Greek and Latin Roots And Combining Forms
Root
-itis
a, an
ab, a
acerbus, acris, acuere
acro
ad, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at, a
aequare
aevum
ager, agri, agro
agere, actum, agitare
agogos, agein
agon, agonia
agro, agros
algia
alius
allo, allos
alter
altus
amare, amor, amatum, amicus
ambi
ambulare
amphi
ana
andros, aner, anthropos
anemo, anemos
anima
annus
ante
anti
apparere
aptare, aptus, apere
aqua
arbiter
arbor
arch, archos
archaeo, archaios
ardere
aristo, aristos
artis
astron, aster, astro
audire
augere
auto, autos
avis
baro, baros
barys
beatus
bellare, bellum
bene
bi
biblos, biblion
bios
bonus, bon
brevis
Gk /L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
Mean
inflammation
not, without
from, down, away
sharp, to sharpen, needle, bitter
tip, top, apex, pointed
to
to make equal, even
age
field
to act, to do
to lead, to direct, to incite
struggle, contest
field, earth, soil
pain
other, else
other, departure from normal
other
high
to love, love, friend
both
to walk, to go
about, around, both
up, against
man, stamen
wind
life, soul, breath, mind
year
before
against, opposite
to come forth, be visible
to fit, suitable
water
judge
tree
chief, first, rule
ancient, old, original
to burn
best
art
star
to hear
to increase
self
bird
pressure, weight
heavy
blessed, happy
to wage war, war
well
two
book, of books
life, living things
good
short, brief
Example
neuritis, conjunctivitis
amoral, anarthria
abstract, aversion, abject
acerbate, acupuncture, acuity, acrimony
acropolis, acrophobia
advent, accent, accelerate, affectation, aggravate
equivocate, adequate, equilibrium
coeval, medieval
agrestic, agronomy
agility, react, agitate
demagogue, pedagogic
antagonist, agony
agronomy, agrostology
neuralgia, diaphragmalgia
alias, alienate
allopath, allogamy
altercation, adulterate
altimeter, exaltation, alto
amateur, amiable, enamored
ambidextrous, ambiance
preamble, ambulatory
amphibian, amphibolite
anapest, anasarca
anthropomorphic, androsphinx
anemometer, anemophilous
animosity, inanimate, unanimous
biennial, centennial, annual
antecedent, antebellum
antivivisection, antipodes
apparent, appearance, apparitor
aptitude, adaptable, ineptitude
aqueous, aquarelle
arbitration, arbitrary
arboretum, arboreal
monarch, archipelago, archangel
archaeology, archeozoic
arduous, ardor
aristocracy, aristocrat
artifice, artifact, artisan
aster, astral
audit, audible
augmentation, augur, august
autoharp, autoimmune, autochthon
avionics, aviation, aviary, avian
barograph, barometer
barium, hyperbaric
beatific, beatitude
rebellious, bellicose
benevolence, beneficent
biennium, bifurcate, bicarbonate
bibliopole, bibliolatry
biocenosis, bionics, biopsy
bonanza, bonny, bon voyage
abbreviate, breviary
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Root
Gk /L
Mean
caco
cadere
caedere, cide
canere, cantare, cantus
Gk
L
L
L
bad, poor, evil
fall
to cut, kill
to sing
capere, captum, cip, cept
L
to take, hold, contain
caput, capitis
carnis
cata
cavare, cavus
cedere, cessum
centrum
centum, centi
cernere, certus
chiro, cheir
chroma, chromato
chrono, chronos
circum, circa
civis, civilis
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
clamare, clamor
L
claudere, clausum
clemens
clinare
colare
colere, cultus
com, col, con, cor, co
contra, counter
coquere, coctum
cor, cordis
corium
corona
corpus
cosmos
cracy, crat
credere, credens
crescere, cretum
crimen
cruciare, crux, crucis
crypto
culpare
cumulare
curare, cura, curatus
currere, cursus, cour
cyclos
de
deca
demos
dendron
dens, dentis
derma
deus, dei
deutero, deuter
dexter, dextro
di, dis, dif
dia, di
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
head
flesh
down
to make hollow
