Mr. Griot demonstrates how to use Greek and Latin affixes and root words to understand the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Mr. Griot teaches some common Greek and Latin affixes and root words and shows how using roots, prefixes, and suffixes affect the meanings of words.

In this video, we learn all about root words and affixes. Root words are basic verbs, like COOK or JUMP. Affixes are the little parts of words that we add to root words to change their meaning. For example -ing or -ed are affixes we can...

"Prefixes and Suffixes" explores how to determine the meanings of unfamiliar complex words by analyzing the words’ prefixes and suffixes.