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Latin 2
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What do the following words mean in Latin and what do they mean in English?

WORD

LATIN MEANING

ENGLISH MEANING

ego
exit
ludo

Many of the prefixes that begin English words have been borrowed from Latin.
i The Latin word for round is circum. How many words can you find in the
dictionary which have circum- as a prefix?
ii What English words could mean the following?

OUP

sail completely round something

(an island or the world, for instance).

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draw a line round something.

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avoid something, possibly by going round it.

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the distance around the outside of something.

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the facts surrounding some event or happening.

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