Word Stem List #5

Path

• sympathy, pathetic, pathos, telepathy, empathy, apathy, idiopathy

feeling

A

• amoral, amorphous, atheist, apathy, agraphia, apolitical, aphasia, achromatic

not

Nomy

• astronomy, economy, Deuteronomy, taxonomy, heteronomy, nomothetic

law

Fid

• infidel, fidelity, confidence, diffident, bona fide, fiduciary, perfidy

faith

Caco

• cacophony, cacography, cacodemon, cacoethes, cacodyl, cacology

bad

Hetero

• heterodox, heteromorphic, heterogenous, heterosexual, heteronym

different

Sci

• science, conscience, prescience, omniscience, scientism, sciomancy

know

Graph

• bibliography, photography, autograph, polygraph, stenography

write

Lat

• bilateral, unilateral, later fin, multilateral, collateral, latitude, translate

side

Lith

• neolithic, Paleolithic, lithograph, megalith, monolith, lithium, laccolith

rock

Tract

• tractor, detract, retraction, attractive. Protractor, contract, traction

pull

In

• inscribe, insane, infidel, indefinite, incorrigible, insomnia

in or not

Co

• cooperate, coordinating, coterminous, colloquy, coauthor, cotangent

together

Phile

• philosopher, audiophile, bibliophile, philologist, philanthropy

love

Ine

• porcine, crystalline, saturnine, canine, ursine, vulpine, bovine

nature of

ar

• pulsar, stellar, lunar, solar, secular, columnar, linear, circular

relating to

Hexa

• hexagram, hexagon, hexapod, hexameter, hexahedron, hexarchy

six

Fract

• fracture, infraction, fraction, refraction, refractory, fractious

break

Platy

• plateau, Platyhelminthes, platypus, plate, platitude platyrrhine

flat

Theo

• theology, pantheism, atheism, monotheism, apotheosis, henotheism

god

Fin

• final, define, infinite, finial, finis, Finisterre, infinitive, fin de siècle

end

Hedron

• polyhedron, tetrahedron, heptahedron, octahedron, icosahedron

sided object

Ambul

• ambulatory, somnambulism, funambulist, ambulance, perambulate

walk

Ous

• luminous, glorious, loquacious, vivacious, garrulous, anomalous, zealous

full of

Topo

• topographical, topology, topic, topiary, toponym, topognosia

place

Ped

• orthopedist, pedagogue, centipede, expedition, pedestrian, pedestal

foot or child

Mort

• mortal, mortician, mortified, immortality, mortuary, moribund

death

Carn

• carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnated, carnival, carnation, carnage

flesh

Psych

• psychology, psychic, psychopathic, parapsychology, psychosis

soul

Ethno

• ethnocentrism, ethnic group, ethnography, ethnologist

race or culture

Gen

• genetics, hydrogen, progeny, engender, gene, ingenuous, indigenous

origin

Nat

• prenatal, native, natural, nativity, nation, nascent, natal, perinatal

born

Paleo

• paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleontologist, paleoanthropic, paleography

old

Curs

• cursive, discursive, incursion, precursor, cursory, cursorial, cursor

run

Crypt

• cryptic, cryptologist, crypt, cryptogram, encrypt, cryptesthesia

hidden

Cad

• cascade, cadaver, cadence, cadenza, cadaverous, decadent

fall

Capit

• decapitate, capital, recapitulate, capitulation, capitulum

head

Loqu

• loquacious, circumlocution, eloquent, soliloquy, somniloquy, dialogue

talk

Sacro

• sacrosanct, sacred, sacrifice, sacrament, sacrilege, consecrate

holy

Uni

• unicycle, universe, united, union, uniform, unison, unique, unicorn

one

Ness

• softness, redness, politeness, kindness, darkness, vagueness

quality

Alt

• altitude, alto, altimeter, altar, altocumulus, altiplano

high

Ics

• politics, economics, aesthetics, graphics, ethics, calisthenics

art

Iso

• isothermal, isometric, isosceles, isomer, isocracy, isotope

equal

Vert

• convert, revert, inverted, divert, vertex, controvert, extrovert, introvert

turn

Ate

• domesticate, implicate, create, procreate, insinuate, placate, dominate

cause

Cor

• core, concord, discord, misericord, cordial, courageous

heart

Ess

• lioness, empress, princess, baroness, seamstress, governess

female

Muta

• mutant, mutation, mutagenic, mutable, transmutation, immutable

change

Fug

• centrifuge, fugitive, tempus fugit, subterfuge, refugee, fugue

flee