to go, withdraw, move
center
hundred, tenth, ten
to see as being different, to sift, distinguish
hand
color
time
around, about
citizen, community
to shout, cry out acclaim, clear, to make
clear
to shut, close
mild, merciful
to lean, slope
to strain, filter
to till, care, cultivate
closely along, together, next to, with
against
to cook, to mature
heart
skin, hide
crown
body
world, order
type of government
to believe, trust
to grow
crime, offense
to torture, cross
hide
to blame, fault
to heap up
to take care of, concern
to run, go
circular, wheel
from, down, entirely
ten
people
tree
tooth
skin
god
second
right, right hand
away, from, apart
across, through
Example
cacophony, cacoethes
recidivism, cascade, cadaver, decadent
incision, pesticide
recant, chant, cantata
capacious, incipient, intercept, participate, capable, captive,
conceive, precept
cape, chapter, biceps, capital
carnal, carnival, incarnate, carnivore
catacomb, catapult
cavernous, cavity, excavate
concession, recede, access
eccentric, concentric, concentrate
percent, centimeter, centurion
discern, secret, certitude
chiromancy, chiropter
chromomere, chromoprotein
chronograph, chronicle
circumnavigate, circumference
civic, city, civility
reclamation clarare, clarus, clarify, clarity, declaration, claret
recluse, cloister, enclosure, conclusion
clemency, inclement
clinometer, incline
portcullis, percolate, colander
cultivation, culture, cult
collusion, coheir, consort, cooperate, compact
contradict, contraband, counterfeit
precocious, concoction, cook
courage, cordial, accord
excoriate
corona, coronation, coronary
corporation, corporeal
cosmography, cosmic
theocracy, bureaucrat
credentials, credit, incredible
crescendo, concretism, accretion, increase
criminology, incriminate
excruciating, crusade, cruzeiro
cryptogam, cryptogenic
culpable, exculpate
cumulative, accumulate
curate, curious, manicure
occur, precursor, concur, course
cyclothymia, cyclorama
deplete, demerit, depress, defrost, decline, defunct
Decapolis, decaliter
demographics, endemic, democrat
dendrochronology, dendroid
denture, endodontia, dentifrice
hypodermic, dermoid
deify, deity, deism
Deuteronomy, deuterocanonical
ambidextrous, dextrorotation
different, disburse, digest
dialysis, dialect
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Root
Gk /L
dicere, dictare
didonai, dosis
dignus
dirigere, directus
dis, di
docere, doctum
dominus
domus
donare, do
dormire, dorm
doxo
ducere, ductum
duo, du
durare, durus
dynamis
epi
errare, erratum
esthesia
ethnos
eu
ex, e, ef, ec, es
exo
extra
fabula
facere, factum, fect, fic
fallere
ferre, latum
ferrum
fervere
fidere, fidelis, fides
figare, fixus
filius, filia
finire, finis, fin
firmare
flare, flatus
flectere, flexus
fluere, fluxum, fluctus
foedus, fed
fortis
frangere, fractum
frater
fugere, fugitum
fumus
fundere, fusum
gamos
gastro
ge, geo
gen, geno
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
generare, genus
L
gerere, gestum
glomerare
glot, glossa
glyphe
gnoscere, cognoscere, gnarus, cognitum
gon
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Mean
to speak, say
give
worthy, fitting, suitable
to direct
twice, doubly
to teach
lord, master
a dwelling, home
to give, to forgive
to sleep
opinion, praise
to lead, take, bring
two
to harden, hard
power
upon, over
to wander, go astray
the ability to feel sensation
race, nation
well
from, out of, without
outside, outer part
beyond
story
to make, to do
to deceive, disappoint
to bear, to carry
iron
to boil, glow, rage
to trust, believe, faith
to fasten, attach
son, daughter
to end, to limit
to make firm, strengthen
blow
to bend
to flow
league
strong
to break
brother
to flee
smoke
to pour
marriage
