Root words

bene

good

mal

bad

dict

say, speak

scrib, script

write

spect

look, see

vid, vis

see

aud

hear

phon

sound

voc

call, voice

port

carry

fer

carry, bear

ject

throw

tract

pull, draw

duc, duct

lead

fac, fact, fic, fect

make, do

gen

birth, origin, kind

mort

death

viv, vit

life

cred

believe, trust

fid

faith, trust

cogn

know

log, logue

word, speech, study

graph

write, record

chron

time

temp

time

geo

earth

terr

earth, land

aqu

water

hydr

water

bio

life

psych

mind

anthrop

human

dem, demo

people

crat, cracy

rule, government

arch

rule, chief

jur, jus

law, right

reg

rule

equ

equal

hetero

different

homo

same

mono

one

poly

many

micro

small

macro

large

hyper

over, excessive

hypo

under, below

auto

self

pseudo

false

anti

against

pro

for, forward

syn, sym

together, with

trans

across, beyond

ex, e

out, away

in

in, into

sub

under, below

inter

between

pre

before

post

after

re

again, back

de

down, away, completely

con, com

together, with

contra

against

circum

around

ac, acr

sharp

act, ag

do, drive

ad

toward

aer

air

alb

white

ali

other

alter

other

am

love

ambi

both, around

anim

life, mind, spirit

ann, enn

year

apt

fit, suitable

arche

beginning, origin

ard

burn, heat

art

skill

aster, astr

star

aug

increase

avi

bird

belli

war

bibli

book

brev

short

cad, cas, cid

fall

cap, capt, cept

take, seize

carn

flesh

cede, ceed, cess

go, yield

celer

swift

cent

hundred

centr

center

cide

kill

circ

around

cit

call

civ

citizen, city

clam, claim

shout, cry out

clar

clear

clud, claus, clos

close, shut

comm

together

cord

heart