Greek and Latin roots .docx

ab- , abs

Meaning: 'away' (Examples: abnormal, absent, abstract)

acro-

Meaning: 'tip, height' (Example: acrophobia)

aer- , aero-

Meaning: 'air, atmosphere' (Example: aeroplane)

ambi-

Meaning: 'both' (Example: ambiguous)

amphi-

Meaning: 'both' (Example: amphibian)

anima-

Meaning: 'living, life, breath' (Example: animal)

ann- , -enn-

Meaning: 'yearly' (Example: anniversary)

anthropo-

Meaning: 'human' (Example: anthropology)

aqu-

Meaning: 'water' (Example: aquatic)

archaeo- , archeo-

Meaning: 'ancient' (Example: archaeology)

astr- , astro-

Meaning: 'star' (Example: astronaut)

athl-

Meaning: 'prize, contest' (Example: athlete)

aud- , audi-

Meaning: 'hearing' (Example: audio)

aug- , auct-

Meaning: 'increase' (Examples: augment, auction)

avi-

Meaning: 'bird' (Example: aviation)

ben-

Meaning: 'good, well' (Example: benefit)

bio-

Meaning: 'life' (Example: biology)

bon-

Meaning: 'good' (Example: bonus)

botan-

Meaning: 'plant' (Example: botany)

caco-

Meaning: 'bad' (Example: cacophony)

calli-

Meaning: 'beautiful' (Example: calligraphy)

calor-

Meaning: 'heat' (Example: calorie)

cap- , capt- , -cip- , -cept-

Meaning: 'hold, take' (Examples: capture, recipient)

capit-

Meaning: 'head' (Example: capital)

_ceive

Meaning: 'receive' (Examples: receive, perceive)

_cide

Meaning: 'cut, kill' (Example: herbicide)

cine-

Meaning: 'motion' (Example: cinema)

cogn-

Meaning: 'know' (Example: cognitive)

con- , co-, col-, com- , cor-

Meaning: 'with, together' (Example: connect)

cre-

Meaning: 'make' (Example: create)

cred-

Meaning: 'believe, trust' (Example: credit)

culin-

Meaning: 'kitchen' (Example: culinary)

de-

Meaning: 'from, away from, removing, down' (Example: decapitate)

dem-

Meaning: 'people' (Example: demographic)

dent-

Meaning: 'tooth' (Example: dentist)

derm-

Meaning: 'skin' (Example: dermatology)

dict-

Meaning: 'say, speak' (Example: dictionary)

digit-

Meaning: 'finger' (Example: digital)

dino-

Meaning: 'terrible, fearfully great' (Example: dinosaur)

doc- , doct-

Meaning: 'teach' (Example: doctor)

dorm-

Meaning: 'sleep' (Example: dormitory)

duc- , duct-

Meaning: 'lead' (Examples: introduce, conduct)

dyn/dynam-

Meaning: 'power' (Example: dynamic)

eco-

Meaning: 'house' (Example: ecology)

ed-

Meaning: 'eat' (Example: edible)

ethn-

Meaning: 'people, race, tribe, nation' (Example: ethnic)

fact-

Meaning: 'make' (Examples: factory, manufacture)

fend- , fens-

Meaning: 'strike' (Example: defend)

-fer

Meaning: 'carry' (Example: transfer)

foss-

Meaning: 'dig' (Example: fossil)

foli-

Meaning: 'leaf' (Example: foliage)

fract- , frag-

Meaning: 'break' (Example: fracture)

galac-

Meaning: 'milk' (Example: galaxy)

geo-

Meaning: 'earth' (Example: geography)

gen-

Meaning: 'race, kind, birth' (Example: genocide)

glaci-

Meaning: 'ice' (Example: glacier)

gramm-

Meaning: 'writing' (Example: grammar)

graph-

Meaning: 'draw, write' (Example: calligraphy)

grav-

Meaning: 'heavy' (Example: gravity)

hemi-

Meaning: 'half' (Example: hemisphere)

hered-

Meaning: 'heir' (Example: hereditary)

hetero-

Meaning: 'different, other' (Example: heterosexual)

homo-

Meaning: 'same' (Example: homophobia)

hydr(o)-

Meaning: 'water' (Example: dehydration)

hyper-

Meaning: 'above, over' (Example: hyperactive)

hypo-

Meaning: 'under' (Example: hyponym)

infra-

Meaning: 'below, under' (Example: infrastructure)

intra-

Meaning: 'within' (Example: intranet)

_ject

Meaning: 'cast, throw' (Example: inject)

juven-

Meaning: 'young, youth' (Example: juvenile)

kine-

Meaning: 'movement, motion' (Example: kinetics)

labi-

Meaning: 'lip' (Example: labial)

leg-

Meaning: 'law' (Example: legal)

libr-

Meaning: 'book' (Example: library)

lingu-

Meaning: 'language, tongue' (Example: bilingual)

lith(o)-

Meaning: 'stone' (Example: lithology)

lumin-

Meaning: 'light' (Example: illuminate)

macro-

Meaning: 'long' (Example: macroeconomics)

mal-

Meaning: 'bad, wretched' (Example: malfunction)

mamma-

Meaning: 'breast' (Example: mammal)

manu

Meaning: 'hand' (Example: manuscript)

mar-

Meaning: 'sea' (Example: marine)

micro-

Meaning: 'small' (Example: microeconomics)

mill-

Meaning: 'thousand' (Example: millennium)

morph-

Meaning: 'form, shape' (Example: morpheme)

mort-

Meaning: 'death' (Example: mortality)

myth-

Meaning: 'story' (Example: mythology)

_naut

Meaning: 'ship' (Example: astronaut)

neo-

Meaning: 'new' (Example: neologism)

noct-

Meaning: 'night' (Example: nocturnal)

nov-

Meaning: 'nine' (Example: innovate)

nutri-

Meaning: 'nourish' (Example: nutrient)

omni-

Meaning: 'all' (Example: omniscient)

_nym

Meaning: 'name' (Example: acronym)

ornith-

Meaning: 'bird' (Example: ornithology)

paed-

Meaning: 'a child or children' (Examples: paedophile, paediatric)

pan-

Meaning: 'all' (Example: pandemic)

_pand

Meaning: 'spread, get larger' (Example: expand)

path-

Meaning: 'disease; feeling' (Examples: pathology, psychopath)

pati- , pass-

Meaning: 'to suffer or endure' (Examples: patient, passive)