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Legal Terminology
Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aster, astr | star (Greek) astronomy, astrology |
| audi | to hear (Latin) audible, audience |
| bene | good, well (latin) benefit, benevolent |
| bio | life (Greek) biology, autobiography |
| dic, dict | to speak (Latin) dictator, dictionary |
| fer | to carry (Latin) transfer, referral |
| fix | to fasten (Latin) fix, suffix, prefix |
| geo | earth (Greek) geography, geology |
| graph | to write (Greek) geography, photography |
| jur, jus | law (Latin) jury, justice |
| log, logue | word, thought, speech (Greek) astrology, biology, neologism |
| luc | light (Latin) lucid, translucent |
| manu | hand (Latin) manual, manuscript |
| meter, metr | measure (Greek) metric, thermometer |
| op, oper | work (Latin) operation, operator |
| path | feeling (Greek) pathetic, sympathy |
| ped | child (Greek) pediatrics |
| phil | love (Greek) philosophy, Anglophile |
| phys | body, nature (Greek) physical, physics |
| scrib, script | to write (Latin) scribble, manuscript |
| tele | far off (Greek) telescope, television, telephone |
| ter, terr | earth (Latin) territory, extraterrestrial |
| vac | empty (Latin vacant, vacuum, evacuate |
| verb | word (Latin) verbal, verbose |
| vid, vis | to see (Latin) video, vision, television |