Greek and Latin Roots Practice Flashcards

Week 3 And 4 Greek and Latin Roots

• Root: vect

  • Meaning of Root: Carry, transport, source

  • Example Word: Convection

  • Detail & Application: The root vect designates the action of carrying, transporting, or serving as a source. In scientific contexts such as thermodynamics and fluid dynamics, "convection" refers to the transport of heat or matter through fluid movement.

• Root: -tron

  • Meaning of Root: Instrument

  • Example Word: Electron

  • Detail & Application: The suffix/root -tron signifies an instrument, tool, device, or subatomic particle involved in physical or chemical phenomena.

• Root: diver

  • Meaning of Root: Turn in different directions

  • Example Word: Biodiversity

  • Detail & Application: The root diver expresses the concept of turning aside, diverging, or branching out into multiple distinct directions or biological forms.

• Root: dom

  • Meaning of Root: Rule, master

  • Example Word: Dominate

  • Detail & Application: Derived from terms representing home, mastery, and control, dom denotes exercising power, rule, or authority over a domain, system, or group.

• Root: feder

  • Meaning of Root: Trust

  • Example Word: Federal

  • Detail & Application: The root feder represents trust, covenant, or formal agreement, forming the basis for political systems and treaties established through mutual trust and pacts.

• Root: mei

  • Meaning of Root: Small, lessening

  • Example Word: Meiosis

  • Detail & Application: The root mei refers to reduction or making smaller. In cellular biology, "meiosis" describes the process of cell division that reduces the chromosome count by half.

• Root: nomen

  • Meaning of Root: Name

  • Example Word: Nomenclature

  • Detail & Application: The root nomen relates to naming conventions and formal systems of scientific or disciplinary names and terms.

• Root: nota

  • Meaning of Root: Mark

  • Example Word: Notation

  • Detail & Application: The root nota means a mark, sign, or character used to record, denote, or symbolize specific values and ideas within symbolic or musical systems.

• Root: plasm

  • Meaning of Root: Shape

  • Example Word: Endoplasmic

  • Detail & Application: The root plasm pertains to shape, form, or molded substance, frequently utilized in biological terminology to describe cellular fluid structures.

Week 4 Greek and Latin Roots

• Root: endo-

  • Meaning of Root: Within

  • Example Word: Endorsement

  • Detail & Application: The prefix endo- indicates an internal position, inner condition, or action occurring within a structure, body, or document.

• Root: pone

  • Meaning of Root: To put forth

  • Example Word: Exponent

  • Detail & Application: The root pone means to place, set, or put forth, such as setting forth mathematical powers or presenting arguments.

• Root: spond

  • Meaning of Root: To pledge

  • Example Word: Correspondence

  • Detail & Application: The root spond signifies pledging, promising, or communicating in formal response or mutual agreement.

• Root: -ial

  • Meaning of Root: Related to, connected to, condition

  • Example Word: Binomial

  • Detail & Application: The suffix -ial forms adjectives or nouns indicating a state of being, connection, or direct relation to a base concept.

• Root: mito-

  • Meaning of Root: Thread

  • Example Word: Mitosis

  • Detail & Application: The root mito- refers to thread-like structures, particularly describing the visual appearance of chromosomes during nuclear cell division.

• Root: -osis, -sis

  • Meaning of Root: Status, process, action

  • Example Word: Mitosis

  • Detail & Application: The suffixes -osis and -sis denote a state, condition, biological or medical process, or ongoing action.

• Root: vari

  • Meaning of Root: Change

  • Example Word: Variable

  • Detail & Application: The root vari indicates changeability, variance, or conditions that are subject to alteration or diversity.

• Root: -ure

  • Meaning of Root: Result

  • Example Word: Legislature

  • Detail & Application: The suffix -ure denotes an act, function, collective body, or concrete result resulting from a specific process.