Most of our prefixes and some of the roots of common English words derive from Latin. By some estimates, 30% of English words derive from the ancient language. By knowing the meaning of these Latin words, if you chance to come across a word youâve never seen before, you can make an educated guess at what it means.
Born. Theodor Seuss Geisel, (Dr. Seuss), was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Howard Street. He grew up living on Fairfield Street. He was the only son of Henrietta Seuss Geisel and Theodor Robert Geisel. He had two sisters, Marnie, two years older, and Henrietta 3 Â½ years younger. Henrietta died at the age of five because of pneumonia.
1 Dr. Seuss' wife, Helen Palmer, also wrote children's books under the Seuss label. 2  The last book Dr. Seuss' ever wrote was a book for  obsolete children  (old peeps) titled You're Only Old Once. 3  When Dr. Seuss was a kid, his mother would soothe him to sleep by chanting rhymes from her childhood.