spell y6 word origins

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Many English words come from other languages like Greek, Latin, or French. Knowing where a word comes from helps you spell it!

2. 2

   Which language did the word 'telephone' come from? (Hint: 'tele' means 'far' and 'phone' means 'sound' in Greek.)

3. 3

   Let's look at the word 'biography'. It comes from Greek — 'bios' means 'life' and 'graph' means 'writing'.

4. 4

   Build the Greek word 'photograph' from its parts: 'photo' (light) and 'graph' (writing).

5. 5

   Which English word comes from the Latin root 'aud' meaning 'hear'?

6. 6

   Now try the Latin word 'invisible'. 'In-' means 'not' and 'vis' means 'see'. Build it!

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   The word 'astronaut' comes from Greek. What do you think 'astro' means?