AP Bio Latin and Greek Root Words

a, an

without, not

ab

away from

ad

to, near

ambi

on both sides

amphi

both, doubly

andro

male, masculine

ante

before, in front of

anti

against

aqua

water

archeo

original, ancient

anthro

joint

auto

self

bi

two, twice, double

bio

life, living

cephal, cephalo

head

chromo

color

cide

killer, killing

circum, circa

around, about

co

together

corpus

body

crypto

hiddeo

cyte, cyto

cell, hollow

derm, dermis

skin

di

two, double

dys

bad

dromos

running

e, ec, ef, ex

out of, from

ecto

outside of, external

endon, endo

in, internal

epi

upon, above

erythros

red

exo

outer, external

gam, gamo

marriage, sexual

genesis, genic

origin, birth, producing

genos, gen, geny

race, kind

gymno

naked

herba

grass, plants

heteros

different, other

homo

man

homos, homeos

alike, same

hydro, hudor

water

hyper

above, beyond

hypo

below, under

inter

between

intra

within, inside

intro

into, within

itis

disease, inflammation

logos, logy

the study

lys, lysis

dissolution, destruction

maxilla

jaw

mikros, micro

small

monos

one, single

morphe

form, shape

neuro

nerve

oculi

eye

oo

beginning, egg

ovum, ovi

egg

para

beside, near

pedi

beginning, child

ped, pedis, pod

foot

phag

to eat

photo, phos, phot

light

plankt

wandering

post

after, behind

pro

before, foreward

prot

first

semi

half

skelros

hard

soma

body

sperma

seed

sub, sup

below, under, smaller than

super

above, under

supra

above, upon

tetra

four

thermous

four

thermous

warm

tox, toxikon

poison

trans

across, through

tri

three

trophe

to feed or eat

uni, unis

one

vas

vessel

zeros

dry

zo, zoon

animal