1-100 Greek/Latin Root Words ELA8

a, an - Greek

without, the opposite of

a, an - Latin

on

ab - Latin

away from, apart from

ad and ac- Latin

toward

amphi, ambi

both sides, all around

anim

life, spirit

ante

before

anthro

man

anti

against

aqua

water

archa

ancient

archos

leader, first, chief

aster

star, space

aud

sound

auto

self

avi

bird

bene

well, good

bi

two

bib

book

bio

life

card

heart

cent

hundred

chrom

color

chron

time

cide

to kill

circum

around

corpus

body

counter

against

cracy

rule

credo

belief

dec

ten

demos

people

derm

skin

di

two, double, divide, split

dia

through, across

dict

to speak

don

to give

ego

I, self

ex

out

fact

make, do

fore

in front of, earlier

fract

to break

frater

brother

gen

birth, produce

geo

earth

graph

to write, draw

hetero

different, unlike

homo

same

in, im

not

inter

between, among

intra

within

legis

law

less

without

lexis

word

liber

freedom

locus

place

log

thought

luna

moon

macro

large

man

hand

mania

obsession

mar

ocean

mater

mother

meter

measure

micro

small

mid

half

mono

one, single

mortis

death

neo

new

nomen

name

oct

eight

omni

every, all

pater

father

path

feel

ped

foot

pent

five

peri

around

philo

love

phon

sound

polis

city

poly

many

port

carry

post

after

pre

before

pro

in favor of

psyche

soul, mind

quad

four

quint

five

scope

examine, look

scrib

to write

sept

seven

soli

alone

subter

under, secret

syn

together

tele

far, far off

terr

land, earth

trans

across

tri

three

uni

one, single

vac

empty