List of Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Root	Origin	Meaning	Example Word	Meaning of Example
aqua	Latin	water	aquarium	place for water creatures
audio	Latin	hear	audience	group who hears a performance
auto	Greek	self	autobiography	self-written life story
bene	Latin	good, well	benefit	advantage or good effect
bio	Greek	life	biology	study of life
chron	Greek	time	chronicle	historical record over time
dict	Latin	speak	predict	speak about the future
geo	Greek	earth	geography	study of the earth
graph	Greek	write	autograph	self-written signature
homo	Greek	same	homogeneous	of the same kind
hydro	Greek	water	hydropower	power from water
ject	Latin	throw	eject	throw out
log	Greek	word, study	logic	study of reasoning
micro	Greek	small	microscope	instrument to see small things
mono	Greek	one	monopoly	control by one
multi	Latin	many	multicolor	many colors
neo	Greek	new	neoclassic	new classical style
path	Greek	feeling, disease	sympathy	feeling compassion
ped	Latin	foot	pedestrian	person who walks on foot
photo	Greek	light	photograph	picture made with light
port	Latin	carry	transport	carry across
pre	Latin	before	preview	view before
pro	Latin	for, forward	promote	move forward
re	Latin	again	rewrite	write again
scrib/script	Latin	write	describe	write down the details
tele	Greek	far	telephone	sound over a distance
therm	Greek	heat	thermometer	measure heat
vid/vis	Latin	see	visible	able to be seen
voc	Latin	voice	vocal	relating to the voice
circum	Latin	around	circumference	distance around
con	Latin	with, together	connect	join together
de	Latin	down, away	descend	go down
dis	Latin	apart, away	disconnect	separate
en	Latin	in, into	enter	go in
ex	Latin	out of	exit	way out
in	Latin	not, into	incorrect	not correct
inter	Latin	between	international	between nations
mal	Latin	bad	malfunction	fail to function
mis	Latin	wrong	misbehave	behave wrongly
non	Latin	not	nonfiction	not fiction
sub	Latin	under	submarine	under the sea
trans	Latin	across	transport	carry across
uni	Latin	one	unicycle	one wheel
anti	Greek	against	antibiotic	fights against bacteria
cide	Latin	kill	homicide	killing of a person
cent	Latin	hundred	century	100 years
dom	Latin	home, rule	dominate	rule over
hem	Greek	blood	hemoglobin	blood protein
labor	Latin	work	laborious	requiring much work
meta	Greek	beyond, change	metamorphosis	change in form
miss	Latin	send	transmit	send across
onym	Greek	name	synonym	word with same meaning
or	Latin	mouth	oral	relating to the mouth
pan	Greek	all	pandemic	affecting all people
post	Latin	after	postpone	put off until later
psycho	Greek	mind	psychology	study of the mind
sect	Latin	cut	dissect	cut apart
ultra	Latin	beyond	ultraviolet	beyond visible light
vac	Latin	empty	vacuum	empty space
verb	Latin	word	verbal	relating to words
volv	Latin	roll, turn	revolve	turn around
cardio	Greek	heart	cardiovascular	relating to heart and vessels
dyna	Greek	power	dynamic	full of power
eco	Greek	environment	ecology	study of environment
fer	Latin	carry	transfer	carry across
form	Latin	shape	transform	change shape
gen	Greek	birth, kind	generate	to produce or create
junct	Latin	join	conjunction	word that joins sentences
manu	Latin	hand	manual	done by hand
ment	Latin	mind	mental	relating to the mind
pater/patr	Latin	father	paternal	relating to father
soci	Latin	society	social	relating to society
spec	Latin	look	spectator	one who watches
stell	Latin	star	constellation	group of stars
tact/tang	Latin	touch	tactile	relating to touch
urb	Latin	city	urban	relating to a city
vert/vers	Latin	turn	invert	turn upside down
vita	Latin	life	vital	necessary for life
vol	Latin	will	volunteer	one who offers freely
anim	Latin	life, spirit	animate	bring to life
biblio	Greek	book	bibliography	list of books
cap	Latin	head	captain	head or leader
dent	Latin	tooth	dental	relating to teeth
fract	Latin	break	fracture	break in bone or material

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