AP Lit Greek & Latin Roots

credo, credere, credidi, creditum (L)

to believe

ad/ac (L)

to, toward

deus (L)

god

facio, facere, feci, factum (L)

to make, to act

divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum (L)

to foretell

theos (G)

god

apo (G)

away from

cracy/kratos (G)

power

logos (G)

word, study

a (G)

not, without

pan (G)

all

sacer (L)

sacred

ex (L)

from, out of

legere (L)

to gather, to steal

sanct/sanctus (L)

holy

hieros (G)

holy, sacred, supernatural

archos/arkos (G)

ruler

glyph (G)

to carve

pio, piare, piavi, piatum (L)

to appease, to purify

in/im/ig (L)

not

dokein (G)

to appear, to seem, to think

doxa (G)

opinion, judgment

hetero (G)

other, another, different

gignoskein (G)

to know

physio/phusis (G)

nature

gnomon (G)

one who knows

pro (G)

before, for

krinein (G)

to separate, to decide, to judge

hupo/hypo (G)

below, beneath

mnemonikos (G)

mindful

phren, phrenos (G)

heart, mind, midriff

schizo (G)

to split

ratio (L)

reason

reor, reori, ratum (L)

to calculate, to think

sapio, sapere (L)

to taste, to perceive, to be sensible or wise

nosco, noscere, novi, notum (L)

to get to know, to get acquainted with

cum/con/com (L)

with, together

puto, putare, putavi, putatum (L)

to settle, to reckon, to consider

re (L)

back, again

sagio, sagire (L)

to perceive acutely or keenly with the senses or mind

pre (L)

before

scio, scire, scivi, scitum (L)

to know, to understand

plebs (L)

common people

littera (L)

letter

ob (L)

off, against

circum (L)

around

scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum (L)

to write

sub (L)

under

trans (L)

across

onoma (G)

name

akros (G)

topmost, extreme

poiein (G)

to make

psued (G)

to lie

nomen (L)

name

clare (L)

to call

graphein (G)

to scratch, to draw, to write

gramma (G)

picture, letter, piece of writing

epi (G)

on

khoreia/choreia (G)

a dance

lithos (G)

stone

topos (G)

a place

lexis (G)

speech, word, reason

ana (G)

up

eu (G)

good

fateor, fari, fassum (L)

to speak, to confess, to admit

dico, dicere, dixi, dictum (L)

to say, to tell

inter (L)

between

malus (L)

bad, evil

bene (L)

good

juris/jus (L)

law

vale (L)

farewell

glossa, glotta (G)

tongue, language

poly (G)

many

clamo, clamare, clamari, clamatum (L)

to cry, to shout

de (L)

away from

forum (L)

forum, place out of doors

lingua (L)

speech, language, tongue

loquor, loqui, locutum (L)

to speak

circum (L)

around

verbum (L)

word

gaia (G)

the earth

centric, kentrikos (G)

center

peri (G)

around

terra (L)

earth, land, ground

in (L)

in

cotta

cooked

humus (L)

earth

mons, montis (L)

mountain

para (G)

beyond

pasco, pascere, pavi, pastum (L)

to feed (esp. cattle), to nourish

pastor (L)

shepherd

rus, ruris (L)

open land, country

anima (L)

wind, air

animus (L)

mind, spirit, soul

aequus (L)

equal

pusillus (L)

very little

aether (L)

upper air, clear sky

aither (L)

air

phainein (G)

to show, to appear

dia (G)

through