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Common Roots
Common Root Meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ami, amic | friend |
| anthro | mankind |
| aud | sound |
| bell or belli | war |
| bio | life |
| brev | briefness |
| cap | take or seize |
| ced | to go, yield |
| chron | time |
| cogn | know |
| corp | body |
| crac, crat | rule, ruler |
| cred | believe |
| culp | guilty |
| cur, curs | to run |
| dem(o) | people |
| dic | speck, say |
| equ | equal |
| fac, fact, fect, fic | to make or do |
| gen | birth |
| graph | writing |
| greg | group |
| gress | to step or move |
| laud | praise |
| luc | light |
| min | small |
| mor | death |
| mut | change |
| nov | new |
| nym | name |
| pac | peace |
| path | feeling |
| phon | sound |
| pug | fight |
| quer, quis, quir | ask |
| sci | to know |
| scrib, scrip | to write |
| sens, sent | to feel |
| simil | same |
| son | sound |
| soph | wisdom |
| spec | to look |
| sta, stat | to stay in position |
| temp | time |
| tera | earth |
| the, theo | god |
| vac | empty |
| ver | truth |
| vert | to turn |
| vit, viv | life |
| voc, vok | call |