English - Latin/Greek Root Words

ambi-

both

ann-

-enn-, year

aqu-

water

aud-

hear

anthrop-

human

-arch-

ruler, chief

-cardi-

heart

circ-

circum-, around

clam-

shout

clud-

clus-, shut, close

contra-

against

corp-

corpor-, body

-cracy

-crat, rule, government, power

cred-

believe

cycl-

circle, wheel

de-

down, away from

dec-

ten

dem-

people

dic-

dict-, say, speak

dys-

bad, difficult, faulty

fall-

fals-, deceive

equ-

equal

geo-

earth

hyper-

over, above, excessive

neo-

new

-graph

write

-logy

study of

-meter

measure

-phobe

-phobia, fear of

-phone

sound, voice

extra-

beyond

for-

fore-, before

gen-

birth, race, origin

in-

im-, il-, ir-, not

inter-

between, among

patr-

father

mis-

wrong, badly

mono-

one

gastro-

stomach

sub-

under

-ism

belief in, practice of

-ist

one who practices or believes

magn-

great

mal-

bad

matr-

mother