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Greek / Latin Roots
Greek and Latin Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greek: fear, aversion, dislike, unexplained terror | phobe, phobo, phobia |
| Greek: like, love, friendly to, attraction, no hate or dislike | phile, philo, phil |
| Greek: shade, shadow | skio, ski, skia, scia, scio, sci |
| Greek: light, radiant energy | photo, phot |
| Latin: one, single | uni |
| Greek: finger, toe | dactyl |
| Latin: finger, toe | digit, digiti |
| Latin: sword | gladi |
| Greek: sword | xipho, xiph, xiphi |
| Latin: night | noct, nox, nocti |
| Latin: shine, light, torch | lumen, lumin, lum |
| Latin: shadow, shade | umbra, umbro, umbr |
| Greek: twilight, darkness, gloomy, shadow | lygo, lyg |
| Greek: ground, soil, earth | pedo, ped |
| Latin: foot, feet | podo, pod, poda |
| Greek: know, knowledge, wisdom, wise | soph, sopho, sophic |
| Latin: teaching, learning, apprentice | discip |
| Greek: no, not, absence of, without, lack of | a, an |
| Latin: no, not, nullify, deny, refuse | neg, ne |
| Greek: move, movement, set in motion | cine, cinem, cinemat |
| Greek: move, muscular activity | kin, kine, kino, kinesi, kineto |
| Latin: move, set in motion, moving | mobil, mobi, moto, mot |
| Latin: two, twice, double | bi, bino, duo, du, bin, bis |
| Greek: two, second | deutero, deuter, deut |
| Greek: three, thrice | tri, tre |
| Latin: nothing, not one, none | nul, nulli, null |