Thursday, May 23, 2019

Tabula Rosa Systems Blog Of 5/23/2019 - International Turtle Day


Today is International Turtle Day - Let's do all we can to support and preserve them!


 


May is Awareness for the following:


May

*      American Stroke Awareness Month
*      Arthritis Awareness Month
*      Better Hearing and Speech Month
*      Clean Air Month
*      Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
*      Food Allergy Action Month
*      Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
*      Healthy Vision Month
*      Hepatitis Awareness Month
*      International Mediterranean Diet Month
*      Lupus Awareness Month
*      Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
*      Mental Health Month
*      National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
*      National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
*      National High Blood Pressure Education Month
*      National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
*      National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
*      National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
*      Ultraviolet Awareness Month
*      National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1–7)
*      World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)
*      North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 5–11)
*      National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 5–11)
*      Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 11)
*      National Women’s Health Week (May 12–18)
*      National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 12–18)
*      HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
*      National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)
*      World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)
*      Don’t Fry Day (May 24)
*      National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 29)
*      Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (TBA)
*      Food Allergy Awareness Week (TBA)
*      National Hurricane Preparedness Week (TBA)
*      National Neuropathy Awareness Week (TBA)
*      World Preeclampsia Day (TBA)









Richard Nordquist is a freelance writer and former professor of English and Rhetoric who wrote college-level Grammar and Composition textbooks.
Updated August 31, 2018 

In English grammar, a root is a word or portion of a word from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. By learning root words, you can decipher unfamiliar words, expand your vocabulary, and become a better English speaker. 

The Roots of Words 

Most words in the English language are based on words from ancient Greek and Latin. The root of the word "vocabulary," for example, is ​voc, a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in such words as "advocacy," "convocation," "evocative," "vocal," and "vowel." By dissecting words such as these, etymologists can study how a word has evolved over time and tell us about the cultures they came from.

Root words are also useful for creating new words, especially in technology and medicine, where new innovations occur frequently. Think of the Greek root word tele, which means "far," and inventions that traverse long distances, such as the telegraph, telephone, and television. The word "technology" itself is a combination of two other Greek root words, techne, meaning "skill" or "art," and logos, or "study."

Greek Root Words 

The table below defines and illustrates 25 of the most common Greek roots.
Root
Meaning
Examples
anti
against
antibacterial, antidote, antithesis
ast(er)
star
asteroid, astronomy, astronaut
aqu
water
aquarium, aquatic, aqualung
auto
self
automatic, automate, autobiograph
biblio
book
bibliography, bibliophile
bio
life
biography, biology, biodegradable
chrome
color
monochromatic, phytochrome
chrono
time
chronic, synchronize, chronicle
doc
teach
document, docile, doctrinal
dyna
power
dynasty, dynamic, dynamite
geo
earth
geography, geology, geometry
gno
to know
agnostic, acknowledge
graph
write
autograph, graphic, demographic
hydr
water
dehydrate, hydrant, hydropower
kinesis
movement
kinetic, photokinesis
logos
word, study
astrology, biology, theologian
narc
sleep
narcotic, narcolepsy
path
feel
empathy, pathetic, apathy
phil
love
philosophy, bibliophile, philanthropy
phon
sound
microphone, phonograph, telephone
photo
light
photograph, photocopy, photon
schem
plan
scheme, schematic
syn
together, with
synthetic, photosynthesis
tele
far
telescope, telepathy, television
tropos
turning
heliotrope, tropical








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