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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Daughter's homework help needed - PLEASW #149593 10/31/2005 6:33 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 gsharon stranger gsharon stranger Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 Every week my daughter has homework where she is given an English word and has to find words that have come from the same original root. For example, if she is given the word "reprehensible" and its root is "reprehendere" then she has to list other English words that have come from "reprehendere." The words might not even have any similarity to the original English word she was given, they just have to come from the same root, i.e., if "dog" somehow had come from "reprehendere" she'd need to list "dog" as one of her words. Help, PLEASE. Does anyone know of a web site, software, or book where you can start with the root, i.e., "reprehendere" and find what English words come from that root? Thanks, Gerald Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Daughter's homework help needed - PLEASW #149594 11/01/2005 12:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park start with onelook--(onelook.com) you enter a word in one looks 'search' and it will bring back all the dictionaries (on line) in which i found the word. some dictionaries are better than other, and will list related words, or a I(ndo)E(uropean) root word, or even a P(roto)IE word.. follow the links to the root,and find lots of related words. (there are several post here that have done just that ) the American Heritage dictionary is one dictionary that will often give a IE or PIE root--but its not the only one. (she could also go to the library and do this with the oxford (un abridged version) dictionary (as i did back in the 1970' and earlier!) reprehender is most likely not a pure root, re/ pre/ are most likely prefixes, and er a suffix. the root is likely to be some form of hend try looking up sugar, (from the french sucre, but the french got it from the persians.. ) related words include: shingle (like a roof shingle) crocadile searsucker (the fabric) there is a difference between a related word, and a root word. sugar and sucre are closely related, but but the french word is not the root word, you need to go futher back. and many, many words are built up from 2 or more root words. (television, telescope, teleport, telephone, all share tele as one root, (but microscope, and phonograph are words that share the other half root (and there is no relation to microscop and phonograph, but phonograph is related to telephone) and send her here if she get hooked on the process, we are a bunch of word nerds who love doing this sort of thing! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: reprehensible #149595 11/01/2005 4:20 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass to wit: OneLook gives AHD (as one of many), AHD links to reprehend, reprehend links to -ghed and bobsyeruncle. The Online Etymology Dictionary can also be helpful for some words. p.s. - check with your local library(s) to see about availability of OED online. Last edited by tsuwm; 11/01/2005 4:29 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,268 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 6 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,128 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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