Tag Archives: word roots

OK, here is a worksheet on the Latin word roots lud and lus; they mean, interestingly, to play. These roots produce words in English like allude, collude, delude, and prelude. In other words, what’s at play when using these words is human understanding and consciousness. I’ve never used this in the classroom. As you can see, there is a big linguistic and imaginative leap needed to get to the meaning of these roots–and indeed the words themselves, which represent advanced acts of understanding.

Use cautiously and with a great deal of support, I counsel.

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OK, here’s a worksheet the Greek word root erg/o. It means work. You’ll find it at the base of technical words like ergonomic.

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