jenb

Hi Everyone,

My nearly 6-year-old son, Tommy, is very interested in the meaning of words. He is also into dinosaurs and all animals. He wants to know what their names mean. While I look up individual names, it takes awhile, I fall behind on the questions while I look for bits and pieces here and there. I was wondering if some basic latin might offer us a handful of things that we can refer to on-the-go. Does anyone have any recommendations on a resource or better idea? Maybe just a dictionary?! I've looked online and there are quite a few beginner books etc...

Thanks in advance,

Jen Brown in Sag Harbor

Joyce Fetteroll

On May 1, 2013, at 2:45 PM, jenb wrote:

> While I look up individual names, it takes awhile, I fall behind
> on the questions while I look for bits and pieces here and there

How about looking them up himself? Some tablets allow you to speak questions. (Maybe some laptops and desktops too.)

Or finding an app or website that breaks words down and defines what their pieces mean. Then have a shortcut to that site to make looking up a lot easier.

He's going to learn a lot more Latin absorbed from the words he's interested in than learning Latin words that may never come up in case he might need it.

Joyce

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Sandra Dodd

The best dictionary I know of for etymology is American Heritage, but they have some editions that leave the etymological notes out.

But nowadays, the easiest thing is to use is http://etymonline.com

Or look up the word with the word "etymology" and you'll read cool stories of words!

Here are some fun examples, too.
http://sandradodd.com/etymology


Sandra