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Jerome Greek/Latin
Master List Greek/Latin Roots (Greek? Latin Root+Meaning+Modern Words)
| Greek/Latin Root | Meaning | Modern Word(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ago, acta | do, things done | agent, enact, transact |
| anthropos | man, human being | anthropology, misanthrope |
| ars | art | artist, artifact |
| brevis | short | brevity, abbreviate |
| canto | sing | chant, cantor |
| caput | head | captain, decapitate |
| clino | to lean, bend | incline, decline |
| cognito | know | cognizant, recognize |
| copia | plenty | copy, copious |
| credo | believe | credible, incredulous |
| culpa | blame | culpable, culprit |
| dominus | a lord, master | dominate, dominion |
| duco | lead | abduct, introduce |
| fido | to trust, believe | confide, infidel |
| fundo, fusum | pour, thing poured | effusive, transfusion |
| genus | kind, origin | generic, congenital |
| holos | whole | holistic, catholic |
| jungo | join | junction, conjugal |
| lego, lectum | read, thing read | intellect, legible |
| locus | a place | local, dislocate |
| loquor | speak | eloquent, loquacious |
| medius | middle | mediate, mediocrity |
| missio | a sending | emissary, mission |
| morior | die | mortal |
| nego | deny | negate |
| nihil | nothing | nihilism, annihilate |
| occido | kill | homicide, suicide |
| pathos | suffering, feeling | sympathy, apathy |
| pendo | weigh, hang | depend, pendant |
| per | through | perceive, persist, persevere |
| phobos | fear | phobia, claustrophobia |
| plenus | full | plenty, plenary |
| porto | carry | transport, export |
| positum | placed | position, opposite |
| possum | be able | possible, potent |
| pugno | to fight | impugn, pugnacious |
| punctum | point | punctual, punctuation |
| rego | to rule | regular, regency |
| sanguis | blood | sanguine |
| satis | enough | satisfy |
| scio | know | science, conscious |
| solus | alone | solo, desolate |
| sonus | a sound | unison, consonant |
| sophos | wise | philosophy, sophomore |
| spiritus | breath | inspire, spirit |
| totus | whole | totalitarianism |
| tractum | drawn, pulled | distract, tractor |
| usus | use | abuse, utensil |
| vacuus | empty | evacuate, vacuum |
| verbum | word | verbal |
| verto | turn | avert, convert, anniversary |
| via | way, road | deviate, viaduct |
| aequus | equal | equal, equation |
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