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Stuckey's Root Words
Root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amor | love, liking |
| ann | year |
| anthrop | man |
| anti | against |
| aqua | water |
| arch | chief, first, rule |
| aster, astr | star |
| auto | self |
| bi | twice, two |
| bibl | book |
| corp, corpus | body |
| cess | to yield, to go |
| civ | citizen |
| cogn | knowledge |
| crat | rule, strength |
| deca | ten |
| dem | people |
| derm | skin |
| dic, dict | to proclaim, to speak, speech |
| doc | teach |
| dorm | sleep |
| enn | years |
| equi | equal |
| fract, frag | break |
| fum | smoke |
| fus | pour |
| gastro | stomach |
| graph, gram | write, written |
| helio | sun |
| hetero | different |
| hydro, hydra | water |
| ject | throw |
| judi, judi, judic | judge, lawyer |
| lex | law, word, reading |
| licit, lic | permit |
| lingu | tongue, language |
| lith | stone, rock |
| locu | to speak |
| log, logo, ology | word, study |
| lus | to play |
| magn | great |
| mal | bad, evil, wrong, ill |
| mang | large, great |
| mani | hand |
| mania | madness |
| mar, mari, mer | sea, pool |
| matri, matro, matric | mother |
| medi | half, middle, between, halfway |
| mega | great |
| meter | measure |
| micro | small |
| mill | thousand |
| mob, mot, mov | move |
| morph | form |
| multi | many, much |
| neo | new, recent |
| noc, nox | night |
| nom | law, order |
| nomin, nomen | name |
| omni | all, every |
| ortho | straight, correct |
| path, pathy | feeling, suffering |
| phobia | fear |
| phon | sound |
| photo | light |
| ped, pod | feet, foot |
| port | carry |
| psych | mind, soul |
| quart | fourth |
| quin | fifth, five |
| rupt | burst, to breat |
| scrib,sript | to write |
| sol | sun |
| spee, spect, spic | look |
| sphere | ball |
| spiro | breathe |
| tele | distant |
| terra | earth |
| therm | heat |
| trans | across, change, through, beyoung |
| uni | one |
| ver | true |
| vid, vis | see |
| vok, voc | voice, to call |
| vor | to eat |