List of Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Root | Meaning | Root | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
aqua | water | bio | life |
dict | say, speak | geo | earth |
chron | time | graph | write |
tele | far | therm | heat |
phon | sound | scope | see |
auto | self | photo | light |
port | carry | rupt | break |
scrib/script | write | spect | look |
vid/vis | see | aud | hear |
cred | believe | form | shape |
meter/metr | measure | micro | small |
multi | many | ped/pod | foot |
ben/bene | good | mal | bad |
struct | build | tract | pull |
mit/miss | send | jur/jus | law, justice |
log/logue | word, study | manu | hand |
mater | mother | pater | father |
luna | moon | terra | earth |
mar | sea | cycle | circle |
derm | skin | dent | tooth |
hemi | half | cent | hundred |
dec | ten | uni | one |
bi | two | tri | three |
quad | four | oct | eight |
scope | look, see | hydr | water |
astro | star | phon | sound |
anti | against | pre | before |
post | after | sub | under |
super | above | trans | across |
inter | between | re | again |
in/im | not | ex | out |
co/con | with, together | de | down, away |
homo | same | hetero | different |
macro | large | mega | great, large |
morph | shape, form | naut | ship, sailor |
path | feeling, disease | phil | love |
phobia | fear | psych | mind |
scope | see, examine | the/theo | god |
tox | poison | zoo | animal |
volv/volu | roll | voc/voke | call |
ambi | both | ann/enn | year |
cap | take | carn | flesh |
cide | kill | civ | citizen |
clud/clus | shut | cor/cour | heart |
cracy | rule | dom | house, rule |
ego | self | equ | equal |
fac/fact | make, do | flect/flex | bend |
gen | birth, kind | grad/gress | step, go |
hab/habit | have, hold | host/hosp | guest |
ject | throw | jud | judge |
leg/lect | choose, read | liber | free |
luc/lum | light | mand/mend | order |
mater/matr | mother | migr | move |
mob/mot/mov | move | mort | death |
nat | born | noc/nox | harm |
omni | all | pac | peace |
pan | all | pass/pat/path | feel, suffer |
port | carry | reg | rule |
sci | know | sent/sens | feel |
serv | keep, save | sign | mark |
solv/solu | loosen | spir | breathe |
sta/sti | stand | tang/tact | touch |
ten/tain | hold | term | end |
urb | city | vac | empty |
ven/vent | come | ver | true |
vit/viv | life | voc | voice |
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