all Greek and Latin roots

arch

ancient, most important

auto

self

bene

good, well

biblio

book

bio

life

chrono

time

counter/contra

against

duc/duct/duce

to lead

dic/dict

to speak, to tell

fort

strength

ject

throw

dorm

to sleep

dur

hard, lasting

fix

to fasten

gen

is produced, to produce

geo

earth

mit

to send

mal

bad

graph

write

herb

plant

hydro

water

jur/just/just

right or law

log/logue

word, thought, speech

ma/mater

mother

pa/pater

father

luc/lun/lum/lus

light, to shine

mania

crazy

manu

hand

meter/metr

measure, pattern

mort/mor

death

voc

voice, to call

port

to carry

neg

no

neo

new

ocu

eye

omni

all

pan

all

path

emotion, feeling, suffering

pedi/ped/pod

foot or child

philia/phil/phile

love, friendship

phys

body, nature

poly

many

pseudo

false, fake

capt/cept/ceive

to take, to hold

carn/carni

meat, flesh

rupt

to break

scrib/script

to write

sect

cut

spect

to see

struct

to build, to put together

cede/ceed/cess

go, yield

domin

master

tact

touch

tele

far off

ter/terr

earth

vac

empty

ver

truth

vis/vid

see

fug

flee, run away, escape

bel/bell/belli

war