latin roots

aster, astr

star

aud, aus

hear, listen

aug, auc

increase

auto, aut

self

belli

war

acer, acid, acri

bitter, sour sharp

acu

sharp

ag, agi, act

do, move, go

ali, allo, alter

other

alt

high, deep

am, amor

love, liking

anni, annu, enni

year

anthrop

man

anti(co)

old

arch

chief, first, rule

bibl

book

bio

life

brev

short

cad, cos

to fall

calor

heat

cap, cip, cept

take

capital, capt

head

carn

flesh

causes, caut

burn, heat

cause, use, cus

cause/motive

ced, ceed, cede, cess

move, yield, go, surrender

centri

center

chrom

color

cit

call, start

civ

citizen

clam, claim

cry out

cide, cese

cut down, kill

cord, cor, cardi

heart

corp

body

cosm

universe, world

derm

skin

dict

say, speak

doc

teach

domin

master

don

give

cur, curs

run

cycle, cyclo

wheel, circular

deca

ten

dem

people

dent, dont

tooth

dorm

sleep

dox

opinion or praise

drome

run or step

duc, duct

lead

dura

hard, lasting

dynam

power

endo

within

equi

equal

erg

work

fac, fact, fic, fect

do/make

fix

attack

flex or flect

bend

flu, flue, fluv

flowing

form

form/shape

fort, for

strong

germ

vital, part

gest

carry, bear

gloss, glot

tongue

glue, glo

lump, bond, glue

grad, gres

step, go

\

fract, frag

break

gam

marriage

gastro

stomach

gen

birth, race, produce

geo

earth

graphy/gram

write/written

grat

pleasing

grav

heavy, weighty

greg

herd, group, crowd

helio

sun

hema/hemo

blood

here, hes

stick

hum, human

earth/ground/moon

hydra, hydra, hyndro

waters

hypn

sleep

ject

throw

junct

join

juven

young

levi

light

liber, liver

free

liter

letter

loc/loco

place

lum/lun

light

magn

great

man

hand

mega

great or million

mem

remember

meter

measure

micro

small

morph

form

multi

many/much

neur

nerve

nom

law/order

nov

new

omni

all/every