Less Frequent Roots

Aqua/Aque

– water

aquatic, aquarium

Acr

– sharp, bitter

acrid, acrimonious, acerbic

Anim

– life, mind, spirit

animated, unanimous

Anthrop

– human

anthropology

Arch

– chief, first

monarch, anarchy, archetype

Aud

-hear

audible, auditory

Bell

– war

bellicose, antebellum

Bene/Bon

– good

benefactor, bonus

Bibl

– book

bibliography, bibliophile

Capit/Cap

– head

capital, decapitate

Carn

– flesh

carnal, carnivore

Ced/Cess

– go, yield

concede, precedent, recession, secede

Chron

– time

chronology, anachronism

Clud/Clus/Claus

– shut, close

conclude, seclusion, claustrophobia

Cogn/Gnos

– know

cognizant, recognize, agnostic, prognosis

Cor/Cord

– heart

cordial, discord, concord, accord

Corp/Corpor

– body

corporation, corporeal

Culp

– blame, fault

culpable, exculpate, mea culpa

Cur

– care

curator, curative, secure

Curr/Curs

– run

cursory, excursion, recur, precursor

Doc/Doct

– teach

doctrine, docile

Duc/Duct

– lead

conduct, induce, abduct, deduce

Equ

– equal

equanimity, equitable, equivocate

Err – wander, stray erratic, errant, aberration

Fac/Fact/Fic

– make, do

facile, deficient, artificial, ratify

Fer

– carry, bear

transfer, infer, defer, prolific

Fin

– end, limit

finite, definitive, infinite, finale

Greg

– group, herd  

gregarious, congregate, egregious, segregate

Ject

– throw

eject, conjecture, abject, project

Junct/Jug – join junction, conjunction, conjugal, juncture

Lev – raise, light alleviate, levity, elevate, levitate

Liber

– free

liberate, libertine, deliverance

Loc

– place

location, allocate, dislocate, locus

Log/Logy

– word, study of dialogue,

eulogy, monologue, ideology

Luc/Lum/Lus

– light

translucent, illuminate, lucid

Man/Manu

– hand

manual, manipulate

Mater/Matr

– mother

maternal, matriarch, matrimony

Mem

– mindful

memorial, commemorate, memoir

Min

– small

minimize, diminish, miniature, diminution

Miser

– wretched

miserable, commiserate, misery

Mit/Mis

– send

transmit, dismiss, emissary

Mob/Mot/Mov

– move

mobile, motivate, motion

Mor/Mort

– death

mortal, mortuary, moribund, immortal

Morph

– shape

morphology, amorphous, metamorphosis

Nasc/Nat

– born

native, nascent, innate, renaissance

Noc/Nox

– harm

innocuous, noxious, obnoxious

Nom/Nomin

– name

nominal, nomenclature, ignominious, denominate

Nov

– new

novel, novice, innovate, renovate

Onym

– name

synonym, antonym, pseudonym, anonymous

Pac

– peace

pacify, pacifist, pact

Pater/Patr

– father

patriarch, patriot

Path

– feeling, suffering

empathy, apathy, pathos, antipathy

Ped/Pod

– foot

pedestrian, expedite, podium, impede

Pel/Puls

– drive, push

compel, expel, repulse, impulse

Pend/Pens

– hang, weigh

pendulum, suspend, pensive, indispensable

Phon

– sound

phonetic, symphony, cacophony, euphony

Pon/Pos

– place, put

postpone, juxtapose, expose, depose

Port

– carry

transport, portable

Quer/Quir/Quis

– ask, seek

inquire, query, inquisition, requisite

Rect

– right, straight

rectify, rectitude, erect, correct

Rid/Ris

– laugh

ridicule, derisive, risible

Rog

– ask

interrogate, derogatory, arrogant, abrogate

Rupt

– break

erupt, disrupt, abrupt, bankrupt

Sci

– know

science, conscious, omniscient, prescient

Scop/Spec/Spic

– to examine

telescope, spectator

Scrib/Script

– write

describe, prescribe, manuscript, conscript

Sed/Sid/Sess

– sit

sedentary, preside, sediment, dissident

Sens/Sent

– loosen, free

dissolve, resolution, absolution, solvent

Solv/Solu

– loosen, free

dissolve, resolution, absolution, solvent

Son

– sound

sonorous, dissonance, resonate, unison

Soph

– wise

sophisticated, sophistry, philosopher

Spir

– breathe

inspire, expire, aspire, respiration

Sta/Stat/Stit

– stand

stable, status, constitute, persist, obstinate

Struct/Stru

– build

structure, construct, instruct

Tang/Tact/Tig

– touch

tactile, contact, intangible

Tempor

– time

temporary, contemporary, extemporaneous, temporal

Ten/Tin/Tain

– hold

retain, tenable, tenacious, abstain, sustenance

Tend/Tens

– stretch

extend, tension, contentious, distend

Terra/Terr

– earth

terrain, terrestrial, subterranean

Theo

– god

theology, atheist, monotheism

Tort

– twist

distort, contort, tortuous, extort

Tract

– pull, drag

tractor, detract, attraction

Ven/Vent

– come

convene, intervene, advent, contravene

Ver

– true

verify, veracity, aver, verisimilitude

Verb

– word

verbal, verbatim, verbose, proverb

Vert/Vers

– turn

convert, divert, adverse, versatile

Vid/Vis

– see, look

vision, envision

Viv/Vita

– live

revive, vivacious, vital, convivial

Vor

– eat, devour

carnivore, voracious, devour, omnivore