ELM 430 Fall 2008 Language Arts - Green Cohort

From WolfWikis

Students at the Syllables and Affixes Stage are ready to find out derivations and origins of words.

A wiki is a great place to have a class collaborate, too. Work together to write a definition and find the origin of the words below. Some of the places you might look for definitions on the web include: dictionary.com

bloomers-a. loose trousers gathered at the knee, formerly worn by women as part of a gymnasium, riding, or other sports outfit. b. women's underpants of similar, but less bulky, design. c. the trousers of a bloomer costume. d. any of various women's garments with full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge. [Origin: 1850–55, Americanism; named after A.J. Bloomer]

• taken from dictionary.com

-pants!

boycott

diesel

ferris wheeln. An amusement ride consisting of a large upright rotating wheel having suspended seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves. (from dictionary.com)

guillotine

leotard : a close-fitting one-piece garment worn especially by dancers, acrobats, and aerialists (http://www.merriam-webster.com)

magnolia: any of a genus (Magnolia of the family Magnoliaceae, the magnolia family) of American and Asian shrubs and trees with entire evergreen or deciduous leaves and usually showy white, yellow, rose, or purple flowers usually appearing in early spring (http://www.merriam-webster.com)

pasteurize

sandwich: two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between b: one slice of bread covered with food

something resembling a sandwich ; especially : composite structural material consisting of layers often of high-strength facings bonded to a low strength central core (http://www.merriam-webster.com)

sax

hamburger