How to identify origin of words (English, Russian)
English.
In most cases you can identify that from which language a word came from looking at suffixes.
From latine.
Nouns | |
-ion | legion, opinion, session, union, etc. |
-tion | relation, revolution, starvation, temptation, unification, etc. |
Verbs | |
-ate | appreciate, create, congratulate, etc. |
С -ute | attribute, contribute, constitute, distribute, etc. |
-ct | act, conduct, collect, connect, etc. |
–d(e) | applaud, divide, exclude, include, etc. |
dis- | disable, distract, disagree, etc. |
Adjectives | |
-able | detestable, curable, etc. |
-ate | accurate, desperate, graduate, etc. |
-ant | arrogant, constant, important, etc. |
-ent | absent, convenient, decent, evident, etc. |
-or | major, minor, junior, senior, etc. |
-al | cordial, fraternal, maternal, etc. |
-ar | solar, familiar, lunar, etc. |
From French
Noun | |
-ance | arrogance, endurance, hindrance, etc. |
–ence | consequence, intelligence, patience, etc. |
-ment | appointment, development, experiment, etc. |
-age | courage, marriage, passage, village, etc. |
-ess | tigress, lioness, actress, etc. |
Adjective | |
-ous | curious, dangerous, serious, etc. |
Verb | |
en- | enable, enfold, enslave, etc. |
Russian
Phonetic features:
1. The presence of the initial letter "a": абажур, апрель, алый, армия, аптека. Russian words with the initial "a", except for words formed on the basis of borrowings, are rare. Basically, these are interjections, onomatopoeia, and words formed on their basis: ага, а, аи, ах, ахнуть, ау, аукаться и т. д.
2. The presence of the letter " э " in the root of the word: мэр, алоэ, эмоции, фаэтон. Russian words contain the letter "э" in words of interjective and pronominal character-эй, эх, этот, поэтому, as well as in words formed in the Russian language on the basis of loanwords (энный, энский, эсер).
3. The presence of the letter " ф" in the word: графин, скафандр, февраль. The exceptions are interjections, onomatopoeia-фу, уф, фи, as well as the word филин.
4. The presence of combinations of two or more vowels in the roots of words: диета, дуэль, ореол, поэма, караул.
5. The presence of combinations of consonants «кд», «кз», «гб», «кг» in the roots of words: анекдот, вокзал, шлагбаум, пакгауз.
6. The presence of combinations of "ге», «ке», «хе» in the root: легенда, кеды, трахея. In Russian words, such combinations usually occur at the junction of the base and the end: по дороге, к снохе, в песке.
7. The presence of the combination "бю», «вю», «кю», «мю» in the roots of the words: бюро, гравюра, кювет, коммюнике.
8. The presence of double consonants in the roots of words: вилла, прогресс, профессия, сессия, ванна. In native Russian words, double consonants occur only at the junction of morphemes.
9. Pronunciation of a solid consonant sound before the vowel [э] (the letter "e"): модель [дэ], тест [тэ].
10. The initial " э " is distinguished mainly by Grecisms and Latinisms: эпоха, эра, этика, экзамен, экзекуция, эффект, этаж.
Morphological signs:
1.Noun-declination of nouns by case: кофе, жюри, депо, колибри, кенгуру.
2.Morphological non-expression of the number and gender of nouns: пальто, такси.
Word-forming features:
1.Foreign language prefixes: интервал, дедукция, индивидуализм, регресс, архимандрит, контрадмирал, антихрист.
2.Foreign language suffixes: деканат, студент, техникум, редактор, литература, пролетариат, популизм, социалист, полемизировать и т. д.
3. The presence of some roots of the type :аква-, марин-, гео-, графо- и т.д.: аквариум, маринист, геодезист.
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