Study Guide for Latin Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
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Set A
Latin Root
-pedo- -ped-chron-antrop-dem-
Meaning
child
time
human
people
Word Example
pediatrician
anachronism
philanthropy
democracy
-path-
feeling,
suffering
form
sympathy
-morphSet B
metamorphic
Latin Root
Meaning
bio-, bi-
life, living
organism
self, same
strong affinity
or love for
autophilo-, phil
-phon
a-, ananti-, ant-
sound
without
opposite,
opposing
Word
Example
biology
Word Definition
A physician / specialist in child care
Out of time; Something from a different time period
General love for mankind, charity to improve humanity
People rule; the free and equal right of every person to participate in a
system of government
To feel sorrow or pity for; the ability to understand, or share somebody
else's feelings
change in physical form, appearance or character
Word Definition
The study of life/living organisms; the science that deals with all
forms of life
autobiography an account or story of somebody's life written by that person
philosophy
Love of knowledge/wisdom; study devoted to the systematic
examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality,
causality, and freedom
phonetics
Study of speech sounds
anaerobic
Lives without air
antipollution
Against pollution, against making something impure or unclean
Set C
Latin Root
Meaning
panneogeomicrohypermono-
all
new, recent
earth
small
excessive
one, single,
alone
Word
Example
pandemic
neophyte
geography
microscope
hypercritical
monochrome
Word Definition
Wide spread outbreak of disease
Someone new to something, a novice
Study of earth, climate and people
Tool for magnifying very small objects
Excessively critical
Having tones of only one color
Set D
Latin Root
Meaning
Word
Example
Word Definition
-dict-duc-
contradict To disagree
To make or create something
produce
-gress-ject-
to say
to lead,
bring,
take
to walk
to throw
-pel-pend-
to drive
to hang
To move away from the central topic
To interrupt abruptly; to say or insert something in a way that interrupts
what is being said or discussed
To force something to happen
compel
pendulum A hanging or suspended object ; a weight hung from a fixed point so that
it can swing freely back and forth under the influence of gravity
digress
interject
Set E
Latin Root
Meaning
-phone
-meter, -metry
sound
measure
-logy
science,
study
like, or
form
one that
loves
fear of
-oid
-phile
-phobe, -phobia
Word
Example
telephone
perimeter
Word Definition
dermatology
System to send voice over distance
The outer boundary of a closed plane figure, the distance around the
figure
Science dealing with skin and diseases of the skin
humanoid
Having human characteristics or form, resembling human beings
Francophile
Having a strong liking for France or the French
xenophobe
Person with fear of foreigners or strangers
Set F
Latin Root
-port-scrib- script-tract-
-vertcode-
Meaning
to carry
to write
to pull,
drag,
draw
to turn
together
reversal
removal
Word Example
comport
subscribe
retract
Word Definition
The way a person behaves or carries their self
To make a contract or pledge to
To withdraw as inaccurate or unjustified
invert
coauthor
decompress
To turn upside down
One of two or more authors
To release pressure
Meaning
not,
not any
between
among
not
after
before
again,
back
Word Example
disrespect
Word Definition
Lack of respect
interject
To come between
nonessential
postnatal
premeditate
rearrange
Not necessary
After birth
To plan before hand
Adjust properly, to arrange again
Set G
Latin Root
disinternonpostprere-