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CHROM, CHRO-,CHROMO-, CHROMATO-, -CHROME, -CHROMASIA, -CHROMIA, CHROMATISM, -CHROMATIC, -CHROMATICALLY, -CHROMY (Greek: color)
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DEMO-, DEM-, DEMIO-, -DEMIC, -DEME, -DEMICALLY (Greek: people, population)
DERMO-, DERM-, DERMA-, DERMATO-, DERMAT-, -DERM, -DERMA, -DERMATIC, DERMATOUS, -DERMIS, -DERMAL, -DERMIC, -DERMOID, -DERMATOID (Greek: skin)
FED, FEDER- (Latin: treaty, agreement, contract, league, pact); FID-, FIDEL- (Latin: believe, belief;
trust, faith, true)
FIN (Latin: end, last; limit, boundary, border)
FLUCT-, FLUCTI-, -FLUX, FLU-, FLUM-, -FLUENT, -FLUENCE (Latin: flow, flowing; moving in a
continuous and smooth way; wave, moving back and forth)
GENO-, GEN-, GENIT-, GENER-, -GEN (Greek > Latin: race, kind; line of descent; origin, creation;
pertaining to sexual relations, reproduction, or heredity; and more recently, a gene or genes) Possible
confusion with Latin GENU-, GENI-, GEN- (meaning “knee”)
GREG-, -GREGATE, -GREGATION (Latin: flock; assemble; gather; come together, get together)
MISS-, MIS-, -MISS, -MIS, MIT-, MITT-, -MIT, -MITT (Latin: to send, to let go, to cause to go; to
throw, to hurl, to cast) Possible confusion with Greek MITO-, MIT- (meaning “to thread”)
PORT- (Latin: door, gate, entrance; harbor) PORT-, PORTAT- (Latin: carry, bring, bear)