AP Lit roots combined


credo, credere, credidi, creditum (L)—to believe
ad/ac (L)—to, toward
deus (L)—god
facio, facere, feci, factum (L)—to make, to act
divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum (L)—to foretell
theos (G)—god
apo (G)—away from
cracy/kratos (G)—power
logos (G)—word, study
a (G)—not, without
pan (G)—all

sacer (L)—sacred
ex (L)—from, out of
legere (L)—to gather, to steal
sanct/sanctus (L)—holy
hieros (G)—holy, sacred, supernatural
archos/arkos (G)—ruler
glyph (G)—to carve
pio, piare, piavi, piatum (L)—to appease, to purify
in/im/ig (L)—not

dokein (G)—to appear, to seem, to think
doxa (G)—opinion, judgment
hetero (G)—other, another, different
gignoskein (G)—to know
physio/phusis (G)—nature
gnomon (G)—one who knows
pro (G)—before, for
krinein (G)—to separate, to decide, to judge
hupo/hypo (G)—below, beneath
mnemonikos (G)—mindful
phren, phrenos (G)—heart, mind, midriff
schizo (G)—to split
ratio (L)—reason
reor, reori, ratum (L)—to calculate, to think

sapio, sapere (L)—to taste, to perceive, to be sensible or wise
nosco, noscere, novi, notum (L)—to get to know, to get acquainted with
cum/con/com (L)—with, together
puto, putare, putavi, putatum (L)—to settle, to reckon, to consider
re (L)—back, again

sagio, sagire (L)—to perceive acutely or keenly with the senses or mind
pre (L)—before
scio, scire, scivi, scitum (L)—to know, to understand
plebs (L)—common people

littera (L)—letter
ob (L)—off, against
circum (L)—around
scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum (L)—to write
sub (L)—under
trans (L)—across
onoma (G)—name
akros (G)—topmost, extreme
poiein (G)—to make
pseud (G)—to lie
nomen (L)—name
clare (L)—to call

graphein (G)—to scratch, to draw, to write
gramma (G)—picture, letter, piece of writing
epi (G)—on
khoreia/choreia (G)—a dance
lithos (G)—stone
topos (G)—a place
lexis (G)—speech, word, reason
ana (G)—up
eu (G)—good

fateor, fari, fassum (L)—to speak, to confess, to admit
dico, dicere, dixi, dictum (L)—to say, to tell
inter (L)—between
juris/jus (L)—law
malus (L)—bad, evil
bene (L)—good
vale (L)—farewell
glossa, glotta (G)—tongue, language
poly (G)—many

clamo, clamare, clamari, clamatum (L)—to cry out, to shout
de (L)—away from
forum (L)—forum, place out of doors
lingua (L)—speech, language, tongue
loquor, loqui, locutum (L)—to speak
circum (L)—around
verbum (L)—word


gaia (G)—the earth
centric, kentrikos (G)—center
peri (G)—around
terra (L)—earth, land, ground
in (L)—in
cotta—cooked
humus (L)—earth
mons, montis (L)—mountain
para (G)—beyond
pasco, pascere, pavi, pastum (L)—to feed (esp. cattle), to nourish
pastor (L)—shepherd
rus, ruris (L)—open land, country

anima (L)—wind, air
animus (L)—mind, spirit, soul
aequus (L)—equal
pusillus (L)—very little
aether (L)—upper air, clear sky
aither (L)—air
phainein (G)—to show, to appear
dia (G)—through
spiritus (L)—breath
spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratum (L)—to blow gently
dis (L)—apart
huper/hyper (G)—over, above
boreios (G)—northern
ventus (L)—wind

fervo, fervere, fervi (L)—to be boiling hot
flagro, flagare, flagravi, flagratum (L)—to glow, to burn, to blaze
flamma (L)—flame
incendo, incendere, incendi, incensum (L)—to set on fire
kaiein (G)—to burn
caustos (G)—burning
pur/pyr (G)—fire
techne (G)—a working with hands, a craft
mania (G)—excessive desire for something
scintilla (L)—spark
sol (L)—sun

fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluctum (L)—to flow
hudor/hydro (G)—water
mar/maris (L)—sea
marinus (L)—marine

cor/corvus (L)—raven
naus (G)—ship
navis (L)—ship
nautes (G)—sailor
nauta (L)—sailor
pons, pontis (L)—bridge
unda (L)—wave

ordo, ordinis (L)—order, series, row, line
stellein (G)—to put, to place
rego, regere, rexi, rectum (L)—to guide, to govern
stella (L)—star
aster (G/L)—star
kosmos/cosmos (G)—universe
polis (G)—city

muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum (L)—to change
per (L)—through
temeritas (L)—rashness, thoughtlessness
turbo, turbare, turbavi, turbatum (L)—to disturb, to throw into disorder
spargo, spargere, sparsi, sparsum (L)—to scatter, to cast, to sprinkle
tempero, temperare, temperavi, temperatum (L)—to combine in proportion
ultimo, ultimare (L)—to come to the end, to be last
ultra (L)—beyond
pen/paena (L)—almost

tempus, temporis (L)—time
khronos/cronos (G)—time
sun/syn (G)—same
annus (L)—year
bi (L)—two
mille (L)—thousand
super (L)—above
dies (L)—day
meri/medius (L)—mid, middle
nox, noctis (L)—night
equi (L)—equal

novus (L)—new
neos (G)—new senex, senis (L)—old, an elder
classicus (L)—of the first rank senesco, senescere, senui (L)—to grow old
phutos/phytos (G)—grown
duro, durare, duravi, duratum (L)—to make hard, to endure
memoria (L)—remembrance, memory
moror, morari, moratum (L)—to delay, to loiter, to tarry