Readers,
If we learn vocabularies, we tend to forget them very soon and hence we fail to appreciate our own effort. Learning vocabularies is a tiring task but if we try to relate the words with their root or anything else, no matter how absurd, we remember them for a long time.
Let us first concentrate on words formed from root words. It is such a vast field that it has been named Etymology. Etymology is the study of words formed from Root words.
PDF of this list will be uploaded on Monday.
Written by Mayank Keshu
If we learn vocabularies, we tend to forget them very soon and hence we fail to appreciate our own effort. Learning vocabularies is a tiring task but if we try to relate the words with their root or anything else, no matter how absurd, we remember them for a long time.
Let us first concentrate on words formed from root words. It is such a vast field that it has been named Etymology. Etymology is the study of words formed from Root words.
| Root words | Meaning | Words formed | Meaning of other part | Meaning of the word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soli | Single, alone | Soliloquy | Loqua means speech | The act of talking to oneself |
| Somna | Sleep | Somniloquist | Loqua means speech | One who talks in sleep |
| Somnambulist | Amble means to walk leisurely | One who walks in sleep | ||
| Somnolent | Drowsy, heavy with sleep. | |||
| Insomnia | Sleeplessness | |||
| Caco | Bad | Cacography | Graphy means Writing | Bad spelling or bad handwriting |
| Cacology | Logy means To Study | A bad choice of words | ||
| Cacodemon | Demon means Spirit | A bad spirit | ||
| Cacoethos | Ethos means character | Uncontrollable urge or desire especially for something | ||
| Cacodemonomaniac | Mania means Obsession | Harmful | ||
| Cacoepy | Someone who is controlled by an evil spirit | |||
| Cacoderma | Derma means Skin | Bad or mistaken pronunciation | ||
| Caconym | Nym means Skin | Bad skin | ||
| Cacodontia | Donto means teeth | An erroneous name a misnomer | ||
| Fear or bad/ contaminated | ||||
| Cacohydrophobia | Hydro means Water | water Lacking skill Not Satisfied | ||
| Mal | Bad | Maladroit | Adroit means Skilled | Abnormally formed |
| Malcontent | Content means Satisfied | Inadequately nourished | ||
| Malformed | Bad smell | |||
| Malnourished | To treat cruelly | |||
| Malodorous | Odour means Smell | The art of beautiful hand writing | ||
| Maltreat | ||||
| Calli | Beautiful | Calligraphy | Graphy means Writing | The art of beautiful hand writing |
| Callipedia | Paidos means Child | The desire to bear a beautiful child | ||
| Calliphony | Phony means Sound | Beautiful or elegant sound | ||
| Dipso | Alcoholic drinks | Dipsomania | Mania means Obsession | An uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink |
| Dipsophobia | Phobia means Fear | Fear of alcoholic drinks | ||
| Gamy | Marriage | Monogamy | Mono means One | Practice of keeping one life partner |
| Bigamy Misogamist Philogamist | Bi means Two Misien means Hate Phil means Love | Practice of keeping two life partners One who hates marriages Marriage within a specific group especially required by custom or law | ||
| Endogamy | Endo means Internal | Marriage out of a specific group especially required by custom or law | ||
| Exogamy | Exo means External | Marriage in an equal or higher caste or social group | ||
| Marriage in an equal or lower caste or social group | ||||
| Hypergamy | Hyper means More | Marriage late in life | ||
| Hypo | Less | Hypogamy | A fondness of crowds | |
| A hatred for people | ||||
| Opsigamy | Opsi means Late | The department of knowledge related to the care and culture of the people (Sociology) | ||
| Demophilia | Philia means Love | The study of races as to birth, marriages, mortality, health etc. | ||
| Demophobia | Phobia means Fear | |||
| Demagogue | Agogus means To Lead | |||
| Demotics Demography | ||||
| Democracy | Cracy means Rule | Rule of the people. |
PDF of this list will be uploaded on Monday.
Written by Mayank Keshu
