Latin: Etymological Anchoring

Phase 47-12

Connect new Latin vocabulary to English derivatives to leverage the schemas you already own. When learning pater (father), anchor it to paternal and patriarch; aqua lives inside aquarium and aqueduct; bellum hides in bellicose and rebellion. Roughly sixty percent of English vocabulary has Latin roots — you know far more Latin than you think.

The big idea

Every Latin word you learn is a key that unlocks a family of English words.

Think about it

Take the word videre (to see). How many English words can you list that descend from it? Start with 'video' and 'evident.'

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