stomach
earth
race, kind, descent
birth, origin, race, species, kind, to beget,
produce
to carry, to bear
to form into a ball
tongue, language
carving
to know
figure having angles
Example
abdicate, indict
dose, dosage
condign, dignitary
dirge, dirigible, address----see "regere"
dichotomy, dipody
document, docent, doctrine
danger, domineer
domesticity, major-domo
condone, donation, donor
dormouse, dormitory
heterodox, doxology
abduct, seduction, conducive, duke, education
dubious, duet, duplication
obdurate, duress
dynamo, dyne
episode, epistle
aberration, err, erratic
anesthesia, aesthetics
ethnomusicology, ethnocentrism
euphemism, euthanasia, eugenics
effervescent, exhale, escape, extradition, eclectic
exoteric, exostosis
extrapolate, extraordinary
confabulate, fable, fabulous
manufacture, sufficient, facsimile
fallacious, infallible, fail
relate, confer, referendum
ferrotype, ferric, ferrous
fervor, effervescent
perfidy, fiduciary, confidant
fixative, crucifix, suffix
(respectively) filial, affiliation
infinity, finite, confinement
affirm, confirmation, firmament
deflate, inflation
flexible, deflection, inflection
confluence, fluid, effluvium, influx, flume
confederacy, federation
fort, comfort, fortify, force
fraction, frangible, infringement
fraternal, fraternize
centrifugal, fugue
fumitory, fumarole
refund, diffuse, profound
monogamy, polygamy
gastritis, gastrolith, gastric
geodesic, geometry
Genesis
generous, generic, gentle, genre, engender, generation
belligerent, gesture, digest, gestation
conglomeration, glomerulus
glossary, monoglot, glossalalia
petroglyph, glyphography
incognito, cognition, ignorant, gnostic
pentagon, polygon
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Root
Gk /L
Mean
gonos
gradi, gressus, gradus
gramma, gram
granum, grani
grapho
gratia, gratus
gravare, gravis
grex, gregis, gregar
gyn, gyneco
habere, habitum
haerere
hedron, hedral, hedra
helios
hemi
hemo, hema
hepta
herba
heteros
hexa
hiero
hilarare, hilaris
homo
homos
horrere
hospes
hydor, hydro
hyper
hypno
hypo
icono
ideo
in, il, ir, im
Gk
L
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
to produce
to step, to walk, a degree
something written or drawn
seed, kernel
write
agreeable, favor, thanks
to weigh down, heavy
flock, herd, to gather into a flock
woman, women
to have, hold
to stick
side, base, seat
sun, bright
half
blood
seven
grass, herb
other
six
sacred, holy
to gladden, merry
man
same
to shudder, terrible
guest, host
water
over, extremely
sleep
under, in smaller measure
image, likeness, figure
idea
in, into, on
in, il, ir, im
L
no, not, without, non
inter
intra, intro
ire, itum, itineris
isos
jacere, ject, jactum
jicere
judex, judicare
jungere, junctum
jus, juris, jurare
juvenis
kilo, chilioi
klastes
laborare
lacto, lact
lapis
latreia
latus
laudare, laudatum
lavare
laxare
legere, lectum
lex, legis, legalis
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
among, between
within, inside of
to go, journey, walk
equal, alike, identical
to lie, cast oneself down, to throw
to throw between
judge
to join
law, right, to swear
young
thousand
breaker, broken
to work
milk
stone
service, worship
side
to praise, glory
to wash
to loosen, widen
to read, choose, gather
law,.privelege, illegitimate, legislature,
Example
cosmogony, theogony
progress, graduate, centigrade
telegram, electrocardiogram
granary, granule
lithography, graphology
congratulate, gratitude, grace
aggravate, gravamen, gravid, grief
segregate, congregation gregarious
misogyny, gyniatrics, gynarchy
habit, inhibit
coherence, adhere
hexahedral, polyhedron
heliotropic, helium, heliograph
hemisphere, hemicranial
hemoglobin, hematoma
heptahedron, heptameter
herbivorous, herbaceous
