Latin and Greek Roots

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering common Latin and Greek roots, their meanings, origins, and example words.

narr-

A Latin root meaning "tell". Examples: narrate, narrative, narrator.

scrib-/script-

A Latin root meaning "write". Examples: inscribe, manuscript, prescribe, description.

mem-

A Latin root meaning "remember". Examples: memoir, memorial, commemorate.

bio-

A Greek root meaning "life". Examples: biography, biology, symbiosis.

graph-

A Greek root meaning "write/draw". Examples: paragraph, autograph, demographic.

liter-

A Latin root meaning "letter". Examples: literacy, literal, literature, obliterate.

auto-

A Greek root meaning "self". Examples: autobiography, autonomy, autocratic.

mort-

A Latin root meaning "death". Examples: mortal, immortal, morbid, mortality.

vit-/viv-

A Latin root meaning "life/live". Examples: vital, vivid, revive, convivial.

chron-

A Greek root meaning "time". Examples: chronological, anachronism, synchronize.

dict-

A Latin root meaning "say/speak". Examples: diction, dictate, contradict, edict.

voc-/voke

A Latin root meaning "voice/call". Examples: vocal, invoke, provocative, vocation.

aud-

A Latin root meaning "hear". Examples: audience, audible, auditory, inaudible.

loqu-/locut-

A Latin root meaning "speak". Examples: eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, elocution.

log-

A Greek root meaning "word/reason". Examples: logic, monologue, prologue, epilogue.

sens-/sent-

A Latin root meaning "feel". Examples: sensitive, sentiment, dissent, consensus.

path-

A Greek root meaning "feeling/suffer". Examples: pathos, empathy, apathy, antipathy.

man-/manu-

A Latin root meaning "hand". Examples: manual, manuscript, manipulate, mandate.

phil-

A Greek root meaning "love". Examples: philosophy, philanthropist, bibliophile.

terr-

A Latin root meaning "earth/land". Examples: terrestrial, subterranean, territory.