Latin and Greek Roots of English Vocabulary: An Online Manual: Lesson 42 [vers-/vert-, trop-]
September 5, 2010
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Root
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Original Meaning/ Usage Notes
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English Derivatives
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Vocabulary
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vers-/vert- [from Latin]
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(verb) to turn
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conversion [literally, ‘turning together with;’ adopting of a new belief, especially a religion.] to reverse [literally, ‘to turn back;’ to turn backward.] versatile vertebra [literally, ‘turning point;’ one of the bones that form the spinal column.] vertex vertigo [literally, ‘turning around;’ feeling of dizziness.] |
versatile (adjective) [literally, ‘able to turn;’ able to do many things well.] vertex (noun) [literally, ‘turning post;’ highest point; point of intersection of the sides of an angle.] |
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trop- [from Greek]
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(verb) to turn
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entropy heliotropic [literally, ‘turning to the sun;’ growth of an organism in the direction of the sun.] trope trophy [literally, ‘(over)turning;’ prize for victory.] tropism [literally, ‘turningness;’ the turning of an organism away from an outside stimulus, such as heat or light.] troposphere [literally, ‘turning sphere;’ the lowest region of the earth’s atmosphere.] |
entropy (noun) [literally, ‘turning in;’ tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to move toward a state of inert uniformity.] trope (noun) [literally, ‘turn (of speech);’ figurative speech; figure of speech.] |
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