of words.

1. Compound Words & Word Origins
4th PASS Obj 1.2b

2. Compound Words
• Sometimes longer words are actually
made up of two small words. These are
called COMPOUND WORDS.
• Look at the first word on the slide. It’s a
compound word. What two words
make up that word?

3. Compound Words
• Sometimes longer words are actually
made up of two small words. These are
called COMPOUND WORDS.
• Look at the first word on the slide. It’s a
compound word. What two words
make up that word?
some times

4. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?

5. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?
meatball

6. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?
meatball springboard

7. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?
meatball springboard cookout

8. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?
meatball springboard cookout
football

9. Compound Words
• What are some other COMPOUND
WORDS that you know?
meatball springboard cookout
football nightgown

10. Word Origins
• Where did the English language come
from?

11. Word Origins
• Where did the English language come
from?
• You might think that the English language
is completely developed. Actually, it
continues to grow to this day!

12. Word Origins
• New words added to the Webster
dictionary for 2012...
•aha moment •game changer
•bucket list •gassed
•cloud computing •gastropub
•copernicium •man cave
•earworm •mash-up
•energy drink •systemic risk

13. Word Origins
• Many English words came from other
languages like Greek & Latin. If you
want to find out where a word came
from, most dictionaries will tell you.

14. Word Origins
• gas [gas] noun, plural gas·es, verb, gassed, gas·sing.
noun
1.
Physics . a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite
expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
2.
any such fluid or mixture of fluids.
3.
any such fluid used as an anesthetic, as nitrous oxide: Did the dentist give you gas for your
extraction?
4.
any such combustible fluid used as fuel: Light the gas in the oven.
5.
Automotive .
a.
gasoline.
b.
Also called gas pedal. the foot-operated accelerator of an automotive vehicle:
Origin:
1650–60; coined by J. B. van Helmont (1577–1644), Flemish chemist; suggested by Greek
cháos atmosphere

15. Word Origins
• More than 14,000 English words come
from the Latin & Greek languages!

16. Word Origins
• Common Latin Prefixes & Word Parts
bi (two) bicycle
fin (end) finish
port (carry) import
trans (across, over) transfer

17. Word Origins
• Common Greek Prefixes & Word Parts
gram, graph (write) telegram
micro (small) microscope
phon (sound) phone
tele (far, distant) television