ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
a-; an- not; without;
lacking; deficient
ab- away from; out
from
-able capable of
ac- to; toward
-aceous of or
pertaining to
acou-; acous- hear
ad- to; toward
aden- gland
adip- fat
aero- air
ag-to do
agog-leader
agri- field; soil
-al having the
character of
alb- white
alg-; -algia pain
alt-,alto- high
amat-love
ambi- both
ambul-walk
ameb- change;
alternation
amni- fetal
membrane
amphi-; amphoboth
amyl- starch
ana- up; back;
again
andro- man;
masculine
anemo- wind
anim-mind
ang- choke; feel
pain
angi- blood vessel;
duct
ann-year
ante- before; ahead
of time
anter- front
antho- flower
anti- against;
opposite
anthropo- man;
human
-ap-; -aph- touch
apo-; ap- away
from
aqua- water
archaeo- primitive;
ancient
-archy-government
-ard-always
-ary; -arium a
place for something
arteri- artery
arthr- joint;
articulation
-ase forms names
of enzymes
aster-; astr- star
-ate verb form – to
make
ather- fatty deposit
-ation noun form the act of...
atmo, atom- vapor
audi- hear
aur- ear
austro-south
auto- self
bacter-; bactrbacterium; stick;
club
barb- beard
baro- pressure
bas-low
bath- depth; height
bell-war
bene- well; good
bi- (Latin) two;
twice
bi-; bio- (Greek)
life; living
biblio-book
bio-life
-blast- sprout;
germ; bud
Bon-good
brachio- arm
brachy- short
brady- slow
branchio- fin
brev- short
bronch- windpipe
caco- bad
cad-fall
calli-beautiful
calor- heat
cant-sing
cap-take
capill- hair
capit- head
carcin- cancer
cardio- heart
carn- meat; flesh
carp- fruit
carpal- wrist
cata- breakdown;
downward
caud- tail
Caust-burn
Cede-go
cen-; -cene now;
recent
cent-100
cente- pierce
centri- center
cephal- head
cerat- horn
cerebr- brain
cervic- neck
chel- claw
chir- hand
chlor- green
chondr- cartilage
chrom-; -chrome
color
chron- time
-chym- juice
-cid-; kill
-cis- cut;
circa-; circumaround; about
cirru- hairlike curls
clam-cry out
cle-small
clud-close
co- together
cocc- seed; berry
coel- hollow
cogn-know
coll- glue
com-together
con-together
coni- cone
contra- against
cor-heart
coron-crown
corp- body
cort-; cortic- outer
layer
cosmo- world
cotyl- cup
counter- against
cracy-government
crani- skull
cred-believe
cresc-; cret- begin
to grow
crypt- hidden;
covered
-cul-; -cule small
Culp-blame
cumul- heaped
cur-care for
curr, curs-run
cuti- skin
cyan- blue
-cycle; cycl- circle
-cyst- sac; pouch;
bladder
cyt-; -cyte cell
dactyl- finger
de- away from;
down
deca- ten
deci- tenth
deliquesc- become
fluid
demi- half
demo-people
dendr- tree
dent- tooth
derm- skin
di-; dipl- two;
double
dia- across; apart
dicho-in two parts
dict-say
dign-worthy
digit- finger; toe
din- terrible
diplo-double
dis- away
dom-rule
dorm- sleep
dors- back
dox-opinion
du-; duo- two
-duct lead
dynam- power
dys- bad
ec- out of; away
from
echin- spiny; prickly
eco- house
ecto- outside of
ef-out
ego-I
-elle; -ella small
-emia blood
en-; ent- in; into;
ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
endo within
-en made of
encephal- brain
enter- intestine; gut
entom- insects
-eous nature of; like
epi- on
equi-equal
erg-work
-err- wander; go
astray
erythro- red
-escent becoming
eso- inward; within;
inner
ethno-race or
culture
eu- well; good; true;
normal
eury- widen
ex- out of; away
from
