Latin and Greek Root Words
ac(u), acr
ag, act(ig)
agog, agogue
alg
alien
am
amb(i)
and(r)
angel
angl
anim
ann(u), enn(i)
anth
anthrop
apo
aqu(a)
arch(e),
archa(e)
art (ert)
ast(er)
aud, audit
aut
bacteri
ball, bol, ble
bel(l)
bene
bi(n)
bi, bio
bibli
cac
cad, cas, cid
cal, cha
cal, kal
canon
cap (cip),
capt (cept)
capit, cipit
(ceps)
cardi
carn
cart
cau, caus
ced, cess
celer
sharp
to do; to drive
to lead
pain
of another
to love
both
man; male
message; messenger
angle; corner
mind; feeling; life; heart
year
flower
human being; mankind
away from
water
ancient; first; rule
art; skill; craft
star
to hear
self
bacteria
to throw
war
well; good
two
life
book
bad
fall
warm; hot
beautiful
a rule
to take; to seize
head
heart
flesh
chart; map; a writing
to burn
to go; to yield
swift
cent
cent(r)
cephal
chir
chrom
chron
cid, cis
civ, cit
hundred
center
head
hand
color
time
cut; kill
having to do with a state or
country
clam (claim) to cry out
clud, clus
(clos)
to close
cogn
get to know
cord
heart
corp, corpor
(corpus)
body
cosm
universe; order; beauty
cracy
rule by
cred, credit
to believe; to trust
cruc
cross
crypt, cryph hidden; secret
culp
blame; fault
cumb, cub
to lie down
cur(e)
care
cur(r), curs
(cours) to run; to go
cycl
circle; wheel
de, div
a god
deca
ten
decem
ten
deci, decim tenth
dem
people
demon
evil spirit
derm
skin
di
two; twice
dia
through; across
dic(t)
to say
dich
in two
div
divide; separate
doc, doct
to teach
dox, dog
opinion; teaching
drom
a running; a course
du
two; twice
duc(t)
to lead
dur
dyn, dynamo
eph, epi
equ, equi
erg, urg
err
ethn
eval
fa, fat
fac (fic), fact
(fect) (fy)
fal
fen
fer
ferr(i)
ferv
fid, fidel
fin
firm
fix
flect, flex
flor
flu, flux
form
fort
fract, fring
frater, fratr
fund, fus
(found)
gam
gastr
gate, gen
ge, geo
gen, gener,
genit, gon
ger, geront
ger, gest
gloss, glot
glyph
gno
gon
grad, gress
grand
graph, gram
grat
hard
force; power
on; at; besides; after
equal; even
work
to wander
race; cultural group
ages
to speak
to pour; to melt
marriage
stomach
drive; move; put into
motion
earth
grav
greg
gyn, gynec
heli
hem,
hemat(em)
herb
heter
hex
hier
hipp
hom, home,
homal
hom, homo
hydr
iatr
icon
idi
jac, ject
jud, jus
jur
kilo
lat
later
leg
leg (lig),
lect (lit)
lev
line
ling(u)
liter
lith, lite
log, logy,
logue
race; kind; to produce
old age; old people
to carry; to produce
language; tongue
to carve
to know
side
to step; to go
great
writing; thing written
grateful; pleasing
loqui, locut
luc, lum,
lumen
lud, lus
ly
magn
mal(e),
malign
man(u),
(main)
mand, mend
to do; to make
to deceive
ward off; strike
to bear; to carry
relating to iron
to boil; to bubble
faith; faithful
end; limit
firm; strong
to fix; to fasten
to bend
flower
to flow
form; shape
strong
break
brother
heavy
flock; herd
woman; female
sun
blood
grass; herb
other; different
six
sacred
horse
same; regular
man
water
physician; medicine
image
one’s own; peculiar
to throw
cut; kill
to swear; law
thousand
carried; borne
side
judge; law
to choose; to gather
to lift; light (in weight)
line
language; tongue
letter; literature
sone
speech; word; study;
reasoning; argument
to speak
light
to play; to mock
to loosen
great
bad
hand
to order
mania
matr; matern
med; medi
mesn (mest)
meter, metr
mil(l)
