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Root Words
Greek and Latin
Question | Answer |
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Phone | Sound/Telephone |
Phobos | Fear/Zoophobia |
Thesis | Put,Place,Position/Photosynthesis |
Graph | To write or draw/Telegraph |
Logos | Word or study/Geology |
Skopeo | To see/Telescope |
Philia | Love, Friendship/Philadelphia |
Tele | Faraway, Distant/Teleport |
Kinesis | Movement/Kinetics |
Tropos | Turning/Troposphere |
Video/Visum | See/Television |
Photos | Light/Photograph |
Syn | With, Together/Symphony |
Sonus | Sound/Sonar |
Metron | Measure/Meter |
Jungo Junctum | Join, Unite, Connect/Junction |
Bracchium | Arm; Bracero |
Dens | Tooth/Dentist |
Corpus | Body/Corpse |
Verbum | Word/Verbose |
Nomen/Nominus | Name/Nominal |
Pro | For, Before, Forward, In Place of/Proceed |
Unus | One/Unit |
Prae | Before, In front of/Predict |
Terra | Land/Territory |
Cum | With, Together/Community |
Figo, Fixum | Fix, Fasten, Attach/Affix |
Digitus | Finger, Toe, Inch/Digital |
Caput | Head/caput |
Bonus | Good/Bonny |
Helios | Sun/Helos |
Luna | Moon/Lunar |
Dia | Through, Between, Across, Apart /Died |
Trans | Across, Over, Beyond, Through/Transport |
Geo | Earth/Geology |
Ad | To, Toward, Near, Next to/Admire |
Manus | Hand/Manufacture |
Pes, Pedis | Foot/Pedal |
Pyro | Fire/Pyrotechnics |
Ignis | Fire/Ignite |
Vulcanus | Fire/Volcano |
Hydros | Water/Hydrology |
Helios | Sun/Helios |
Sol | Sun/Solar |
Luna | Moon/Lunar |
Hypnos | Sleep/Hypnosis |
Dormio/Dormitum | Sleep/Dormant |
Jacio/Jactum | Throw/Eject |
Pono/Positum | Lay, Put, Place/Position |
duo | two/duet |
Tres | Three/Trio |
Quattor | Four/Quadruplet |
Quinque | Five/Quintuplets |
Sex | Six/Sextuplets |
Septem | Seven/September |
Octo | Eight/October |
Novem | Nine/November |
Decem | Ten/December |
Centum | 100/Centipede |
Mille | 1000/Millepede |
Agua | Water/Aquarium |
Dia | Through, Between, Across, Apart/Diagram |
Trans | Across, Over, Beyond, Through/Transport |
Annus | Year/Annual |
Lithos | Stone/Monolith |
Petros | Rock, Stone/Petroglyph |
Astron | Star/Astronomy |
Stella | Star/Stellar |
Dendron | Tree/Dendrometer |
Arbor | Tree/Arboretum |
Chronos | Time/Chronology |
Tempus | Time/Tempo |
Para | Beside, Along With/Parallel |
Inter | Between, Among, Amid/Intervene |
Techne | Art, Skill/Technology |
Ars, Artis | Art, Skill/Artist |
Bios | Life/Biology |
Vivo, Victum | Live/Vivid |
Mikros | Small/Microphone |
Megas | Great big, Large/Megaphone |
Magnus | Big, Large, Great/Magnify |
Pater, Patris | Father/Patriarch |
Mater, Matris | Mother/Matriarch |
Frater, Fratris | Brother/Fraternity |
Demos | The People, The Citizens/Democracy |
Populus | People/Population |
Polis | City/Metropolis |
Urbs, Urbis | City/Urban |
Pathos | Feeling, Suffering/Pathetic |
Autos | Self/Autograph |
Thermos | Heat/Thermal |
Curro, Cursom | Run/Current |
Zoon | Animal/Zoo |
Verto, Versum | Turn/Reverse |
Facio, Factum | Do, make/Factory |
Scribo, Scriptum | Write/Scribe |
Plico, Plicatum | Fold/Duplicate |
Dico,Dictum | See, Say/Dictate |
Biblos | Book/Bible |
Liber, Libri | Book/Library |
Scio, Scitum | Know/Science |
Discipulus | Student/Disclipline |
Sauros | Lizard/Dinosaur |
Amo, Amatum | Love/Amorous |