week 1 Etymology notes

Prefixes

-Definition: Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning

-By making the term negative, as un- in unkind

-By signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent

-By indicating support, as pro- in proabolition.

-By showing single, as uni- in unicorn

-By reducing or removing, as de- in deduct

-Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.

Suffixes

-Definition: Grammar. an affix placed after a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning

-By indicating a person, as -er in gangster

-By indicating a job or a person, as -or in professor 

-By indicating a sickness, as -itis in arthritis 

The History of English in 10 mins

-Chapter one- Anglo-Saxon

Roman leaves Britain

Anglo and Saxon moved in

Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday, Friday were named in honour of Anglo-Saxon gods

Christian missionary came took Latin word into English

Viking comes and gave around 2000 words

-Chapter two- The Norman conquest

William the Conqueror invades England bringing French

cow, sheep, swine were used by farmers and beef, mutton, pork were used for higher class

10000 new words from the Norman

-Chapter three- Shakespeare

2000 words from Shakespeare

used lots of catch phrases such as "break the ice"

-Chapter four- The King James Bible

A new translation of the Bible

-Chapter five- The English of science

invented words like "acid", "gravity", "electricity", and "pendulum"

became aware to the human body: "cardiac", "tonsil", and "sternum"

-Chapter six- English & Empire

went to Caribbean and discovered the "barbeque", the "canoe", and the "cannibal"

went to India and discovered the "Yoga", the "cummerbund", "crimson", and the "bungalow" 

went to Africa and discovered words like "voodoo" and "zombie"

went to Australia and discovered words like "nugget", "boomerang", and "walkabout" 

-Chapter seven- the Age of the Dictionary

Dr. Johnson used nine years to write a Dictionary containing 42773 entries

standardized meaning of everyday words 

Oxford English Dictionary took 70 years 

-Chapter eight- American English

Borrow words from the natives 

Immigrants from all over the places 

-Chapter nine- Internet English

Computer language

Abbreviation 

-Chapter ten- Global English

Cupid and Psyche