Roots alter ami, amicamphi

Meaning other love both ends or all sides year

Word alternate, alter ego amiable, amicable amphibian

ann, enni

anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope

Anthrop

human, man

Aqua, aque

water aqueduct chief, leader, ruler

aquatic, aquarium,

Arch

archangel, monarch, archaic, archenemy arthritis astronomy audible auditorium, audiotape audible, audiologist,

Arthro Aster/astra Audi aud

joint star hear sound

Bell Bene Biblio bio-

war good/well book life

belligerent, bellicose benefit bibliography, bibliophile biography, autobiography, biology, antibiotic brief, abbreviate capture, captivate, capacity carnivorous, chili con carne

brev Cap Carn

short take, seize meat

Ced

yield, go

recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession chromatic, monochrome, polychrome chlorophyll chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize recognize, cognitive, incognito harpsichord

Chrom-

color

Chloro Chron-

green time

Cogn Cord/chord

know cord

Corp crac, crat

body rule, ruler

corpus, corpse, corporal autocrat, democracy, bureaucrat, democracy credible, credulous, credibility, credit, credo crucifix, crucial crustacean cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic

Cred

believe

Cruc Crusta Crypt

cross shell hidden

Culp Dei Demo-

guilt god people

culpable, culprit deity, deify demography, democracy, epidemic dentist, dentifrice, dentin dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic dictate, predict, diction, indict

Dent Derm-

tooth skin

Dic

speak, say

Dox

belief, opinion

orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy induce, deduce, seduction, conduct, abduct duo dynamo, hydrodynamics egotist, egomania equal, equity, equanimity, equate, equidistant

Duc, duct

lead

Duo DynamEgo Equ

two power self equal

Fac

make, do

manufacture, factory, benefactor transfer filament affix fraternal, fraternize monogamy, polygamy, bigamy

Fer Fil Fix Frater Gam-

carry threadlike Fasten brother marriage

Gen Geo-

birth earth

generate geopolitical, geology, geography, geothermal Hieroglyphics Egyptian sky writing gradual, progression, transgression graphology, biography, telegraph, geography

Glyph

vertical groove

grad, gress

step

Graph -

writing, printing

Gym Gyn Hemo, hema, Hem Holo Hydro, hydr

naked woman blood

gymnasium gynecologist, androgynous hemophilia, hematology, hemoglobin holograph dehydrate, hydraulics, hydroelectric, hydroplane isolate

whole, entire water

Iso

equal, identical

Ject Jur /just Jud Leg, lect

throw law judge read, choose

inject, reject, subject, projection jury judicial, judge, adjudicate legible, lectern, lecturer, election literature, illiterate, literal

Liter

letter

Loc Log Luc Magn

place word light large

local, location monologue, epilogue lucid, elucidate magnify, magnate, magnificent manufacture, manual, manuscript marine, mariner

Man

hand

Mar

sea

Mater

mother

maternal, maternity, matriarchy, matricide mere metacognitionbehind the thinking geometric, thermometer, odometer

Mere meta, met

part, segment behind, between

metri, meter- measure

Min

small

minority, minuscule, minute

Neg mit, miss

no send

negate permit, submission, mission, emit, mobile, automobile, motion, promote, movie premonition, admonition mortal, mortician, immortality metamorphosis, amorphous, morphology

mob, mot, mov Mon mor, mort

move

warn death

morph

form, structure

Neuro

nerve

neurology, neurosis, neurobiology nominal, nominate, nomenclature novel, renovate, innovation, novella synonym, acronym, anonymous, pseudonym eye orthodontistone who

nomen /nomin name

Nov

new

nym, onym Ocu Odonto

word, name ocular tooth

Olig op/oper

oligarchy work

few operation

ortho-

straight, correct

orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic osteoporosis

pacify, Pacific Ocean, pacifist

Osteo
Pac

bone
peace

Pater

father

paternal, paternity, patricide, patrilineal, patriotic sympathy, apathy, empathy, telepathy,

Path

feeling, suffering pathology

ped, pod

foot

pedal, pedometer, centipede, gastropod pulsate, repulsive, impulse, compel, propel

pel, puls

push

Pend

hang, weigh

pendulum, pendant, suspend, pending philosophy telephone, euphony, cacophony, phonograph physical

Phil phon-, phonoPhys

love sound, voice

body/nature

Plan
Pneum

flat
lung

planar, plantation, plane

pneumatic

Pod Port

feet carry

podiatrist portable, transport, portage, report, potent, omnipotent, potentate prototype

Pot

power

Proto psych-

first

soul, spirit, mind psychology, psychic, psychobiography false pseudonym

Pseudo

Pugna quer, quis

fight ask

pugnacious, pugilist query, inquisition,

scent, scend
schizo, schiz Sci Sciss scrib, script

climb
division, split know cut write

ascend, ascent
schizophrenic scientific scissors manuscript, scribe, proscribe, scripture

sed, sess sens, sent sequ, secu

sit feel, be aware follow

sedentary, session sensible, sentient sequence, sequel, consecutive service similar, assimilate, simile, facsimile (fax) siphon

Serv Simil

serve, protect same

Siphon

tube

Sol Son Soph

sun sound wisdom, knowledge look, see coil breathe

solar sonar, resonate, unison philosophy, sophisticated, sophomore (wise fool) spectacles, spectator, inauspicious, prospect spiral inspire, respiration, conspire, perspiration

