Vocabulary Classical Roots Lesson 5 and 6

Just the Roots

LITTERA

Latin root meaning "letter"

SCRIBO, SCRIBERE, SCRIPSI, SCRIPTUM

Latin root meaning "to write"

ONOMA

Greek root meaning "name"

NOMEN

Latin root meaning "name"

GRAPHEIN

Greek root meaning "scratch," "to draw," and "to write"

GRAMMA

Greek root meaning "picture," "letter," "piece of writing"

LEXIS

Greek root meaning "speech," "word," "phrase"

LOGOS

Greek root meaning "speech," "word," "reason"