Vocabulary Lessons 9 and 10: Earth and Air

Vocabulary flashcards covering Greek and Latin roots, affixes, and their meanings from Lessons 9 and 10 on Earth and Air.

ANIMA

Latin root (<L.) meaning "wind, air" (associated with vocabulary: animus, equanimity, pusillanimous).

ANIMUS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "mind, soul" (associated with vocabulary: animus, equanimity, pusillanimous).

AETHER

Latin root (<L.) meaning "upper air, clear sky" (associated with vocabulary: ether, ethereal).

AITHER

Greek root (<G.) meaning "air" (associated with vocabulary: ether, ethereal).

PHAINEIN

Greek root (<G.) meaning "to show, to appear" (associated with vocabulary: diaphanous, epiphany, phantasm, sycophant).

SPIRITUS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "breath" (associated with vocabulary: aspiration, dispirited).

SPIRO, SPIRARE, SPIRAVI, SPIRATUM

Latin root (<L.) meaning "to blow gently" (associated with vocabulary: aspiration, dispirited).

HUPER

Greek root (<G.) meaning "over, above" (associated with vocabulary: hyperbole, hyperborean).

VENTUS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "wind" (associated with vocabulary: hyperventilation, vent).

GAIA

Greek root (<G.) meaning "the earth" (associated with vocabulary: apogee, geocentric, perigee).

TERRA

Latin root (<L.) meaning "earth, land, ground" (associated with vocabulary: inter, terra cotta, terrestrial).

HUMUS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "earth" (associated with vocabulary: exhume, humus).

MONS, MONTIS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "mountain" (associated with vocabulary: mountebank, paramount, promontory).

PASCO, PASCERE, PAVI, PASTUM, PASTOR

Latin root (<L.) meaning "to feed (especially cattle), to nourish" (associated with vocabulary: pastoral, repast).

RUS, RURIS

Latin root (<L.) meaning "open land, country" (associated with vocabulary: rustic, rusticate).

aequus

Word part meaning "equal".

pusillus

Word part meaning "very little".

dia

Word part meaning "through".

syco/sukon

Word part meaning "fig".

a/ad

Word part meaning "to, toward".

dis

Word part meaning "apart".

boreios

Word part meaning "northern".

pro

Word part meaning "before, for".

hyper/huper

Word part meaning "above, beyond".

ex

Word part meaning "from, out of".

apo

Word part meaning "away from".

centric

Word part meaning "center".

peri

Word part meaning "around".

cotta

Word part meaning "cooked".

re

Word part meaning "back, again".

para

Word part meaning "beyond".

montare

Word part meaning "to climb a mountain".