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Vocab H-5 Word Origins

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aficionado(from affect) Latin-ad=to+facere-to do; also, 1845 Spanish-devotee of bullfighting
browbeatOld English-brow + beaton=beat-to beat over the head
commensurateLatin-com=tomorrow + mensura = measure
diaphanousGreek-dia=through + pas = all
emolumentLatin-e = out + molure + soften
forayOld French-forrer + to forage
genreLatin-genus = kind (type)
homilyGreek-homuos = assembly
immureLatin-in + murus = wall
insouciantFrench-in = not + soucer = to care
matrixLatin-mater = mother
obsequiesLatin-obsequim = compliance (substituted for exsequide - funeral)
panacheFr & Latin - pinna = feather
personaLatin-person
PhillipicGreek-phillippos = Macedonian King denounced by Demosthenes
prurientLatin - sacer = sacred + sanctus = holy
systemicGreek-syn = together + thistanal - to set
tendentrousGreek - tendez = tendency
vicissitudeLatin - vicis = a turn


Learning Strategies IV Teacher, The Drexel Program
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast High School
Drexel Hill, PA

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