extra- beyond;
outside
-fer- bear; carry;
produce
ferro- iron
fibr- fiber; thread
fic-make
-fid; fiss- split;
divided into
Fil-thread
Fin-end
Fiss-split
-flect; -flex bend
flor- flower
flu-; fluct- flux; flow
foli- leaf
fore-front
form-shape
fort-strong
fract- break
frat-brother
fug-flee
fus-pour
fy-make
-gam- marriage
gastr- stomach
gen-origin
geo- land; earth
-gen; -gine
producer; former
-gene- origin; birth
Gere-carry
Germ-related
-gest- carry;
produce; bear
-glen- eyeball
-glob- ball; round
gloss- tongue
glott-tongue
gluc-; glyc- sweet;
sugar
glut- buttock
gnath- jaw
gno-know
-gon angle; corner
-grad- step
-gram; graph
record; writing
Grat-pleasing
grav- heavy
greg-group
gress-step
-gross- thick
gymno- naked;
bare
gyn- female
gyr- turn
-hal-; -hale
breathe; breath
halo- salt
hapl- simple
hecto- hundred
hedron-sided
object
helio-sun
-helminth- worm
hem- blood
hemi- half
hepar-; hepat- liver
herb- grass; plants
here-stick
hetero- different;
other
hex- six
hibern- winter
hidr- sweat
hipp- horse
hist- tissue
holo- entire; whole
homo- man; human
homo- same; alike
hort- garden
hum-earth
hydr- water
hygr- moist; wet
hymenomembrane; skin
hyper- over
hyph- weaving;
web
hypno- sleep
hypo- under
hyster- womb;
uterus
-iac afflicted with
disease
-iasis disease;
ichthy- fish
-ician-specialist
-ics-relating to
Ideo-idea
Idio-peculiar
ign- fire
in-; il-; im-; ir- not
in- very; thoroughly
-ine of or pertaining
to
infra- below;
beneath
inter- between
intra- within; inside
-ism doctrine
Intro-into
Ish-like
iso- equal; same
-ist one who
-itis inflammation;
disease
-ium an element
Ize-make
-ject-throw
Junct-join
Jur-swear
Jus-law
-kary- nut; cell
nucleus
kel- tumor; swelling
kerat- horn
kilo- thousand
kine- move
labor-work
lachry- tear
lact- milk
lat- side
leg-read
leio- smooth
-less without
Lent-full of
Lepsy-attack
Let-little
leuc-; leuk- white;
liber-free
lign- wood
lin- line
lingu- tongue
lip- fat
lite-mineral or fossil
liter-letter
lith-; -rock
loc- place
-log- word; speech
-logist one who
studies...
-logy study of...
Luc-light
lumin- light
luna-moon
-lys-; -lyt-; -lyst
decompose; split;
dissolve
macr- large
magn-great
mal-bad
malac- soft
malle- hammer
mamm- breast
man-hand
mar-sea
marg- border; edge
mast- breast
mater, matrimother
med- middle
meg- great
mela-; melanblack;
mem-remember
mens-measure
-mer part
mes- middle; half;
meta- change
-meter; -metry
measurement
micro- small
migr-wander
milli- thousandth
mir-wonder
mis- bad
miss-send
mito- thread
mob-move
mole- mass
moll-soft
monger-seller
mono- one; single
mont-mountain
mony-condition
mort- death
ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
-mot- move
morph- shape
multi- many
mund-world
mut- change
myo- muscle
myc- fungus
mycel- threadlike
myria- many
moll- soft
nano-billionth
narco-sleep
nas- nose
nat-born
nav-ship
necr- corpse; dead
nemat- thread
neo- new; recent
nephro- kidney
-ner- moist; liquid
Nesia-island
Ness-quality
neur- nerve
noct-; nox- night
-node knot
-nom-; -nomy; law
non- not
nov-new
nuc- center
numer-number
nym-name
ob- against
ocul- eye
oct- eight
odont- tooth
-oid form;
appearance
olf- smell
oligo- few; little
-oma tumor
omni- all
onc- mass; tumor
oo- egg
opthalm- eye
opia-sight
opt- eye
orb- circle; round;
ring
