Foreign
  Root Words  

 Vocabulary 35B 

Foreign Root Words
The Ancestors of English Words

root word
cyclus
elastikos
fidere
habere 
meaning
circle
springy
to trust
to live
          jacere
lagos 
migrare
pathos
portare
to throw
reason
to move
to suffer
to carry

Using the definitions above, choose the best foreign
root word to explain the highlighted words below.

Fidelity means trust, so
we named him Fido.

1.    fidere  

Many people recycle
their old newspapers.

2.  ________

The moon is not easily
habitable
without air.

3.  ________

Immigrants come to the
United States from
many different lands.

4.  ________

The customer gave a
very
logical reason
for returning the item.

5.  ________

After examining the parts,
the inspector needed to

reject
half of them.

6.  ________

Our country imports far
too many things that
we don't really need.

7.  ________

The mornful whine of
the lone coyote was a
truly
pathetic sound.

8.  ________

When I tried to stretch
the pants, the
elastic
broke with a snap.

9.  ________