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Roots of English

Roots of English

English language is made up of four parts
GREEK ROOTS, GERMAN ROOTS, FRENCH ROOTS, LATIN ROOTS
Now if you learn these roots you can figure out the meaning of hundreds of English language words without even knowing their exact meaning.
The first question arises here is what is a root?
A root is the part of the word which gives instructions to a word. Now how many parts is a word made of?
A word is made up of three parts.
For ex– subtracted
Sub (prefix) ——–tract (root) ———-ed (suffix)
Note: PREFIX—a word, letter or number placed before another.
SUFFIX—a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
CASE I 
Consider MACR as a ROOT means length, large
Now with the help of this one root you can come out with conclusion of several other English words. Such as,
ACROMACRIA—— Abnormal length of the fingers.
BAROMACROMETER—- An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. 
BIOMACROMOLECULE—- Substance of large molecular weight; for example, protein, DNA, etc.
MACRANDER—- A large male plant.
MACRANDROUS—- A large male, although the term should properly be megandrous.
MACRANER—- A male ant of unusually large size.
MACRENCEPHALY—- A congenital anomaly marked by an abnormally large brain.
MACRERGATE—- A worker ant of unusually large size.
MACRO—- Of great size, large.

CASE II 

ROOT —- MAL means bad, badly, evil
Now words we can guess of are –
MALADY —- Sickness, disease
MALAPERT— Ill-bred, impudent
MALAPROPOS—– Inappropriate, not fitting
MALAPROPISM—- Humorous misuse of words
MALARIA —– A disease carried by a mosquito
MALCONTENT—- Rebellious, discontented, bad tempered
MALEDICTION —- Slander, curse
MALEFACTION —- An evil deed
MALEFACTOR—- One who commits an evil deed, evildoer
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