Thursday, June 23, 2011

Root Sheet 2 : Letter B

Root : bellum
Meaning : war
Language :
Words derived from the root bellum :
  • bellicose : war like
  • ante bellum [ante : before] : before war
  • rebel : to rise in arms against once government
Root : bio
Meaning : life / living
Language :
Words derived from the root bio :
  • biology : the study of living
  • biography [graphy : write] : someone's life story
  • autobiography [auto : self] : a history of a person's life told or written by that person
Root : biblion 
Meaning : book
Language :
Words derived from the root biblion :
  • bibliography [graphein : write] : a written record of reference books
  • bibliomancy [mancy : prediction] : a divination by interpretation of a passage chosen at random from a book especially the Bible
  • bible : the holy book of the Catholics
Root : brevis 
Meaning : shorten
Language :
Words derived from the same :
  • brevity : concise expression
  • abbreviate : shorten
  • brief : concise
Prefix : bene 
Meaning : good
Language : 
Words derived from the root bene : 
  • benefit : something that is advantageous or good
  • beneficiary : a person or a group that receives benefit 
  • benediction (dict : speak ) : blessing

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