-orium; -ory place
for something
ornith- bird
orth- straight
oscu- mouth
Ose-sugar
Osis-condition
Oss-bone
oste- bone
oto- ear
-ous full of
ov- egg
oxy- sharp; acid;
pac-peace
pachy- thick
paleo- old; ancient
palm- broad; flat
pan- all
par-; equal
para- beside; near;
parl-speak
pater, patri-father
path-; -pathy
disease; suffering
-ped- foot
-ped- child
Pend-hang
pent- five
per- through
peri- around
permea- pass; go
petr-rock
phag- eat
phan-appearance
phasia-speech
pheno- appearance
-phil- loving; fond of
phon-; -phone
sound
-phore; pher- bear;
carry
phlo- bark of a tree
phos-light
photo- light
phren- mind;
diaphragm
phyc- seaweed;
algae
phyl- related
group;kind
-phyll leaf
physi- nature;
natural qualities
phyt-; -phyte plant
pico-trillionth
pino- drink
pinni- feather
pithec-ape
plan- roaming;
wandering
plasm-; -plastform; molded
platy- flat
pleo-more
plu=more
pneumo- lungs; air
-pod foot
Polis-city
poly- many; several
pond-weight
pop-people
por- opening
port- carry
post- after; behind
pot-drink
pom- fruit
pre- before
prim- first
pro- forward
proto- first; primary
pseudo- false;
psych- mind
pter- having wings
pulmo- lung
puls- drive; push
pugn-fight
punct-point
put-think
pyr- heat; fire
quadr- four
quasi-somewhat
quin- five
radi- ray
rat-think
re- again; back
rect- right; correct
reg-rule
ren- kidney
retro-backwards
rhag-; -rrhage
burst forth
rhe-; -rrhea flow
rid-laugh
rhin- nose
rhiz- root
rhodo- rose
roto- wheel
rubr- red
rupt-break
sacchar- sugar
sacro-holy
sanct-holy
sangui-blood
sapr- rotten
sarc- flesh
sat-enough
saur- lizard
schis-; schiz- split;
divide
sci- know
scler- hard
-scop- look;
-scribe; -script
write
Se-apart
Sect-cut
Sed-sit
semi- half; partly
sen-old
sens-feel
sept- partition;
seven
-septic infection;
Sequi--follow
sess- sit
sex- six
sine-without
-sis condition; state
sol- sun, alone
solv- loosen; free
som(e)-; somatbody
somn- sleep
son- sound
soph-wisdom
soror-sister
spec-; spic- look at
-sperm- seed
-spher- ball; round
spir-; -spire
breathe
-spor- seed
Sta-stop
stell- star
sten- narrow
stern- chest; breast
stom-; -stome
mouth
strat- layer
stereo- solid; 3dimensional
strict- drawn tight
struct-build
styl- pillar
sub- under; below
super-; sur- over;
above; on top
surg-rise
sym-; syn- together
tachy- quick; swift
tact-touch
tang-touch
ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
tarso- ankle
taxis- arrange; put
in order
tele- far off; distant
telo- end
tempor-time
terr- earth; land
tetr- four
thall- young shoot
-thel- cover a
surface
Theo-god
-therm- heat
-tion-act or state
-tom- cut; slice
toxico- poison
top- place
tort-twist
tox-poison
trache- windpipe
tract-pull
trans- across
tri- three
trich- hair
trib-pay
-trop- turn; change
-trophnourishment;
Tude-state of
turb- whirl
-ul-; -ule small
Ultima-last
ultra- beyond
und-wave
uni- one
-ura tail
Urb-city
Vac-empty
Val-worth
vas- vessel
vect- carry
ven-; vent- come
ventr- belly;
underside
ver-true
Vermin-worm
Vert-turn
Vest-clothes
Via-road
Vice-in place of
Vid-look
vig- strong
vit-; viv- life
voc-voice
vol-will
volv- roll; wander
-vor- devour; eat
xanth- yellow
xeno-stranger
xero- dry
xyl- wood
zo-; -zoa animal
zyg- joined
together; yoke
zym- ferment
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