Latin Roots

Acer, acid, acri - Acerbic

Bitter, sour, sharp

acu - Acupunture

Sharp

Ag, agi, act - Agile

Do, move go

Ali, allo, alter - Alias

Other

Alt - Altitude

High, deep

Am, Amor - Amazed

Love, liking

Anni, Annu, Enni - Annually

year

Anthrop - Anthropocene

man

Anti - Antique

old

Arch - Anarchy

Chief, first, rule

Aster, astr - Astronaut

star

Aud, aus - Audio

hear, listen

Aug, auc - auction

increase

Auto, aut - Autotroph

self

Belli - Rebellion

war

Bibl - Rebellion

book

Bio - Biology

life

Brev - Abbreviation

short

Cad, Cas - Cascades

To fall

Calor - Calories

heat

Cap, cip, cept - Capture

take

Capit, capt- Captain

head

Carn - Carnage

flesh

Caus, caut - Cauterize

Burn, heat

Cause, cuse, cus - Accusation

cause/motive

Ced, ceed, cede, cess - Secede

Move, yield, go, surrender

Centri - Concentric

Center

Chrom - Chromosomes

Color

Cit - Incite

Call, start

Civ - Civil Rights

Citizen

Clam, claim - Acclamation

Cry out

Cide, cese - Genocide

Cut down, Kill

Cord, cor, card - Cardiac

Heart

Corp - Corpus Callosum

Body

Cosm - Cosmos

Universe, world

Crat, Cracy - Monarcy

Rule, Strength

Crea

Create

Cred - Credible

Believe

Crit - Critique

Separate, choose

Cura - curable

Care

Cur, Curs - Cursive

Run

Cycl, Cyclo - Bicycle

Wheel, circular

Deca - Decade

Ten

Dem - Democracy

People

Dent, Dont - Orthodontist

Tooth

Derm - dermatology

skin

Dict - dictator

Say/speak

Doc - doctorine

Teach

Domin - dominion

Master

Don - condone

Give

Dorm - dormant

Sleep

Dox - paradox

Opinion/praise

Drome - palindrome

run/step

Duc, Duct - conduct

lead

Dura - duration

hard, lasting

Dynam - dynamite

power

Endo - endothermic

Within

Equi - equilibrium

Equal

Erg - ergonomic

Work

Fa, fact, fic, fect - fiction

Do/make

Fall, falls - false

deceive

Fer - transfer

carry/bear

Fid, fide, feder - confident

faith/trust

Fila, fill - filament

thread

Fin - finish

End/ended/finished

fix - prefix

attach

Flex, flect - reflect

bend

Flu, flue, fluv - fluid

flowing

form - formation

form/shape

Fort, for - fortitude

strong

Fract, Frag - fracture

Break

Gam - Gamete

Marriage

Gastro - Gastroenterology

Stomach

Gen - Genetics

Birth/Race/Produce

Geo - Geography

Earth

Germ - germane

Vital, Part

Gest - suggest

Carry, Bear

Gloss, Glot - polyglot

Tongue

Glue, Glo - conglomerate

Lump, bond, glue

Grad, gress - graduate

Step, Go

Graphy/Gram - Autograph

Write/written

Grat - Pleasing

Pleasing

Grav – Gravity

Heavy, weighty

Greg – Segregation

Herd, group, crowd

Helio - Heliocentric

Sun

Hema, hemo - Hemophillia

Blood

Here, hes - Cohesion

Stick

Hum, human – Humanity

Earth/Ground/Man

Hydr, Hydra, Hyndro - Hydrolysis

Water

Hypn - Hypnotic

Sleep

Ject - eject

Throw

Junct - conjunction

Join

Juven - juvenille

Young

Levi - levitate

Light

Liber, liver -

liberate

Free

Liter - illiterate

Letter

Loc/loco - locate

Place

Lum/lun -

illuminate

Light

Magn - magnitude

Great

Man - manuscript

Hand