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Greek/Latin Roots
Week 4
Term | Definition | Example |
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ordin, ord (L) | row, rank | ordinary, ordinal, extraordinary, order, disorder |
ortho (G) | straight, rank | orthodontist, orthodox, orthopedist, orthography |
pater, patr (L) | father | paternity, paternal, patricide, patriarch |
path (G) | feeling, disease | feeling - sympathy, apathy, antipathy, empathy, pathos; disease - pathology, pathogen, psychopath |
ped (G) | child | pediatrician, pedophile, pedagogy, encyclopedia |
ped (L) | foot | pedestrian, pedal, biped, pedestal |
phil (G) | love | bibliophile, philanthropy, philosophy, philology |
phon (G) | sound | phone, phonic, symphony, phonograph |
photo (G) | light | photosynthesis, photograph, telephoto, photogenic |
pod (G) | foot | podiatrist, podium, tripod |
poli (G) | city | metropolis, cosmopolitan, police, political |
port (L) | carry | portable, transport, import, export, porter |
psych (G) | mind, soul | psychology, psychiatrist, psyche, psychopath |
ques, quer, quis (L) | ask, seek | question, quest, request, query, inquisitive, inquisition |
rad (L) | ray, spoke | radius, radial, radio, radiation, radiology, radium |