List of Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Root	Meaning	Example Word	Meaning of the Word
aqua	water	aquarium	tank for keeping water animals
aud	hear	audio	sound that is heard
auto	self	autograph	a person’s own signature
bene	good, well	benefit	something that promotes well-being
bio	life	biology	study of life
cent	hundred	century	a period of 100 years
chrono	time	chronological	arranged in time order
dict	say, speak	predict	to say what will happen
geo	earth	geography	study of Earth’s surface
graph	write	graphic	involving writing or drawing
ject	throw	eject	throw out
jur	law	jury	people who decide a legal case
log	word, study	dialogue	conversation between people
luc	light	translucent	letting light pass through
man	hand	manual	done by hand
meter	measure	thermometer	tool to measure temperature
micro	small	microscope	tool for viewing tiny things
mis	wrong	mistake	something done incorrectly
multi	many	multicultural	including many cultures
ped	foot	pedestrian	person walking on foot
phon	sound	telephone	device for sending sound
photo	light	photograph	picture made with light
port	carry	transport	carry from one place to another
rupt	break	erupt	break out suddenly
scope	see	telescope	tool for seeing distant objects
scrib/script	write	manuscript	handwritten document
spect	look	inspect	look at carefully
struct	build	construct	to build something
tele	far	television	device for viewing from far away
therm	heat	thermostat	controls heat
vid/vis	see	vision	ability to see
voc	voice, call	vocal	relating to the voice
aqua	water	aqueduct	structure that carries water
astro	star	astronaut	person who travels to space
cent	hundred	percent	one part out of 100
cred	believe	credible	believable
dem	people	democracy	government by the people
duct	lead	conduct	lead or guide
equ	equal	equation	making things equal
fac	make, do	factory	place where things are made
form	shape	transform	change shape
fract	break	fracture	break or crack
gen	birth, kind	generate	to create
hydr	water	dehydrate	remove water
liber	free	liberty	freedom
mal	bad	malfunction	failure to work properly
mater	mother	maternal	relating to a mother
min	small	minimum	the least amount
mort	death	mortal	subject to death
nav	ship	navigate	steer a ship or travel
pater	father	paternal	related to a father
port	carry	portable	easy to carry
quer/quis	ask, seek	inquire	ask questions
rupt	break	interrupt	break into a conversation
sect	cut	dissect	cut apart
sens/sent	feel	sensation	physical feeling
sign	mark	signature	your name written by you
spec	look	spectator	someone who watches
struct	build	structure	something built
terr	land	territory	land controlled by someone
urb	city	urban	relating to a city
vac	empty	vacuum	space with nothing in it
ven/vent	come	invent	to come up with something new
ver	truth	verify	to prove something is true
vid	see	video	moving images you can see
vis	see	invisible	cannot be seen
voc	voice, call	advocate	speak for someone
zoo	animal	zoology	study of animals
act	do	action	something that is done
ann/enn	year	annual	once every year
bell	war	rebellion	fight against authority
brev	short	abbreviation	short form of a word
chron	time	synchronize	happen at the same time
civ	citizen	civil	relating to citizens
clam/claim	shout	exclaim	shout out
clud/clus	shut	exclude	keep out
cor	heart	courage	bravery from the heart
dom	home, rule	domestic	relating to the home
fid	faith	confident	full of trust
flam	fire	inflame	to set on fire
grad	step, go	graduate	move up to the next level
habit	have, hold	inhabit	to live in
host	enemy	hostile	unfriendly
leg	law	legal	relating to law
mem	remember	memory	ability to remember
mit/miss	send	transmit	to send across
mob/mov/mot	move	mobile	able to move
nat	born	native	born in a place
omni	all	omnivore	eats all kinds of food
opt	eye	optical	related to vision
path	feeling, disease	sympathy	sharing someone’s feelings
pel/puls	drive, push	repel	push away
pop	people	population	number of people
rect	straight	direct	straight path
sci	know	science	knowledge gained by study
sol	sun	solar	from the sun
ten	hold	contain	to hold inside
tract	pull, drag	tractor	machine that pulls things
trib	give	contribute	give to a group
vac	empty	evacuate	to empty out
vit/viv	life	survive	to stay alive

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