Spec, spic Spir Spir

spond, spons

promise, answer for by one's own force stay, position build

respond, responsible

Spont

spontaneous

Stat Struct

station construct

Tang, tact
Tele

touch
far off

tactile, tangible
telephone

Temp Ten, tent

time hold

temporary, temporize tentative, tenable, tenuous subterranean, terrain, terrestrial, disinter theology, polytheism, atheist, monotheism thermal, thermos, thermometer

Terr

earth

Theo

god, deity

Therm-

heat

Trophy Uro

nutrition, food urine

atrophywithout nutrition urologist

Vac

empty

vacation, vacuum, vacuous, vacant

intervene, convene, contravene veracity, verify, verity introvert, irreversible, vertigo

ven, vent

come, go

Ver Vert

truth turn

Vid/vis Vit

see life

Video vital, revitalize, vitamin

Voc

call revoke, invocation, vocal, evocative, convocation

animal zoo, zoology, zoolatry

Zoo

Prefix a-, an-

Meaning not, without

Examples amoral, anesthetic, apolitical, asocial abduction, abstain, abnormal adjoin, adjacent (lying near to)

ab-

away from

ad-

to, toward

ambiana-

both
up, back, again

ambidextrous, ambivalent
analogy, anatomy, anagram

anti-

against

antipathy, antiwar, antisocial

apoauto-

from, away from apology, apologize self autobiography, automobile, autocracy, automaton benediction benevolent benefactor catastrophe--a turning down

bene-

good

cata-, cat-

down, against

centicentro, centri-

hundred around, center

centimeter concentric, centrifugal

circum-

around

circumlocution circumference, circumvent

communal, community connect, confide conspire contradict, contravene

comconcontra-

with, together with, together against

de-

down, away

descend, deject (cast down) diameter, division disengage, discord, discomfort dysfunctional, dysentery elect (choose out of), eject (throw out) ectoderm--outer skin

dia-, didis-

through, across apart, not

dyse-

ill, difficult, bad out of, from

ecto-

on the outside

en-, emendo-

in within, inside

empathy--feeling in endoscope--instrument for observing inside epitaph epidermis, epicenter esoteric--more inward, esophagus

epi-

upon

eso-

inward, within

euex-

well, good
out of, from

euthanasia--good death
exhume, exhale, exodus

hetero-

other, different same

heterosexual, heterodoxy, heterodox heterogeneous homosexual, homogeneous, homogenized hypertension, hypersensitive, hyperactivity hypotension, hypodermic illegitimate, illicit, illegal, illegible

homo-

hyper-

over

hypoil-

under not

imiminin-

not into not into

imperfect, impolite, impossible imbibe (drink in, take in) indiscreet, invisible incorporate (take into the body) intervene (come between), interstate intrastate, intramural

inter-

between

intra-

within

ir-

not

irregular, irrational, irredeemable macrocosm, macroeconomics malediction malevolent, malnutrition metaphysical microscope, microcosm, microeconomics

macro-

large

mal, male-

bad, evil

metamicro-

beyond small

mono-

one, single

monologue, monotheism, monarchy, monogamy neologism, neo-liberal, neonatology. neolithic object, obstruct (build against) palindrome pantheism, Pan-Hellenic, panorama, pandemic

neo-

new, recent

ob-

against

palin-, palipan-

back, again all, every

para-

false

paramilitary, paralegal, parachute percolate (flow through) perforate (punch through) perimeter, periscope philosophy, Francophile, bibliophile, philanthropy

per-

through

periphil-, philo-

around like, lover of

poly-

many, several

polygon, polygamy, polytechnic, polytheism

post-

after

postgraduate, posthumous postpone precede, predict (tell before) promote, project prospectview in front,

pre-

before

propros-

for, forward toward, in front something coming up first protobiology false

proto-

prototype, protoplasm,

pseudo

pseudonym, pseudoscience

re-

again, back

repeat, recede, regress (step back) retrogression, retroactive seduce (lead away), secede submarine, subject, subhuman subterranean superhuman, superego, superintend, surpass

retrose-

back away from

sub-

under

sur-, super-

over, above

syn-, sym-, syl-, sys

with, together

symphony, synonym, system, syllable

tele-

distant, far off

telephone, telepathy, television, telegram transient, Transatlantic, transport (carry across)

trans-

across

SUFFIXES

Suffix -agog, -agogue -cide

Definition leader

Example demagogue, pedagogue patricide, infanticide, herbicide. suicide appendectomy, splenectomy amnesia, mania, democracy, anarchy

kill(ing)

-ectomy

cutting

-ia, -y

act, state

-ic, -tic, -ical, -ac

having to do with cardiac things having to do with small

anthropomorphic, dramatic, biblical,

-ics

optics, physics

-isk, -iscus -ism

asterisk--a little star

the belief in

pacifism, terrorism, socialism, communism

-ist

one who believes in one connected with study field of

pacifist, terrorist, socialist, communist meteorite, polite, cosmopolite biology, geology, etymology, cardiology asteroid, spheroid

-ite

-logy

-oid

resembling, like-shaped one who takes

-or, -er

doctor, actor, teacher,

-phobia

exaggerated fear

photophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia analysis

-sis

act, state, condition of