LING150/University of Oregon

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1.

The highlighted letter(s) is the clue to the root's origin.

chrys - GREEK	nov - LATIN	graph - GREEK	ps y ch - GREEK
equ - LATIN	homo - GREEK	vis - LATIN	chao - GREEK
kilo - GREEK	onym - GREEK	ferr - LATIN	pter - GREEK

2.

a. selection	leg	Voicing Assimilation
b. offer	ob-	Total Assimilation
c. repulsion	pel	el and ol to ul
d. antonym	anti- 'against, opposite'	Vowel Deletion
e. empathy	en-	Nasal Assimilation
f. pantheism	theo	Vowel Deletion
g. jury	jus	Rhotacism
h. auricular	-cle	u Insertion Vowel Deletion
i. astrology	aster	Vowel Deletion
j. expect	spec	Extra s Deletion
k. telautoscope	tele	Vowel Deletion
l. actor	ag	Voicing Assimilation

3.

a. compensation

com- /	pens /	-at /	-ion
'together,with'	'hang,weigh'	VERB	NOUN
'something which is weighted with (something else, i.e. to counterbalance it)'
con-	Nasal Assimilation
pend	d to s
-ate	Vowel Deletion

b. eparchy

ep- /	arch /	-y
'on,over'	'first,govern'	NOUN
'that which governs over'
epi-	Vowel Deletion

c. acrocephalic

acr /	(o) /	cephal /	-ic
'sharp,tip'		'head'	ADJ
'having a pointed head'
acer	Vowel Deletion ( V -> 0 / _ r + V)

d. appendix

ap- /	pend /	-ic /	-s
'to,toward'	'hang,weigh'	ADJ	NOUN
'something which hangs to something else'
ad-	Total Assimilation

Note: the "x" is a spelling change for the letters "cs"

e. neanthropic

ne /	anthrop /	-ic
'new,recent'	'human'	ADJ
'pertaining to new humans'
neo	Vowel Deletion

f. abiogenesis

a- /	bio /	gen /	(e) /	-sis
'not,without'	'life'	'birth,type,origin'		NOUN
'the process of originating from non-living matter'
et	(filler) C Deletion

g. monolith

mono	lith
'one'	'stone'
'a single stone'

h. corrective

cor- /	rec /	(t) /	-ive
Intensive	'rule,staight'		ADJ
'making very straight'
con-	Total Assimilation
reg	Voicing Assimilation

i. quadruplicature

quadr /	(u) /	plic /	-at /	-ure
'four,fourth'		'fold,tangle'	VERB	NOUN
'the result of folding four times'
-ate	Vowel Deletion