Complete List of Root Words

Flashcards covering a complete list of Greek and Latin root words, including their meanings and common linguistic applications.

A

without

A

on

ab/s, a

from, away, off

ac, ad

to, toward, near

Acro

top, height, tip, beginning

Act-, -act

do

aer/o

air

agr/i/o

farming

alg/o

pain

ambi, amphi

both, on both sides, around

ambul

walk, move

ami/o

love

Ana

up, back, against, again, throughout

andr/o

man, male

Anim

life, spirit

ann/enn

year

Ante-

before, in front

anth/o

flower

anthrop/o

human

Anti

against, opposite of

apo, apho

away, off, separate

aqu/a

water

Arbour

tree

arch/i/e/o/ae

chief, most important, rule

archa/e,archi

primitive, ancient

arthr/o

joint

Art

skill

astro, aster

star, stars, outer space

audi/i/io

hear

Auto

self, same, one

avi/a

bird

bar/o

pressure, weight

Be-

Make or cause

bell/i

war

Bene

good, well

bi/n

two, twice once

bibli/o

book

bio

life, living matter

capt, cept

take, hold

cardil/o

heart

carn/i

flesh, meat

Cata

down, against completely intensive according to

caust, caut

to burn

cede, ceed, cess

go, yield

ceive, cept

take

centi

hundred, hundredth

centr/o/i

center

cerebr/o

brain

cert

sure

chrom/o chromat/o, chros

colour, pigment

chron/o

time

cide, cise

cut, kill

circum

around, about

claim, clam

shout, speak out

Clar

clear

clud, clus

close

Cline

lean

Co

with, together, joint

Col

together, jointly

Com

together, common

cogn/i

know

Con

with, jointly

contra/o

against opposite

corp/o

body

cosm/o

universe

Counter

opposite, contrary, opposing

Cranio

skull

Cred

believe

Crypto

hidden, secret

Cumul

mass, heap

Cycl

circle, ring

De

reduce, away, down, remove

dec/a. deka

Ten

Deci

one tenth

dem/o

people

dendr/o/i

tree

dent

tooth

derm/a

skin

di

two, twice

di/s

apart, away, not, to the opposite

Dia

through, between, apart, across

Dict

speak

Domin

master

don/at

give

duc/t

lead

du/o

two, twice

dyn

power, energy, strength

dys-

abnormal, bad

ego

self

em,en

into, cover with, cause

enn/I, anni

years

en, in

inside, inwards

ep/i

on, upon, over, among, at, after, to, outside

equ/i

equal, equally

erg/o

work

esth/aesth

feeling, sensation, beauty

Ethno

race, people

Eu

good, well

Ex

from, out

extra, extro

outside, beyond