heterodox, heterogeneous
hexameter, hexahedron
hieroglyphic, hierophant
hilarious, exhilarate
homicidal, hominize
homonym, homoiothermal
horrendous, abhor
hospice, hostage, hostess
hydroponics, hydrology
hypergamy, hyperpnea
autohypnosis, hypnotoxin
hypocrite, hypocaust
iconology, iconostasis
ideogram, ideophone
infer, induct, incarnate, illuminate, irrigate, imbibe
insignificant, illiterate, irresponsible, impossible, imbecile,
inappropriate,
interchange, intervention, intercept
intramural, intrastate, intramuscular
itinerant, transit, initiate
isocracy, isometric
reject, adjacent, eject
interjection
judicious, prejudice, judge
conjugal, junction, joint
jurisprudence, abjure, perjury, juror, injury, justify
rejuvenate, juvenescent
chiliarch, kilocalorie, kilovolt
iconoclast, clastic
collaborate, elaborate, laboratory
lacteal, lactose
lapis lazuli, lapidate
idolatry, demonolatry
lateral, bilateral, collateral
laudable, allow
lavender, laver, lavish, lavabo
relax, laxity
elegant, elite, collect, dialect, legend, select, election, neglect
lex non scripta, legal
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liber
liber
ligare
lingua
lithos, lite
littera
locare, locus
logos
loqui, locutus
lucere, lux, lucis, lumen
ludere, lusum, ludus
luna
lysis
macros, macro
magnus, magna
malus, mal
mandare, mando
mania
manus, mani, man
mare
mater
mecari
medius, medio
mega
megalo
mens
meta
metron
micros, micro
migrare
militare
mille
milli, mille
minimus, minor
mirare, miror, mirari
miso, misein
mittere, missum
monere, monitus
monos
morbus
mordere, morsun
moris
morphe
mors, mortis, mori
movere, motus
multi, multus
multus
mutare, mutatum
mytho
nascor, natus
naus, nautes
necro
negare, negatus
neos
neuron, neuro
nihil
Gk /L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
Mean
book
free
to bind
tongue, language
stone
letter
to place, place
word, study
speak, talk
to shine, light
to play, to mock
moon
to loosen
enlarged, elongated
great
bad, evil, wrong
to order, to command
madness
hand
sea
mother
to trade, buy
middle
large, powerful
large, great, enlarged
mind
after, over, between
measure
small
to move from one place to another
to serve as soldiers
thousand
thousand
least, small
to look at, to wonder at
to hate
to send, let, go
to warn
one, alone
disease
to bite
manners, customs
form
deather, to die
to move
much, many
much, many
to change
myth
to bear, to born
ship, sailor
physical death, corpse
to deny
new, young
nerve
nothing
Example
libel, libretto
libertine, deliberate, liberal
allegiance, ally, oblige, ligature
linguistics, lingual, language
chrysolite, lithotomy
obliterate, literature, letter, literati
dislocate, allocate, local
logic, logomachy
soliloquy, loquacious, circumlocution
translucent, Lucifer, luminous
illusion, interlude, ludicrous
lunate, lunatic, lunation, lunula
analysis, electrolysis
macrocosm, macropterous
magnanimous, Magna Carta
malevolent, malfeasance, grand mal
mandate, commandment, mandarin
pyromania, kleptomania
emancipate, manifest, manumit
mariner, aquamarine, mare
alma mater, maternity
merchant, market
medieval, intermediary
megapod, megalith
megalocardia, megalomania
mention, mentation
metaplasia, metathesis
thermometer, metronome
microcosm, microphone
migratory, emigrant
demilitarize, militia
millennium, millivolt
millennium, millimeter
minimal, minimize, minute
miracle, mirage, admiral
misogyny, misology, misoneism
emissary, remit, admittance, commissary
monitor, admonition
monocle, monosyllable
morbid, morbilli
morsel, remorse, mordacious
morality, mores
metamorphic, morphallaxis
post-mortem, mortgage, mortmain
locomotive, motion, motor
multitudinous, multifaceted, multiply
multiply, multimedia
molt, mutation
mythological, mythos
native, prenatal, nature, renaissance
naumachia, astronaut, navigation
necrology, necrophagia
negation, abnegate
Neoplatonism, neoprene
neuritis, neuropteran
annihilate, nil
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Root
nocere
nominare, nomen, nominis
nomos
non
norma
notare
novus
nox, noct
nullus
numerus
nuntiare, nuntius
ob, o, oc, of, op,
octo
oculus
oligo
omni
onoma, onym
opsis, optic, ophthalmo
opus, operari
ornitho
oro
orthos
osis
osteon
pais, paidos
paleo
pan
para
parare, par, pari
passus, pati
pater
pater, patri
pathos, path
pax, pacis
ped, pedo
pedis, pes
pellere, pulsus
pendere, pensare, pendulus
penta
per
peri
petere
petros
phago, phage
phainein
philos
phobia, phobos
phone
phos, photo
physis, physio
placare, placidus, placere
plasma
plaudere, plauseum
plenus
plere, pletum
plicare, plicatum, plicit, ply
Gk /L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
Mean
to harm, injure
to name, name
law, science, management
not
rule
to mark, note
new
night
none
number
to report, tell, messenger
against, before, toward, for
eight
eye
few, scant, small
all, everywhere
name
view, sight
work, to work
bird, birds
mountain
right, correct
state, condition, action
bone
child
ancient, early, prehistoric
all, every
beside
to make equal, equal
suffer
father
father
suffering, disease
peace
small child
foot
to drive, driven
to weigh, hang, weight
five
through, completely
around, about
to rush at, seek
rock, stone
eating, destroying
to show, be visible
loving
fear, dread
sound, speak
light
nature
to soother, gentle, to please
form
to clap, applaud
full
to fill
to fold
Example
innocent, innocuous, obnoxious
nominate, misnomer, nomenclature
nomography, astronomer
nonresident, nonconformity
normative, enormity
notation, notary, connotation
renovate, novice, nova
equinox, noctuid
annul, nullifidian
enumerate, supernumerary, numerology
nuncio, renounce
offer, omit, occur, obscene, oppress
octagonal, octogenarian
monocle, binocular
oligarchy, oliguria
omniscient, omnivorous, omnificent
allonym, homonym
optical, amblyopia
magnum opus, opera, operative
ornithopter, ornithosis
orogenic, orology
orthography, orthogenesis
neurosis, psychosis
osteoporosis, ossify
pediatric, pedobaptism
paleontology, paleolithic
pandemonium, Pandora
parable, paradox
disparate, parity, peer
patient, passive
paternoster, patronize
patronymic, patrician
empathy, pathogen
pacific, appease
pediatrics, pedant, pedobaptism
expedition, pedicel
compel, expel, propellant, pulsate
impending, compendium, appendage, expenditure
Pentateuch, pentathlon
persecute, pilgrim, perfect, pellucid
perimeter, periphery
impetuous, petulant, petition
petrography, petrol
anthropophagite, phagocyte
emphasis, fantasy, fancy
philharmonic, philately
photophobia, xenophobia
phonograph, phoneme
photobiotic, phosgene
physiologic, physiocrat
placate, implacable, placebo, please
plasmodium, deutoplasm
plaudit, implode
plenipotentiary, replenish, plenty
expletive, replete
reply, implicate, complicate, explicate, plait
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Root
plus, pluris
pneuma
podos, pous
polis
poly
polys
ponere, positum
populus
portare, port
portio
post
potens, potentis
pre
prehendere, prehensum
pressus
pretiare, prec
primus, primatis
privare
pro
pro, pur
probare, probatum
protos
proximus
pseudes, pseudo
psycho
ptero
pugil, pugnare
purgare
putare
pyr
quadri, quadr
quaerere, quaesitus
radius
radix
rapere
ratus
re
regere, rectus
regere, rex, regis
retro
rheo, rrhea
ridere, risum
rogare, rogatum
rotare, rotatus, rota
rumpere, ruptus
sacer, sacrare5
sagax, sagacis, sapare
sal
salire, saltum
salvare
sanctus
sanguis
sanitas, sanatorius
