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Latin/Greek Roots

English From the Roots Up

TermDefinition
photos light
graph write or draw
tele far away, distant
metron measure
philia love, friendship
phobos fear
tropos turning
syn with, together
thesis put, place, position
kinesis movement
phone sound (Greek)
sonus sound (Latin)
skopeo see, look, consider, examine (Greek)
logos word, study
video/visum see (Latin)
verbum word (Latin)
nomen/nominis name
pro for, before, forward, in place of
prae before, in front of
ad to, toward, near, next to
jacio/jactum throw
pono/positum lay, put, place
figo/fixum fix, fasten, attach
caput/capitis head
digitus finger, toe, inch
manus hand
pes/pedis foot
bracchium arm
dens/dentis tooth
corpus/corporis body
pyro fire (Greek)
ignis fire (Latin)
Vulcanus Roman god of fire
hydro water (Greek)
aqua water (Latin)
bonus good
helios sun (Greek)
sol sun (Latin)
luna moon (Latin)
dia through, between, across
geo earth (Greek)
terra land (Latin)
dormio/dormitum sleep (Latin)
hypnos sleep (Greek)
annus year
lithos stone
petros rock,stone
astron star (Greek)
stella star (Latin)
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