1. What is the prefix of the word Predict, and what does the prefix mean, and what is the root of Predict, and what does this root mean?
2. What is the prefix of the word Intractable and what does the prefix mean, and what is the root of Intractable and what does the root mean?
What is the prefix and root of the words predict and intractable?
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1. PRE/DICT
Pre: prefix meaning before
Dict:root meaning to say/speak
2.IN/TRACTABLE
In: prefix meaning not
Tract(able): root can mean to handle/manage.
(if you need it Able: is a suffix expressing ability otherwise, just put tractable as the root)
Predict :
Prefix : Pre- {Meaning : before, earlier}
Root : -Dict- {Meaning: To state a precise nature / basic qualities of}
Intractable:
Prefix: In- {Meaning: Opposite of}
Root: -Tract- {Meaning: Something drawn out or extended}
Both roots are from Latin.
Dicere – to say or to speak
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dico#Latin
Trahere – to drag
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traho#Latin