GRE Greco-Roman roots

ad

to, toward

ab

apart, away from

a, an

without, not

ambi (amphi)

round, both sides

anti

against

ante

before

anthro

man

auto

self

bi

two

bene

well

biblio

book

cide

kill

circum

around

-cracy

rule, government

-arch

rule, government

archae, archai

ancient

stat, stit

stand

credo

belief

demo

people

bio

life

psych

soul, mind

epi

upon, over

frater

brother

pater

father

mater

mother

soror

sister

homo (Greek)

same

homo, hominis

man, human

ex

out of

hetero

mixed, unlike

inter

between, among

lex, legis

law

liber

book & free

macro

large

mania

obsession

meter

measure

micro

small

mitto, mit, (also -miss-)

send

mort

death

olig

few

ped, pod

foot

phage

eat

peri

around

pre

before (time)

pro

in front of, in favor of

post

after

port

carry

trans

across

philo

love

polis

city

Phobos, phobia

fear

poly

many

scrib, script

write

tele

distance

solus

alone

sin, syn, sys

together, with

con -

with, together

contra

against

acer, acr

bitter, sour, sharp

ami-, amor

friendship, love

ag, agi (ago, agere,…)

act

alt

high, deep

aster

star

aug, auc

increase

bellum, belli

war

bibl

book

brev

short

cali, calor

heat

capit

head

cap, cip, cept

take

carn

flesh

caust, caut

heat, burn

chrom

color

ced, cede, ceed, cess

move

chron

time

cogno, gnosco

to know

cor, cord, cardi

heart

cosm

world, universe

corp

body

cur, curr, curs

run

derm

skin

dent, dont

tooth

doc, doct

teach

hypo

under

hyper

over

per

through

duc, duct

lead

erg

work

fac, fact, fic, fect

make, do

flect, flex

bend

gastro

stomach

gam, gamy

marriage

fort

strong

fract, frag

break

gloss, glot

tongue

grad, gress

step

graph, gram

writing, written

hema, hemo

blood

ject

throw

junct

join