Roots and stems
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helen-dillman11 on December 12, 2010
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378 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Numer |  number |
| Fort | strong |
| Osteo | bone |
| Ornith | bird |
| Polis | city |
| Fus | pour |
| Ego | I |
| Spir | breathe |
| Dia | across |
| Acr | sharp |
| Acro | high |
| Culp | blame |
| Derm | skin |
| Zo | animal |
| Per | through |
| Pac | peace |
| Brev | short |
| Necro | death |
| Urb | city |
| Pugn | fight |
| Ecto | outer |
| Plasto | molded |
| Agog | leader |
| Cle | small |
| il | not |
| Germ | vital or related |
| Greg | group |
| Mar | sea |
| Prim | first |
| Pyro | fire |
| Clam | cry out |
| Plu | more |
| Tang | touch |
| String | bind |
| Liber | free |
| Junct | join |
| Clud | close |
| Se | apart |
| Trib | pay |
| Dign | worthy |
| Luc | light |
| Rupt | break |
| Grat | pleasing |
| Medi | middle |
| Soph | wisdom |
| Curr | run |
| Tempor | time |
| Migr | wander |
| Trans | across |
| Gamy | marriage |
| Vita | life |
| Demo | people |
| Stereo | solid |
| Ism | doctrine |
| Cogn | know |
| Sur | over |
| Alter | other |
| Astr | star |
| Dyna | power |
| Chron | time |
| Hyper | over |
| Luna | moon |
| Octa | eight |
| Gyro | turn |
| Contra | against |
| Geo | earth |
| Helio | sun |
| Thermo | heat |
| Tetra | four |
| Meter | measure |
| Scope | look |
| Son | sound |
| Dec | ten |
| Stell | star |
| Amat | love |
| Morph | shape |
| Vest | clothes |
| Bene | good |
| Pond | weight |
| Corp | body |
| dox | opinion |
| ject | throw |
| ortho | straight |
| homo | same |
| spec | look |
| hydro | water |
| photo | light |
| vid | look |
| viv | life |
| mono | one |
| proto | first |
| ex | out |
| duct | lead |
| ard | always |
| cap | take |
| cred | believe |
| miss | send |
| mis | bad |
| cede | go |
| circum | around |
| dis | away |
| post | after |
| sub | under |
| sed | sit |
| leg | read |
| anim | mind |
| tort | twist |
| nym | name |
| sanct | holy |
| meta | change |
| petr | rock |
| mir | wonder |
| man | hand |
| rect | right |
| volv | roll |
| demi | half |
| retro | backward |
| sens | feel |
| fy | make |
| ocul | eye |
| cur | care for |
| ultra | beyond |
| oid | appearance |
| gest | carry |
| apt | fit |
| tact | touch |
| voc | voice |
| rid | laugh |
| path | feeling |
| a | not |
| nomy | law |
| fid | faith |
| caco | bad |
| hetero | different |
| sci | know |
| graph | write |
| lat | side |
| lith | rock |
| tract | pull |
| in | in or not |
| co | together |
| phile | love |
| ine | nature of |
| -ar | relating to |
| hexa | six |
| fract | break |
| platy | flat |
| theo | god |
| fin | end |
| hedron | sided object |
| ambul | walk |
| ous | full of |
| topo | place |
| ped | foot or child |
| mort | death |
| carn | flesh |
| psych | soul |
| ethno | race or culture |
| gen | origin |
| nat | born |
| paleo | old |
| curs | run |
| crupt | hidden |
| cad | fall |
| capit | head |
| loqu | talk |
| sacro | holy |
| uni | one |
| ness | quality |
| alt | high |
| ics | art |
| iso | equal |
| vert | turn |
| ate | cause |
| cor | heart |
| ess | female |
| muta | change |
| fug | flee |
| -i | plural |
| jus | law |
| lum | light |
| ann | year |
| apo | away or up |
| sen | old |
| sol | alone |
| bas | low |
| rogat | ask |
| parl | speak |
| potent | power |
| surg | rise |
