| Root (source) | Meaning | English words | |
| aster, astr (G) | star | astronomy, astrology | |
| audi (L) | to hear | audible, auditorium | |
| bene (L) | good, well | benefit, benevolent | |
| bio (G) | life | biology, autobiography | |
| dic, dict (L) | to speak | dictionary, dictator | |
| fer (L) | to carry | transfer, referral | |
| fix (L) | to fasten | fix, suffix, affix | |
| geo (G) | earth | geography, geology | |
| graph (G) | to write | graphic, photography | |
| jur, just (L) | law | jury, justice | |
| log, logue (G) | word, thought, speech | monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism | |
| luc (L) | light | lucid, translucent | |
| manu (L) | hand | manual, manuscript | |
| meter, metr (G) | measure | metric, thermometer | |
| op, oper (L) | work | operation, operator | |
| path (G) | feeling | pathetic, sympathy, empathy | |
| ped (G) | child | pediatrics, pedophile | |
| phil (G) | love | philosophy, Anglophile | |
| phys (G) | body, nature | physical, physics | |
| scrib, script (L) | to write | scribble, manuscript | |
| tele (G) | far off | telephone,television | |
| ter, terr (L) | earth | territory, extraterrestrial | |
| vac (L) | empty | vacant, vacuum, evacuate | |
| verb (L) | word | verbal, verbose | |
| vid, vis (L) | to see | video, vision, television |
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Some common Latin and Greek roots
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