satis, satiare
scandere
schizo
Gk /L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Mean
more
air, breath, spirit
foot
city
many, much
many
to place
people
to carry
share, portion
after, behind
powerful
before
to seize, take hold
pressed down
to value
first
separate, peculiar
before
before, for
to prove, test
first
nearest
false, fake
soul, mind, breath
feather, wing
boxer, to fight
to clean
to think, estimate
fire
four times, four fold
to ask, seek
ray
root
to seize
fixed by calculation
back, again
right, to make straight
to rule, king
back, backward
flow, current
to laugh
to ask
to turn, wheel, turned
to break, broken
holy, to make holy
wise, to taste, know
salt
to leap, jump
to save
holy
blood
health, healthy
enough, to fill full
to climb
cleave, cut
Example
pluriaxial, plurality, surplus
pneumothorax, pneumococcus
octopus, chiropodist, podiatry
politician, Neopolitan, police
polygamy, polyhedron, polyglot
polynomial, polymer
position, opposite, depot
popularity, populace
portage, export
apportion, proportion
postdate, postdiluvian
potentate, potentiometer
precedent, precept, preposition
apprentice, reprehensible
depress, oppress, impress
depreciation, precious, price
primordial, prima facie
privilege, deprive
procrastinate, projectile
proceed, purport, pursue
probation, prove
proton, protozoa
approximate, proximity
pseudoscience, pseudosalt
psychometry, psychosis
pterosaur, pteropod
repugnant, pugilist
purge, purgatory, expurgation
computer, reputation
pyromaniac, pyrography, pyretic, pyrogen
quadriceps, quadrisect, quadrivium
exquisite, inquisition, conquer, quest
radiation, radian
radicle, radical, eradicate
rapture, surreptitious, usurp, ravish
reason, ration
recompense, refine
erect, rectitude, rectus
regency, regal, corrigible, regimen, direct, rule, regular
retrograde, retrofit
logorrhea, rheophile
derision, redicule
arrogance, rogation, interrogate
rotation, rotary, rotor
rupture, interrupt
consecrate, sacrifice, sacrarium
sage, sagacious, sapient
salimeter, saline
sally, saltatory, resile, result
save, salvation, salvage
sanctity, sanctuary, sacrosanct
sangria, sanguine, consanguinity
sanitation, sanitarium
sated, insatiable, satisfaction
ascend, descendant, ascension
schizogenesis, schizogony
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Root
scire, sciens
scopos, skopein
scribere, script
se
secare, sect
sedere, sess
seismo
semi
seminare, semen
sentire, sensum
sepsis
sequens, sequi
signare, signum
similare, simulare
socius, sociare
sol
solare, solus
solvere, solutum
somnus
sonus
sophia
sors, sortis
specere, spectum, spic
sphero
spirare
spondere, sponsus
stare, stet, stat
static
stellare, stella
stringere, strictum
struere, structus
sub, suc, suf, sug, sum, sup, sur, sus
super, supra
surgere, surrection
syn, sym, syl, sys
tangere, tactus
taphos
techno
tegere, tectus
tele
temno, tomos
temperare, tempus
tendere, tent
tenere, tain
tentare, tent
terminus
terra
tetra
thanato
theos
therapy
thermo
thesis, tithenai
topo
torquere, tortum
toxicare, toxicum
Gk /L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
Gk
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
Gk
L
L
Mean
to know, knowing
spy, watcher, to see
to write, the thing written
apart, aside
to cut
to sit
earthquake
half
to sow, seed
to feel, perceive
putrefaction, poison
to follow, following
to mark out
to make like, to feign
companion, to join
sun
to make lonely, alone
to loose
sleep
sound
wisdom
lot, a share
to look at, see
sphere, ball, layer of gas
to breathe
to pledge, promise
to stand
causing to stand
to shine, star
bind, draw tight
build, arrange, pile up
under, less than, inferior
above, superior, surpassing
to rise, risen
