Reddit mentions of Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms

Ive been using this one since AP Bio back in high school.


http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Word-Roots-Combining-Forms/dp/0874840538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348891767&sr=8-1&keywords=dictionary+of+word+roots+and+combining+forms

This book

Borror's Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms

It got me through my undergrad, even helped me get a better understanding of the interconnectedness of it all

Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms https://www.amazon.com/dp/0874840538/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NI79Bb2P63MWW

was it "Dictionary of word roots and combining forms", cause that book is badass LINK: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0874840538/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/184-6392304-2293855

I’d recommend Borror’s Word Roots. It’s $45 on Amazon and it really helps with understanding the Latin used in scientific nomenclature!

https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Word-Roots-Combining-Forms/dp/0874840538/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=borror+word+roots&qid=1572387932&sprefix=borror&sr=8-1

This one is pretty solid. It's small but has good coverage. We issue or recommend these to students at the university at which I teach.

What helped me when learning plant names was learning a bit of Latin along with it. I'll use my dad's old copy of Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms to check out what some of the species names mean. For example, Cornus sericea (Red osier dogwood) is named as such because the leaves are silky. Which I hadn't really noticed before with my run ins with that plant, but more associations makes it easier to remember. Good luck!

I use this book constantly.

I’ll have a few kids look up each part of a word and announce it out and we break down and build the words and meanings together.

I know it’s not a website but it’s an amazing resource.

edit I did an activity once where the kids had to create their own Genus and species for already existing animal. So like bear could be “brown fur big teeth” but then latinized. To help them, I created my own spreadsheet with words and latin/greek translations that I created from that book I linked and they had access to that through GClassroom.

The biggest problem I had with raw memorization was not understanding what the words meant. This book helped me a lot. Helps build a nice basic understanding of everything you'll ever have to learn. There are, cough, plenty of PDF's available online, cough cough.

I like to have this handy for that reason. :-)