| log | word or reason |
| gram | writing |
| cant | sing |
| reg | rule |
| pro | forward |
| gyn | woman |
| ag | to do |
| act | to do |
| mob | move |
| sess | sit |
| fic | make |
| nounce | tell |
| andro | man |
| an- | without |
| ab | away |
| mel | song |
| aden | gland |
| aer | air |
| alb | white |
| ase | enzyme |
| epi | on |
| hum | earth |
| -be | life |
| bon | good |
| struct | build |
| chlor | green |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| diplo | double |
| dys | bad |
| eco | house |
| emia | blood |
| enter | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| idio | peculiar |
| exo | out |
| im | not |
| fil | thread |
| chrom | color |
| form | shape |
| sequ | follow |
| glyc | sweet |
| hemo | blood |
| ultima | last |
| infra | beneath |
| leuko | white |
| lys | break down |
| meso | middle |
| milli | thousandth |
| mem | remember |
| gress | step |
| labor | work |
| myo | muscle |
| vac | empty |
| oligo | few or small |
| ose | sugar |
| osis | condition |
| tude | state of |
| patho | disease |
| phag | eat |
| phor | carry |
| phyt | plant |
| phyll | leaf |
| pleo | more |
| pod | foot |
| soror | sister |
| -a | plural |
| val | worth |
| para | beside, near |
| dom | rule |
| erg | work |
| rhiz | root |
| sapro | rotten |
| schizo | divide |
| hippo | horse |
| som | body |
| spor | seed |
| sta | stop |
| rhodo | rose |
| taxis | arrangement |
| vol | will |
| frat | brother |
| trich | hair |
| troph | nourishment |
| tox | poison |
| sect | cut |
| zygo | yoke |
| zym | ferment |
| tropo | turn |
| gastro | stomach |
| arthro | joint |
| ventri | belly |
| dors | back |
| macro | large |
| dextro | right or clockwise |
| brachy | short |
| brachio | arm |
| branchio | gills |
| kin | motion |
| phylo | kind |
| blasto | embryo |
| dactylo | finger |
| phos | light |
| gon | angle |
| lite | mineral or fossil |
| vore | eating |
| holo | whole |
| haplo | single or simple |
| opia | sight |
| lent | full of |
| ef | out |
| ium | an element |
| dicho | in two parts |
| atmo | vapor |
| cardio | heart |
| cosmo | world or universe |
| counter | against |
| cranio | skull |
| cyclo | circle |
| gno | know |
| oss | bone |
| xylo | wood |
| monger | seller |
| sept | seven |
| xeno | stranger |
| vas | vessel |
| fore | front |
| ish | like |
| less | without |
| baro | pressure |
| ferro | iron |
| quasi | somewhat |
| nesia | island |
| lepsy | attack |
| let | little |
| nano | billionth |
| pico | trillionth |
| ideo | idea |
| ven | come |
| ichthy | fish |
| pulse | drive |
| calor | heat |
| Sol | sun |
| strat | layer |
| nuc | center |
| sat | enough |
| protero | early |
| mont | mountain |
| kilo | thousand |
| myria | many |
| tachy | quick |
| fiss | split |
| cumu | heaped |
| meteor | high |
| hibern | winter |
| di | two |
| bath | deep |
| cirr | hair |
| grav | heavy |
| solv | loosen |
| ophthal | eye |
| oma | tumor |
| rub | red |
| mela | black |
| vice | in place of |
| foli | leaf |
| atom | vapor |
| orb | circle |
| multi | many |
| ign | fire |
| moll | soft |
| lin | line |
| hemi | half |
| oo | egg |
| grade | step |
| pneumo | lung |
| radi | ray |
| oscu | mouth |
| ob | against |
| vect | carry |
| digit | finger |
| gymno | naked |
| plasm | form |
| narco | sleep |
| vermi | worm |
| lign | wood |
| dendr | tree |
| lachry | tear |
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