together, with, by means of
to touch
tomb, bury
art
to cover, covered
far, far off
cut, that which is cut off, out
time
to stretch, strain, thin
to hold
to touch, try
limit, end, boundary
earth
four
death
god
to cure, nurse
heat
position
place, local
to twist, twisted
to smear with poison
Example
omniscient, science
telescope, otoscope
describe, subscription, scribe
seclude, select
intersection, secateurs
sediment, sedan, session, president
seismology, seismic
semicircle, semiprivate
seminal, disseminate, seminary
consent, sensible, sentient
septic, septicemia, aseptic
prosecute, second, sequential, pursue, non sequitur
assignation, consignment
similar, facsimile, simulation, assimilate
social, society, association
solar, solstice
solo, solitary
solvent, dissolute, soluble
somnolent, somniloquy
dissonance, unison, sonorous
sophomoric, sophist
sort, consortium
perspicacity, specify, spectacle, retrospect, prospect, perspective
ionosphere, atmosphere, spheroid
spirit, aspirator, expire, inspiration, respiration, aspire
spouse, correspondence
stable, establish, statue, superstition, distant
hydrostatics, electrostatic
constellation, stelliferous
astringent, constriction, strict
misconstrue, instruct, instrument
suffer, submarine, succumb, suggest
soprano, superabundance, superintendent
insurgency, resurrection
syllable, synapsis, syncretism
tangent, tactual
epitaph
tectonic, technocrat
integument, detection, protect
telemetry, telencephalon
appendectomy, lobotomy, tome
tense, contemporize, temper
pretentious, tenuous, contend, tend, tense
pertain, abstinence, tenacious, tenant
tentacle, tentatively
determine, terminator
terra firma, terrace
tetrarch, Tetragrammaton
thanatopis, thanatology, euthanasia
monotheism, theophany
therapeutics, heliotherapy
thermophile, thermotaxis
synthesis, thesis
toponym, topographic, topic
contortionist, extort, torsion, torque
toxic, toxoplasmosis, toxicology
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tradere
trahere, tract
trans
tri
tribuere, tributus, tribus
trudere, trusus
tumere
turbare, turba
typos
ultra
unus, uni
urbs, urbanus
vacare, vacuus
vagari
valere, validum
velle, volens
venire, ventum
verbum
vertere, versum
verus
vestire
via
videre, visum
vincere
violare, violatus
vir
vita
vivere, vita
vocare, vocatum, vox
volvere, volutum
vorare
zoon
Gk /L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
Gk
Mean
to deliver
to draw, drawn
across, through
three
to assign, allot, pay
to thrust, thrust
to swell
to disturb
type, figure, model
beyond, on other side of
one
city
to be empty, empty
to wander
to be strong, to have worth
wish, willing
to come
word
to turn, change, incline
right, true
to dress
way
see, look, provide
to overcome, conquer
to violate
man
life
to live, life
to call, voice
turn
to devour
animal
Example
extradite, tradition, treason
subtract, tractable, protract
transcontinental, transit
triangle, triceps, Triassic
tributary, attribute, distribute
intrusion, protrusile
tumescence, tumult, contumelious
perturb, turbid
typography, typify
ultrasound, ultraconservative
union, unipetalous
exurb, urbanologist
vacuity, vacuous, evacuate
extravagant, vagaries
valor, valid, evaluate
volition, velleity
revenue, convention, advent, contravene
proverb, verbatim
vertigo, verse, introvert, versatile, anniversary
verily, verify, very
vestment, divest, investiture
pervious, viaticum
provident, visible, supervise
invincible, convince, victor
violation, inviolate
triumvirate, virago
vitality, vitamin
revive, viviparous, vonvivial
vociferous, convocation, irrevocable, revoke
involve, revolt, devolve
voracious, carnivore, omnivorous
zoogenic, zoonosis
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