Port = carry Ject = throw

Greek and Latin Vocabulary

Export – to carry goods out of the country

Import – to carry goods into the country

Portable – capable of being easily carried

Portage – the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one

lake or river to another

Porter – an attendant who carries travelers’ luggage for them

Report – a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again

with someone new

Support – to carry the weight of something

Transport – to carry something from one place to another

Eject – to throw out

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

Jettison – to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a

boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

Reject – to throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be

used again

Interjection – a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

Projectile – an object thrown into the air with great force

Trajectory – the curved path of an object thrown into space

Three trajectories of this projectile…

Projector – a machine that throws an object onto a wall

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