click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Latin/Greek Roots
English From the Roots Up
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| photos | light |
| graph | write or draw |
| tele | far away, distant |
| metron | measure |
| philia | love, friendship |
| phobos | fear |
| tropos | turning |
| thesis | put, place, position |
| syn | with, together |
| kinesis | movement |
| phone | sound (Greek) |
| sonus | sound (Latin) |
| skopeo | see, look, consider, examine (Greek) |
| video, visum | see (Latin) |
| logos | word, study |
| 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 |