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word roots 23&24
briana howard
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centr | center. |
| chron | time. |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce. |
| geo | earth, ground. |
| graph | write, written. |
| therm | heat. |
| -al | like, related to; an action or process . |
| -er | one who that which. |
| -ic | like, related to. |
| -logy | study of science. |
| -ous | having the quality. |
| -y | having the quality of, act, body, group. |
| geochrony | system of time divisions used in the study of earth. |
| geology | study of the earth's structure. |
| geocentric | related to the earth's center; earth-centered. |
| geothermal | related to the heat of the earth's interior. |
| geogenous | growing on or in the ground. |
| geographer | one who writes about the earth's features. |
| crac | government, rule. |
| derm | skin. |
| meso* | middle. |
| phil | love, loving. |
| somat | body. |
| mesodermic | relayed to the middle layer of skin. |
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes. |
| mesotherm | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat. |
| mesophilic | thriving in a moderate environment. |
| mesosomatic | related to the middle region of the body of various inveratbraes. |