milit
mim
minor; minus
minut
mis
mic; mix
mit(t), mis(s)
mito
mne
moll
mon
mon, monit
morph
mort
mov, mot
(mob)
mult
mut
naut
nav
ne, neo
necr
neur
noc, nox
nomen,
nomin (nom)
non
nov
novem
nul(l)
num
nunci
(nounce)
oc
oct
octav
od(e)
odon(t)
odor
omn(i)
passion for
mother
middle
month
measure
thousand
soldier
to initiate
small; smaller
hatred
to mix
to send
thread
to remember
mild; soft
one; single
to warn; to advise
form; shape
death
to move
many
to change
sailor
ship; boat
new; different
the dead
nerve
harm
name; noun
ninth
new
nine
nothing
number
to announce
eye
eight
eight
song; poem
tooth
smell
all
onym
op, opt
ord, ordin
orth
pan, pant
par
para
part (port)
path
patr, patern
pecuni
ped
ped, pedia
pel, pul
pend, pens
pent
pep(t)
per(l), puls
petr
pha(n)
phil
phobia
phon
plac
planet
plen
plic, plicit
plex (ply)
pod
pol, polis
poly
pon, posit,
(pose)
(pound)
popul, pop
port
pot
prec
press
prim
prob (prov)
prol
propri
pseudo
psych
name; word
eye; to see
order
straight; correct
all
peer; equal
beside
part; share
to feel; to suffer
father
money
foot
child; education
to drive
to hang; to weigh; to pay
five
to digest
to drive; to push
rock
to show; to appear
to love
fear of
sound; voice
to please; to appease
wanderer; relating to
planets
full
to fold; to tangle
foot
city; state
many; much
to place; to put
people
to carry; port
to have power
prayer
to press
first
good; to test
offspring
one’s own; fitting
false
mind
pung, punct,
(poign) (pug)
purg
pyr
quadr(u)
quart
quest, quir,
quis
quinque
quint
rect(i)
rex, reg
rid, ris
sacr (secr)
(ecr)
sal, salt, xult
sanct
sanguin
(sang)
sati(s)
scen, scend
sci
scrib, script
sec (seg), sect
sed (sid) (se),
sess (siege)
sembl, simil,
simul
semi
sen
sent, sens
sept, septem
septim
sequ, secut
sex(t)
sid
sign
simil, simul
sol
solv, solute
son
soror
spec (spic),
spect
sper
spir (sprit)
to prick; to point
to clear
fire
four
fourth
seek; ask
five
fifth
right; straight
king; royal
to laugh
sacred; holy
to leap; spring forward
holy; sacred
blood
enough
climb; leap
to know
to write
to cut; area
to sit; to settle
like; at the same time
half; partly
old
to feel; to think
seven
seventh
to follow
six; sixth
to sit; to settle
mark; seal; sign
like; same
alone
to loosen; free
sound
sister
to look
scatter
to breathe
string, strict
(strain)
stru, struct
sui
tact, tax
tang (ting),
tact (tag)
techn
tele
tempor
ten (tin),
tent (tain)
tenu
termin
terr
terti
tetr
the
therm
thes, thet
tom(e),
tomy
top
torqu, tort
tox
tract (treat)
tri
trit (tri)
troph
trud, trus
turb
typ
un(i)
und (ound)
use, uti
val (vail)
ven, vent
ver
verb
vert, vers
vest
vi
vid, vis
vinc; vict
(vanqu)
vir
to draw tight
to build
self
to arrange; to put in order
to touch
art; skill; craft
distant
time
to hold
thin
boundary; end
earth; land
third
four
fod
head
put; place
to cut
place
to twist
poison
to drag; to draw
three
to rub; to wear
to grow; to nourish; to raise
to push; to thrust
to disturb
stamp; model
one
wave
use
to be strong; to be worthy
to come
true
word; verb
to turn
garment
way; road
to see
to conquer
poison
viv, vit
voc
vol
volv, volum,
volut
vor
vulg
xen
zo
to live
voice; to call
to wish
to roll
to devour
common
stranger; foreigner
animal
Everyday Words from Classic Origins, 2002