Bellwork

In the preamble to the Constitution of the United States, there are twenty-two different words derived from Latin roots, printed in italics in the passage below. Students should choose five of these words and look up their derivation in etymology online. Report your findings to the class.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Just use the information on the Latin root. Example:

people: late 13c., "humans, persons in general," from Anglo-French people, Old French peupel "people, population, crowd; mankind, humanity," from Latin populus "a people, nation; body of citizens; a multitude, crowd, throng," of unknown origin, possibly from Etruscan. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish pueblo, Italian popolo. In English, it displaced native folk.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/people#etymonline_v_12654


Direct instruction: Quizlet set on derivatives from US constitution. 


English words derived from combining TWO Latin suffixes: -al + itas.
princip + alis + itas -- principality (domain of a prince)

Give the meaning of the Latin word in parentheses:

Independent instruction

Answers to Exercise 5