Word Knowledge
What language does the root word dem- come from?
- Latin
- Greek
- German
- Russian
In working as an ASVAB tutor, I emphasize the importance of studying prefixes, root words, and suffixes. My book entitled, The ASVAB Tutor’s Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension Study Guide consists of charts of many prefixes, root words, and suffixes. Knowing the meaning of these roots and affixes can expand your vocabulary by hundreds or thousands of words. There are a number of words in the English language with the root word dem-. Examples include democracy, demagogue, demographic, epidemic, pandemic. The root word dem- means people. Do you know what language the root word dem- is from originally?
