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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