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Word History Example for Student Word History Log - Due the last Bumpday before the end of the semester.

 

Word etymology cognates affiix meanings synonyms antonyms gramatical forms
commisserate Latin - miser = wretched

misery
miser
miserly
miserere
misericord
miserable
commisseration

 com < Latin - cum = with (Spanish con) + ate <Latin -atus (added to -are verbs)= having, acting on or characterized by

sympathize,
to comfort,
share sorrows,
befriend,
cheer-up?

denegrate,
abuse,
disrespect,
blame

commisserated
commisserating
commisseration
commisserably
commisserative
commisseratingly
anthropology Greek - anthropos = man (human) + ology = the study of anthropod
anthropoid
philantrophy
anthropocentric
anthropogenesis
anthropography
anthropometry
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphic
anthropophoagus
anthroposophy; any study ending in -ology such as geology, biology, etc.

NONE - a kenning or kenningar

see etymology

 the humanities misanthrope anthropology
anthropologic
antropologize
anthropologism
anthropologically