Greek and Latin Roots

anthropo

human being

biblio, bibli

book

bio

life

chrom

color

chrono

time

crac, crat

rule, govern

dem

people

derm

skin

ethno

nation

gam, gamy

marriage

geo

earth

graph, gram

to write, draw, record

gymno, gymn

athletic

hydro

water

hypo

under, below

logue, logo

idea, word, speech, reason

meter, metr

measure

micro

small

mim

to copy, imitate

mono

one

nym, onym, onom

name

ortho

straight, correct

pan

all

path

feeling

phile, philo

love

phob

fear

phon

sound, voice

photo

light

polis, polit

citizen, city, state

poly

many

pseudo

false

psych

mind, soul, spirit

pyr

fire

scope

to see

soph

wise

syn, sym

together, same

techn

art, skill

tele

at a distance

theo

God

therm

heat

topo

place

ann, enn

year, yearly

aqu

water

aud

sound

bene

good, well

bi

two

cent

one hundred

circum

around

con, co, col, com

with, together, joined

contra, contro

against, opposite, different

dict

say, speak, speech

fract, frag

break

inter

among, between

ject

cast, throw

lumin

light

magn

big

mal

bad, wretched, evil

migr

wander, moving

min

less, smaller

miss, mit

send, let go

mort

death

multi

many

non

not

omni

all

pre

before

quad

four

quer, quir, ques, quis

search, seek, ask

re

again, back, backward

scrib, script

write

spect

watch, look at

struct

build, put together, arrange

sub

below

tempo

time

tain

hold

tract

pull

trans

across, beyond, through

uni

one