6th Grade Greek and Latin Roots
Many English words are made up of several word parts: roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The root of a word is the
part that carries the word’s main meaning. Prefixes are units of meaning added to the beginning of words.
Suffixes are added to the end of words. To learn the meaning of a new word, try to analyze its parts. Knowledge
of roots, prefixes, and suffixes can help you determine a word’s meaning.
1st 9 weeks
Root Word
Ped
Man, manu
Spec
Dict
Ject
Sect
Port
Meaning
Foot
Hand
See, look
Speak
Throw
Cut, separate
Carry
Examples
Centipede, pedal, pedestrian
Manacles, maneuver, manipulate
Inspect, spectacles, spectator
Dictator, predict, verdict
Eject, injection, trajectory
Bisect, insect, intersection
Export, portable, support
Meaning
Send
Writing
Write
Believe
Law, justice
Good, well
Bad, abnormal, worse
Examples
Admit, intermission, missile
Autobiography, autograph, seismograph
Describe, prescription, transcribe
Credible, discredit, incredulous
Judge, just, perjury
Benefactor, benevolent, bon voyage
Malady, malevolent, malignant
2nd 9 weeks
Root Word
Miss, mit
Graph
Scrib, script
Cred
Jur, jus, jud
Ben, bene, bon
Mal, male
3rd 9 weeks
Root Word
Bio
Vit, viv
Flect, flex
Frail, fract, frag
Junct, join, jug
Rupt
Cede, ceed, cess
Meaning
Life
Live, life
Bend
Break, shatter
To join, meet, or link
Break
Go, yield
Examples
Antibiotic, biologist, biosphere
Revive, survivor, vitamin
Deflect, flexible, reflect
Fraction, fracture, fragile
Conjoined, jugular, junction
Abrupt, disrupt, interrupt
Accessible, concede, recess
4th 9 weeks
Root Word
Vers, vert
Tract
Struct
Therm
Socio
Phon, phono, phone
Strain, strict, string
Meaning
Turn
Pull
Build
Heat, temperature
Companion, friend
Sound, voice
Bind, tie, or draw tight
Examples
Anniversary, introvert, extrovert
Abstract, traction, tractor
Infrastructure, misconstrue, obstruction
Endothermic, exothermic, thermometer
Antisocial, association, sociology
Cacophony, phonics, phonology
Astringent, boa constrictor, district