List of words with Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin root

Root	Origin	Meaning of Root	Example Word	Meaning of Word
aqua	Latin	water	aquarium	a tank for keeping water animals or plants
aud	Latin	hear	audible	able to be heard
bene	Latin	good, well	benefit	an advantage or profit
bio	Greek	life	biology	the study of life
cent	Latin	hundred	century	a period of 100 years
chrono	Greek	time	chronological	arranged in order of time
dict	Latin	say, speak	predict	to say what will happen
geo	Greek	earth	geography	the study of the Earth
graph	Greek	write	autograph	a person’s own handwritten signature
ject	Latin	throw	eject	to throw out
log/logue	Greek	word, study	dialogue	a conversation between two people
mal	Latin	bad	malnutrition	bad or poor nutrition
man	Latin	hand	manual	done by hand
mater	Latin	mother	maternal	related to motherhood
mit/miss	Latin	send	transmit	to send across or through
mort	Latin	death	mortal	subject to death
multi	Latin	many	multimedia	many media forms
ped	Latin	foot	pedestrian	a person who walks
phon	Greek	sound	telephone	a device for transmitting sound
photo	Greek	light	photograph	a picture made with light
port	Latin	carry	transport	to carry from one place to another
rupt	Latin	break	interrupt	to break in between
scrib/script	Latin	write	describe	to write about something
sect	Latin	cut	dissect	to cut apart for study
spect	Latin	look	inspect	to look at carefully
struct	Latin	build	construct	to build
tele	Greek	far	television	seeing things from far away
terra	Latin	earth	terrain	the physical features of land
vid/vis	Latin	see	vision	the ability to see
voc	Latin	voice, call	vocal	related to the voice
therm	Greek	heat	thermometer	measures temperature
auto	Greek	self	autograph	a person’s own signature
astro	Greek	star	astronaut	a person who travels in space
civ	Latin	citizen	civic	relating to a city or citizens
cred	Latin	believe	incredible	hard to believe
dent	Latin	tooth	dentist	a tooth doctor
derm	Greek	skin	dermatologist	a skin doctor
equ	Latin	equal	equality	being equal
fac	Latin	make, do	factory	a place where things are made
fer	Latin	carry	transfer	to carry across
fin	Latin	end	final	the end
flex/flect	Latin	bend	flexible	able to bend
fract	Latin	break	fracture	a break in bone
homo	Greek	same	homonym	words that sound alike but have different meanings
jur	Latin	law	jury	a group who gives a verdict in law
luna	Latin	moon	lunar	related to the moon
mar	Latin	sea	marine	related to the sea
mem	Latin	remember	memory	the ability to remember
micro	Greek	small	microscope	a device for seeing small things
min	Latin	small	minimum	the smallest amount
mob/mot	Latin	move	mobile	able to move
nav	Latin	ship	navigate	to steer a ship
numer	Latin	number	numeral	a number symbol
ology	Greek	study of	zoology	study of animals
opt	Greek	eye, vision	optician	a person who makes eyeglasses
path	Greek	feeling, disease	empathy	the ability to feel what another feels
pel/puls	Latin	drive, push	repel	to push away
phil	Greek	love	philosophy	love of wisdom
photo	Greek	light	photosynthesis	using light to make food
psych	Greek	mind	psychology	study of the mind
scope	Greek	see	microscope	a tool to see small things
sens/sent	Latin	feel	sensitive	easily affected by feelings
sign	Latin	mark	signature	a person’s mark or name
sol	Latin	sun	solar	related to the sun
struct	Latin	build	structure	the way something is built
temp	Latin	time	temporary	lasting for a short time
test	Latin	witness	testify	to give evidence
vac	Latin	empty	vacuum	a space that is empty of matter
ver	Latin	truth	verify	to prove true
vis/vid	Latin	see	video	a recording you can see
voc	Latin	call	revoke	to call back
zoo	Greek	animal	zoology	study of animals
arch	Greek	chief, ruler	monarch	a sole ruler like a king
biblio	Greek	book	bibliography	list of books or sources
cap	Latin	head	capital	the head city or state
cardi	Greek	heart	cardiology	study of the heart
centri	Latin	center	egocentric	centered on oneself
cracy	Greek	rule	democracy	rule by the people
cycle	Greek	circle	bicycle	a vehicle with two wheels
dent	Latin	tooth	dental	related to teeth
dorm	Latin	sleep	dormant	inactive, sleeping
dyna	Greek	power	dynamic	full of power and energy
ego	Latin	self	egotist	a person who is self-centered
fid	Latin	faith, trust	confident	full of trust
form	Latin	shape	transform	to change shape
gen	Latin	birth, race	generate	to produce or bring into being
hydr	Greek	water	dehydrate	to remove water
jus/jud	Latin	law, judge	justice	fairness, law
lab	Latin	work	collaborate	to work together
leg	Latin	law	legal	related to law
lit	Latin	letter	literature	written works
luc/lum	Latin	light	illuminate	to light up
manu	Latin	hand	manufacture	to make by hand or machine
nav/naut	Latin/Greek	ship, sailing	nautical	related to sailing
omni	Latin	all	omnivore	eats all types of food
ped/pod	Latin/Greek	foot	tripod	a stand with three feet
phobia	Greek	fear	claustrophobia	fear of enclosed spaces
sci	Latin	know	science	knowledge based on facts
son	Latin	sound	sonar	sound waves used to detect objects
spir	Latin	breathe	inspire	to breathe in or motivate
tang/tact	Latin	touch	contact	touch or connection
trib	Latin	give	contribute	to give or add something
urb	Latin	city	urban	related to a city

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