Greek and Latin

1. Port = carry Ject = throw
Greek and Latin Vocabulary

2. Export – to carry goods out of the
country

3. Import – to carry goods into the
country

4. Portable – capable of being easily
carried

5. Portage – the route over which boats
and supplies are carried overland from
one lake or river to another

6. Porter – an attendant who carries
travelers’ luggage for them

7. Report – a collection of writing that
carries information to be shared again
with someone new

8. Support – to carry the weight of
something

9. Transport – to carry something from
one place to another

10. Eject – to throw out

11. Dejected – to feel sad; to feel thrown
down in spirit

12. Jettison – to throw goods
overboard to lighten the load on a
boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

13. Reject – to throw something out
because it’s defective and can’t be
used again

14. Interjection – a word thrown into a
sentence or conversation

15. Projectile – an object thrown into the
air with great force

16. Trajectory – the curved path of an
object thrown into space

17. Three trajectories of this projectile…

18. Projector – a machine that throws an
object onto a wall

19. Injection – a shot; the “throwing” of
medicine into the body by a needle