All Latin Roots 7th and 8th Grade

  • a- not, without, away, from

  • act- do, drive

  • able- able to be

  • acro- height, top

  • anim- spirit, life

  • acious- having the quality of

  • amphi- both, around

  • aqua- water

  • acity- the quality of

  • an- not, without

  • aud (audi)- hear

  • al- of, related to

  • ana- back, against

  • avi (avia)- bird

  • ance- state, quality, act

  • andr/o- man, male

  • brev (brevi)- short

  • aneous- having the quality of

  • ant/i- against, opposite

  • capt (cept)- take, hold

  • ant- that which

  • ab- away, from

  • carni- flesh, meat

  • ary- of, related to, belongs to

  • ac (ad)- to, toward, near

  • cede (ceed, cess)- go, yield

  • ate- to make, to act

  • bene- good, well

  • celer- fast

  • ation- an action or process

  • bi- two

  • claim (clam)- call out, shout

  • cide- kill

  • cent- hundred

  • clud (clus)- close

  • ence- state, quality, act

  • circum- around

  • cogn (cogni)- know

  • ent- like, related to

  • com(con, cor)- with, together

  • cred- believe

  • er- that which

  • contra- against, opposite

  • cumul- mass, heap

  • ferous- producing

  • counter- against, opposite

  • dict- speak

  • fy- to do, to make

  • de- away, down

  • duct- lead

  • ible- able to be

  • di- apart, away, not

  • dur- harden, to last, lasting

  • ic (id)- like, related to

  • dis- apart, opposite of

  • enni- year

  • ice- one who, that which

  • e- out, away, from

  • equ- (equi) equal, fair

  • ile- of, related to

  • en- in, into

  • fract- (frag) break

  • ine- like, related to

  • ex- out, away, from

  • gress- step

  • ion- state, quality, act

  • extro- outside of

  • herbi- grass

  • ity- state, quality, act

  • il- in, into

  • juven- young

  • ive- performing/tending towards

  • im- in, into, not

  • later- side

  • ize- to make, to act

  • in- in, into, not

  • loqu- speak

  • ment- that which

  • infra- beneath

  • lumin- light

  • ous- having the quality of

  • inter- between

  • manu- hand

  • tion- state, quality, act

  • intro- within

  • mar- sea

  • trix- feminine

  • mis- bad, wrong

  • memor/i- remember

  • ulous- having the quality of

  • ob (op)- against

  • miss (mitt)- send, let go

  • ure- process, condition

  • per- through

  • mob (mot, mov)- move

  • y- state, quality, act

  • post- after

  • nom/in- name

  • pre- before

  • nov- new

  • pro- for, before, forward

  • pos- (posit) place, put

  • re- back, again

  • pugn/a- fight

  • retro- backward

  • rupt- break, burst

  • se- apart

  • scrib- (script) write, written

  • sub- (sur-) under

  • sect- cut

  • tra- across, through

  • son- sound

  • ultra- beyond

  • spec/t- look, examine

  • uni- one

  • struct- build

  • tact- touch

  • tempor- time

  • termin/a- end, limit

  • tort- twist

  • tract- drag, draw out, pull

  • ven/t- come

  • ver/i- truth

  • vers- (vert) turn

  • vinc- conquer

  • vis- see

  • viv- live, life

  • voc/i- voice, call

  • vol (voli)- will, wish

  • vor (vour)- eat

  • a- not, without

  • agr/o- field

  • ac- related to, pertaining to

  • acro- height, top

  • andr/o- man, male

  • ad- group

  • amphi- both, around

  • anthrop- mankind, man

  • al- like, related to

  • an- not, without

  • arch- first, chief, rule

  • ant- one who, that which

  • ana- back, against

  • arthr- joint

  • asia- state, quality, act

  • ant/i- against, opposite

  • astr/o- star, heavens

  • ate- to make, to act

  • bi- two

  • auto- self

  • cide- kill

  • de- away, down, not

  • biblio- book

  • er- one who, that which

  • dia- through, across

  • bio- life

  • esis- action, process

  • en- in, into

  • bronch/o- throat, airways

  • ia- condition

  • epi- on, outside

  • caco- bad

  • ic- like, related to

  • exo- outside

  • cardi/o- heart

  • ics- related to science

  • hyper- over, above

  • centr/o- center

  • ion- state, condition, action

  • hypo- under, below

  • cephal- head, brain

  • ism- act, state, condition

  • iso- equal

  • chrom/o- color

  • ist- one who

  • pan- all

  • chron/o- time

  • itis- inflammation

  • peri- around

  • clast- break

  • ium- chemical element

  • sym- with, together

  • cosm- universe, harmony

  • oid- resembling (looks like)

  • syn- with, together

  • crac- government, rule

  • ology- study of, science

  • tri- three

  • cycl/o- circle

  • on- quality, state

  • dem/o- people

  • osis- condition

  • derm- skin

  • ous- having the quality of

  • dermat/o- skin

  • phile- love, loving

  • entom- insect

  • sis- action, process

  • eu- good, well

  • y- state, quality, act

  • gam- united, joined

  • gen/o- birth, produce, race

  • geo- earth, ground

  • gram- write, written

  • graph- write, written

  • gyn- woman, female

  • gynec/o- woman, female

  • gyno- woman, female

  • heli/o- sun

  • hemat- blood

  • homo- same

  • hydr/o- water

  • icono- image

  • ideo- idea

  • klept/o- to steal

  • lith/o- stone

  • log/o- word, reason

  • macro- large, great

  • mania- obsession, loss of reason

  • meso- middle

  • meter- measure

  • metr/o- measure

  • micro- small

  • mis/o- to hate

  • mono- one

  • morph- form

  • myri- countless

  • naut- sailor, ship

  • neo- new, recent

  • nom/o- law, order

  • onym- name, word

  • ops- eye, vision

  • opt/o- eye, vision

  • pachy- thick

  • paleo- ancient, old

  • path/o- feeling, disease

  • phil/o- love, loving

  • phob- fear

  • phon/o- sound

  • pod/o- foot

  • poly- many

  • pseud/o- FALSE

  • psych/o- mind, spirit

  • scop/e- look, view

  • somat/o- body

  • tele- from afar

  • thanas- death

  • the/o- god

  • therap- treatment

  • therm/o- heat

  • xen/o- foreign, strange

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