Greek and Latin Root Words

anthrop

human; people

astr / astro

star; celestial body

bibli / biblio

book

bio

life

chron

time

cracy / crat

rule; government; power

dem / demo

people; population

derm

skin

geo

earth; land

graph / gram

write; record; represent

log / logy

word; study; reason

metr / meter

measure

micro

small

morph

form; shape

path

feeling; suffering; disease

phon

sound; voice

photo

light

psych

mind; mental processes

scope

look; observe; examine

tele

far; distant

therm

heat

aud

hear

bene

good; well

capt / cept

take; seize

ced / cess

go; yield

cred

believe; trust

dict

say; speak

duc / duct

lead; guide

fac / fact / fect

make; do

ject

throw; cast

jur / jus

law; right; swear

manu

hand

mit / miss

send; let go

mot / mov

move

ped

foot

pend / pens

hang; weigh

port

carry

rupt

break; burst

scrib / script

write

spect / spec

look; see

struct

build; arrange

terr

earth; land

tract

pull; draw

vid / vis

see

voc / vok

call; voice