<p>Good afternoon everybody and welcome to English Etymology 201. 

                I hope that all of you have found a seat and can hear me; if not, 

                please let me know. My name is Professor Patricia Morris; I'll 

                be your instructor for the next 10 weeks. As you can probably 

                tell, this is one of the most popular-and crowded-classes on campus; 

                indeed, every time this etymology course is offered, this room 

                is filled to capacity. Why is that? Well, in order to use the 

                English language, it's very important to have at least a basic 

                understanding of word parts. Just to cite one estimate-and there 

                are many-there are over 1 million words in the English lexicon. 

                If you are an English learner, you might wonder how you can possibly 

                remember all of these words. Well, for one thing, you don't have 

                to; no native speaker exists who knows all of the words in the 

                English language. Besides, there are shortcuts. Shortcuts? Yes, 

                if you know the most commonly used prefixes, roots, and suffixes-most 

                derived from Latin, Greek and Germanic sources-you will understand 

                a good number of English words when you first run across them. 

                Ears perk up whenever I put it this way-knowing the word parts 

                that make up many English words will substantially increase your 

                vocabulary. This is probably the number one reason why this class 

                is so popular. </p>

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