List of Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Root	Meaning	Example Word	Word Meaning
aqua	water	aquarium	a tank for water animals
aud	hear	audio	sound that is heard
auto	self	autograph	a person’s own signature
bio	life	biology	study of life
cent	hundred	century	100 years
chrono	time	chronological	arranged by time
dict	say, speak	predict	to say before it happens
form	shape	transform	to change shape
graph	write	photograph	image written with light
ject	throw	eject	throw out
port	carry	transport	carry across
rupt	break	erupt	break out
scrib/script	write	describe	to write or tell
spect	see	inspect	to look at carefully
struct	build	construct	to build
tele	far	telephone	device for hearing far away
therm	heat	thermometer	tool to measure heat
vid/vis	see	video	recording you can see
bene	good	benefit	something good
mal	bad	malfunction	bad function
geo	earth	geography	study of the earth
mater	mother	maternal	related to mother
pater	father	paternal	related to father
phon	sound	microphone	tool for amplifying sound
photo	light	photosynthesis	making food using light
mort	death	mortal	can die
multi	many	multiply	increase in number
uni	one	uniform	same for everyone
micro	small	microscope	device to see small things
macro	large	macrocosm	large universe
astro	star	astronaut	star traveler
hydra	water	hydrate	to add water
ped/pod	foot	tripod	stand with 3 feet
man	hand	manual	done by hand
phon	sound	phonics	sounds of letters
vac	empty	vacuum	empty space
terr	earth	terrain	land surface
luna	moon	lunar	related to the moon
mar	sea	marine	related to the sea
nav	ship	navigate	to steer a ship
cycle	circle	bicycle	two-wheeled vehicle
scop	see	telescope	tool to see far away
cred	believe	incredible	hard to believe
log/logue	word, speech	dialogue	conversation
metr/meter	measure	diameter	measurement across
phon	sound	symphony	harmonious sound
dict	speak	dictionary	book of spoken/written words
tract	pull	attract	pull toward
mit/miss	send	transmit	send across
cap	take	capture	take by force
sign	mark	signature	a signed mark
fac/fact	make, do	factory	place to make things
ten/tain	hold	contain	hold inside
fer	carry	transfer	carry across
cede/ceed	go, yield	proceed	to go forward
jur/jus	law	jury	group who decides by law
luc/lum	light	illuminate	to light up
neg	deny	negative	to say no or bad
pel/puls	push	propel	push forward
pon/pos	place, put	position	place something
reg	rule	regulate	to control or rule
sci	know	science	knowledge of natural world
sec/sect	cut	dissect	cut apart
sens/sent	feel	sensitive	able to feel
spir	breathe	inspire	to breathe into (figuratively)
tain/ten	hold	retain	to keep/hold back
ven/vent	come	invent	to come up with
vers/vert	turn	convert	to turn into something else
vis/vid	see	visual	related to seeing
voc/vok	call	vocal	relating to voice
belli	war	rebellion	fight against control
domin	master	dominate	to master over
ego	self	egotistic	full of oneself
fid	faith, trust	confident	full of trust
fin	end	final	the end
flam	fire	flammable	catches fire easily
gloss	tongue	glossary	list of words
hemo	blood	hemoglobin	protein in blood
homo	same	homogeneous	same kind
host	enemy	hostile	unfriendly
jud	judge	judgment	decision made by judge
lab	work	collaborate	work together
liber	free	liberty	freedom
manu	hand	manufacture	make by hand or machine
mem	remember	memory	ability to remember
nav	ship	navy	military ships
ocu	eye	binoculars	see with both eyes
path	feeling	sympathy	sharing another’s feelings
phil	love	philosopher	lover of wisdom
phys	body/nature	physical	relating to the body
psych	mind	psychology	study of the mind
quer/quir/ques	ask	inquire	to ask about
rid/ris	laugh	ridicule	to laugh at
scope	look	microscope	see small objects
sect	cut	section	a cut part
sol	sun	solar	relating to the sun
son	sound	sonar	sound navigation
tang/tact	touch	tangible	able to be touched
theo	god	theology	study of God
urb	city	urban	relating to the city
ver	truth	verify	to prove truth
zoo	animal	zoology	study of animals

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