Common Latin Roots, Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering all common Latin roots, Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes provided in the lecture notes.

ambi

both

aqua

water

aud

to hear

bene

good

cent

one hundred

circum

around

contra/counter

against

dict

to say

duc/duct

to lead

fac

to do; to make

form

shape

fort

strength

fract

to break

ject

throw

jud

judge

mal

bad

mater

mother

mit

to send

mort

death

multi

many

pater

father

port

to carry

rupt

to break

scrib/scribe

to write

sect/sec

to cut

sent

to feel; to send

spect

to look

struct

to build

vid/vis

to see

anthropo

man; human; humanity

auto

self

bio

life

chron

time

dyna

power

dys

bad; hard; unlucky

gram

thing written

graph

writing

hetero

different

homo

same

hydr

water

hypo

below; beneath

logy

study of

meter/metr

measure

micro

small

mis/miso

hate

mono

one

morph

form; shape

nym

name

phil

love

phobia

fear

phon

sound

photo/phos

light

pseudo

false

psycho

soul; spirit

scope

viewing instrument

techno

art; science; skill

tele

far off

therm

heat

voc

voice; to call

anti-

against

dis-

not; opposite of

de-

opposite

en-, em-

cause to

fore-

before; front of

in-, im- (location)

in

in-, im-, il-, ir- (negation)

not

inter-

between; among

mid-

middle

mis-

wrongly

non-

not

over-

over; too much

pre-

before

re-

again

semi-

half; partly; not fully

sub-

under

super-

above; beyond

trans-

across

un-

not; opposite of

under-

under; too little

-able, -ible

is; can be

-al, -ial

having characteristics of

-ed

past tense verbs; adjectives

-en

made of

-er, -or (noun)

one who; person connected with

-er (adjective)

more

-est

the most

-ful

full of

-ic

having characteristics of

-ing

verb forms; present participles

-ion, -tion, -ation, -ition

act; process

-ity, -ty

state of

-ive, -ative, -itive

adjective form of noun

-less

without

-ly

how something is

-ment

state of being; act of

-ness

state of; condition of

-ous, -eous, -ious

having qualities of

-s, -es

more than one

-y

characterized by