Greek and Latin Roots

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Greek or Latin root words with the English definition and a derivative word or two. Greek is in green and Latin is in red.                                   


 
  
Created Jul 21, 2011
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      photo
 
           light photograph - picture drawn...
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      graph
 
  to write or draw photograph - picture drawn by light phonograph- maching for...
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       tele
 
far away, distant television - see from far away telephone - sound from far away telescope...
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      metron
 
     measure geometry - measurement of the earth symmetry - measuring...
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     tropos
 
     turning tropics - the area of the earth near the equator tropical...
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      philia
 
 love, friendship Philadelphia - city of brotherly love  
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     phobos
 
       fear claustrophobia - fear of locked or closed spaces
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       syn
 
  with, together synonym - word with same meaning synthesis - putting together symphony...
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     thesis
 
   put,place, position parenthesis - statement put beside a main sentence synthesis...
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      phone
 
      sound phonograph - writing with sound telephone - sound from...
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      sonus
 
     sound sound - vibrations picked up by our ears sonar - device that...
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     skopeo
 
look at, inspect,examine microscope - device to look at small things telescope - device to...
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      video
 
        see television - machine for seeing far away things invisible...
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      logos
 
    word, study geology - study of the earth zoology - study of animals technology...
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     verbum
 
      word verb - the action word in a sentence proverb - wise words verbal-...
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      nomen       nominis
 
      name nominate - to suggest someone's name for office denomination...
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         pro
 
   for, before,           forward,in...
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    prae (pre)
 
   before, in front of predict - to say before preamble - that which goes before prefer...
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         ad
 
    to, toward, near, next to adjective - word thrown at a noun advertise...
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      jacio
 
      throw eject - to throw out reject - to throw back object...
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     cum (com)
 
  with, together cooperate - to work with collect - to gather together combat - to...
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       pono      positum
 
  lay, put, place post - fixed place postage - payment for messages send from post to...
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       figo       fixum
 
    fix fasten,attach fix - to set in place prefix - syllable added before...
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       jungo       junctum
 
  join, unite, connect join - to connect joint - place where two parts are connected junction...
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     digitus
 
finger, toe, inch digit - finger,numerals 0 to 9 digital computer - a kind of computer (fingers...
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     caput     capitis
 
       head captain - head of a group capital - top of a column
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      manus
 
                                     hand manuscript...
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       pes       pedis
 
       foot pedestrian - walker on foot pedal - foot lever peddler...
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      dens      dentis
 
      tooth dentist - tooth doctor indent - push in (dent) the line  
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     corpus     corporis
 
      body corporation - legally formed group corps - military group corpse...
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       unus
 
      one unit - one part of a whole union - making one out of many universe...
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      centum
 
     hundred cent-one hundredth of a dollar century - a set of one hundred centipede...
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       mille
 
     thousand mile - a thousand paces (a pace is two steps) millimeter...
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     hydros
 
     water dehydrate - take water away hydroelectric - electricity made...
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       aqua
 
     water aquarium - tank of water for fish
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       bonus
 
      good bonus - something extra good bounty - plenty or a reward
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          sol
 
       sun solar system - the sun and the things that revolve...
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      trans 
 
across, over, beyond, through  transport- carry across  
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         dia
 
   through,between,     across, apart diagonal - line between two...
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        luna
 
     moon lunar -  of the moon lunatic - mad, affected by the moon
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    chronos  
 
   time synchronize - do at the same time chronological - events in order through...
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   tempus     temporis
 
   time temporary - for a certain time contemporary - with the time  
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     para
 
   beside, along with parable - to throw a story in along with your teaching parachute...
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   inter 
 
 between, among international - between nations interject - to throw between     ...
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     annus
 
  year annual - yearly anniversary - celebration marking another year perennial...
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        terra
 
   land territory - land owned by a person or government terrarium - land in a...
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    biblos  
 
 book bibliography - list of books Bible - The Book bibliophile - lover of books
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        dormio     dormitum
 
    sleep dormant - sleeping dormitory - place for sleeping  
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     mikros
 
      small microphone - device for sending a small sound far away microscope...
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    techne 
 
art, skill technology - study of how to do things technique - skill in doing something
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    verto      versum
 
     turn reverse - turn back universe - tars all turn as one wheel conversation...
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     scribo      scriptum  
 
         write describe - write down scripture -...
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     autos
 
       self autograph - writing the name of oneself autobiography...
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  thermos  
 
   heat thermal - involves heat thermometer - device for measuring heat   
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      curro      cursum
 
       run current - running now occur - run against, happen cursive...
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     magnus
 
      big, large, great magnify - make bigger magnificent - great...
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       bios
 
       life biology - study of life biography - written life story       
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   geo    
 
earth geogrpahy - draw the earth (make maps) geology - study of the earth geometry - measure...
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plico plicatum
 
fold duplicate - two fold multiplication - increase in number manifold replica - fold again,...
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scio scitum
 
know science - knowledge that comes from study conscience - knowledge of right and wrong

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