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Greek + Latin Roots
Greek and Latin word stems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aer | air, atmosphere |
| arche/archaeo | primitive, ancient, origin |
| auto | self (Greek) |
| biblio | books, of books (Greek) |
| bio | life (Greek) |
| chron | time (Greek) |
| cosm/cosmo | world (Greek) |
| dem | people (Greek) |
| derma | skin (Greek) |
| ethn/ethno | nation, race (Greek) |
| geo | earth (Greek) |
| gen | family, race (Greek) |
| gram | writing (Greek) |
| hemo | blood (Greek) |
| hiero | sacred, holy (Greek) |
| hydr/hydra/hydro | water (Greek) |
| ideo | idea (Greek) |
| log/logy | study, speech (Greek) |
| meter/metr | measure (Greek) |
| micro | small (Greek) |
| ono/onym | name (Greek) |
| phil | loving (Greek) |
| phob | fear (Greek) |
| phon | sound (Greek) |
| photo/phos | light (Greek) |
| pneu | air, breath (Greek) |
| polis | city (Greek) |
| psyche | mind, spirit (Greek) |
| pyr | fire (Greek) |
| techno | Art, skill (Greek) |
| the/theo | god (Greek) |
| acer/acid/acri | bitter, sour (Latin) |
| agri | field, country (Latin) |
| alb | white (Latin) |
| amic | friendly (Latin) |
| aud | hear, sound (Latin) |
| bon | good (Latin) |
| ced/cess | go, yield (Latin) |
| femin | woman (Latin) |
| flect/flex | bend (Latin) |
| foli | leaf (Latin) |
| fract | to break (Latin) |
| lat | broad, wide (Latin) |
| lingu | language (Latin) |
| longus | long (Latin) |
| magn | great, large (Latin) |
| mar | sea (Latin) |
| mir | amazement, wonder (Latin) |
| mit/miss | send, cast (Latin) |
| mut | to change (Latin) |
| naut | sailor (Latin) |
| nomin | to name (Latin) |
| not | note, paper (Latin) |
| nov | new (Latin) |
| port | to carry, to bear (Latin) |
| pel/puls | drive, push (Latin) |
| port | carry (Latin) |
| rupt | to break (Latin) |
| sed | Sit (Latin) |
| sol | comfort, soothe (Latin) |
| tact | to touch (Latin) |