General Information
- Source:
- NBC News
- Creator:
- N/A
- Event Date:
- 09/18/2008
- Air/Publish Date:
- 09/18/2008
- Resource Type:
- Video iCue Mini-Documentary [Explainer]
- Copyright:
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC.
- Copyright Date:
- 2008
- Clip Length:
- 00:01:20
Description
11 words, from "petition" to "perpetual" -- derived from the Latin root "peto," meaning "to seek," "to ask," "to attack" -- are shown in this NBC animation.
Keywords
Seek, Ask, Attack, Petition, Repetition, Repeat, Competition, Compete, Competence, Impetus, Impetuous, Petulant, Perpetual, Appetite, Through, With, Together, Again, Act Of, Root Word, Latin, English, Vocabulary, Language, Etymology
Citation
MLA
"Word Roots: Peto." NBC News. NBCUniversal Media. 18 Sep. 2008. NBC Learn. Web. 5 September 2012.
APA
(2008, September 18). Word Roots: Peto. [Television series episode]. NBC News. Retrieved from https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=35467
CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE
"Word Roots: Peto" NBC News, New York, NY: NBC Universal, 09/18/2008. Accessed Wed Sep 5 2012 from NBC Learn: https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=35467
Transcript
Latin: PETO = to seek, to ask, to attack
Impetus
Impetuous
Petulant
Perpetual
Petition
Repetition
Repeat
Competition
Compete
Competence
Appetite