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Root Words
Greek and Latin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |