Robertson’s Words for a Modern Age:
A Dictionary of English Words Derived Primarily from Latin and Greek Sources, Presented Individually and in Family Units, Plus Vocabulary Quizzes.
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This site currently contains 3,611 family-word units which contain 66,200 listed main-entry English words primarily derived from Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes; as well as, additional vocabulary-related information.
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Why Have Another Dictionary of English Vocabulary? Objectives of this lexicon, or dictionary, of English Vocabulary. Etymology and the English language because English words come from many sources. A directory of content. An illustrated approach to a bigger and better vocabulary. Science, language, and technology ; past and present. Bibliography of Resource Information.
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A panting syllable through time and space,
Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark
To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah’s Ark.
No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined.
No Niagara Falls is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled.
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