Movement
Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
11 roots in this category · Aligned to Common Core L.4.4b, Common Core L.5.4b, Common Core L.6.4b, Common Core L.7.4b, Common Core L.8.4b
Latin roots
- portrootLatin
to carry
transport, import, export
L.4.4bL.5.4b - jectrootLatin
to throw
eject, inject, reject
L.4.4bL.5.4b - mitrootLatin
to send
submit, transmit, mission
L.5.4bL.6.4bL.7.4b - tractrootLatin
to pull or drag
attract, extract, tractor
L.4.4bL.5.4b - venrootLatin
to come
convene, prevent, invent
L.6.4bL.7.4b - cedrootLatin
to go or yield
precede, recede, secede
L.7.4bL.8.4b - ferrootLatin
to carry or bear
transfer, refer, prefer
L.6.4bL.7.4b - motrootLatin
to move
motion, motor, promote
L.4.4bL.5.4b - ductrootLatin
to lead
conduct, introduce, produce
L.6.4bL.7.4b - gressrootLatin
to step or go
progress, congress, regress
L.7.4bL.8.4b - cursrootLatin
to run
cursor, excursion, recur
L.7.4bL.8.4b
What this category covers
- L.4.4b · Grade 4: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- L.5.4b · Grade 5: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4b · Grade 6: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4b · Grade 7: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4b · Grade 8: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).