IB Master Root/Stem Word List (1-20)

Root/Stem List #3

Word Meaning Example Words Origin

3-1 homo (same) homogenize, homonym, homophone, homologous, homozygous Greek

3-2 spec (look) spectacles, spector, speck, specious, spectrum, respect, inspect, prospectus Latin

3-3 duct (lead) conduct, ductile, induct, product, reduction, deduction, reproduction Latin

3-4 fer (carry) transfer, infer, refer, defer, ferry, confer, Lucifer, aquifer, auriferous Latin

3-5 pend (hang) pending, pendulum, pendant, impending, depend, pendulous, suspend Latin

3-6 micro (small) micron, microscope, microwave, microphone, microcosm, microbiotic Latin

3-7 hydro (water) hydroplane, hydroponics, dehydrate, hydrant, hydrogen, hydrophobia Greek

3-8 photo (light) photograph, photometer, photon, photogenic, photosynthesis Greek

3-9 pan (all) panorama, panoply, pandemic, pantheism, pantheon, panamerican Greek

3-10 penta (five) pentagram, pentagon, pentameter, pentathlon, pentarchy, pentahedron Greek

3-11 tele (far) telescope, telephone, telekinesis, telepathy, teleology, telesthesia, telex Greek

3-12 vid (look) video, invidious, Montevideo, evidence, provide, videogenic, vide, videlicet Latin

3-13 omni (all) omnifarious, omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient, omnibus, omnipresent Latin

3-14 ex (out) exit, except, excise, exculpate, excommunicate, exorbitant, eccentric Latin

3-15 poly (many) polyphony, polygyny, polygamy, allopolyploidy, polyvalent

Greek

3-16 re (again) return, review, retouch, reiterate, retail, revive, regenerate, regurgitate Latin

3-17 hyp (under) hypodermic, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothermia, hypothesis Greek

3-18 pseudo (false) pseudonym, pseudopod, pseudomorphic, pseudoscience, pseudopregnancy Greek

3-19 neuro (nerve) neuron, neurosurgeon, neurosis, neurology, neuralgia, neurotomy Greek

3-20 tomy (cut) tonsillectomy, appendectomy, neurotomy, dichotomy, anatomy, lobotomy Greek

3-21 hema (blood) hematic, hematite, hematology, hematoma, hemal, hematogenesis Greek

3-22 proto (first) protoplasm, prototype, Protozoa, proton, protohuman, protomorphic Greek

3-23 phon (sound) symphony, telephone, phonetic, phonograph, euphony, cacophony Greek

3-24 mono (one) monotonous, monomanis, monocular, monogamous, monolithic, monotone Greek

3-25 viv (life) vivid, vivisection, vivacious, convivial, bon vivant, viva, viviparous, revive Greek