Roots (till 126)

aco(u)

to hear, hearing

(acoustic)

act, ag

to act, to do, to drive

(active, agent)

agog(ue), agogy

to lead, leader, guiding, inducing (demagogue)

agon, agonist

stuggle, contest

(agony, antagonist)

alg, algesia, algia

pain (analgesic)

am, amat

to love

(amiable, amorous)

ambul

to walk
(circumambulate, amble)

andro, andry

male

(android, androgynous)

anim

mind, feeling, life

(animate)

anthrop

man, human being

(philanthropy, anthropology)

aqu

water

(aquatic, aquarium)

arch

first, ancient, rule

(archive, monarch, archeology)

aud

to hear, hearing, aloud

(audible, audience)

aug, auct, auth, aux

to increase, to create

(augment, author, auxiliary)

auto

of, by for, or in oneself

(autobiography, autocrat, autodidact)

bene, bon

good

(benevolent, bonus)

brac, brachi

the arm

(brachiate, bracelet)

cant, cent

to sing

(canticle, chant, recant, incantation)

cap, capt, cep, cept

box, to take, contain, seize

(capture, reciept, capacious)

capit, capt, cipit

head, chief

(capital)

carn

flesh

(carnal, incarnate, carnivore)

caus, cuse

to cause

(causal, excuse, accuse)

ced, cede, ceed, cess

to yield, to go

(cede, accessible)

cern, cert, cret, crim

to separate, to distinguish

(discern, uncertain, discriminate)

chrom, chromat

color

(polychromatic, chromatic)

chron

time

(synchronous, chronology)

cid, cide

to kill

(suicide)

cise (cis)

to cut

(excise, scissors)

cog (cogit)

to think

(cognitive)

coll

glue, to stick together

(collage)

corp (cors)

body

(corpse, corset)

cosm

universe, order

(cosmic)

cred (creed, creant)

to believe, to trust

(credibility)

cruc (crus)

cross, significant

(crucial)

de, div

concerning God

(divine, deity)

dic (dict, diction)

to say, speech, word

(benediction)

doc (doct, dog, dox)

to teach, learning

(doctrine, orthodox)

dom

house, master

(domestic, dominate)

equ (qui)

equal, even

(equate)

esthe (esthesia)

to feel, sentation

(esthetics, anasthesia)

fid (fidel)

faith, trust

(fidelity)

fin (finite)

end, purpose

(infinite)

flu (fluor, flux, fluv)

to flow

(fluid)

for (fort)

strong

(enforce)

fract (frag, frang, fring)

to break, to shatter

(fracture)

gen (gon)

birth, race, kind

(genetic)

ger, gest

to carry, to produce

(gestation, digest)

grad (grade, gress)

to step, a degree or grade

(gradual, progress)

gram, graph

a record, picture, writing

(telegram, autograph)

grat

pleasing, thankful

(gratitude)

greg

society, group

(aggregate)

gynec, gyn, gynist

female

(gynecologist)

hier (hieratic)

holy, sacred

(hierarchy)

hol

whole

(holistic)

hydr (hydro)

water, liquid

(hydraulics)

ideo

idea, philosophy

(ideal)

idi (idio)

personal, private

(idiosyncratic)

iso

equal, similar

(isometric)

ject, jet

to throw

(eject)

jud (jur, just)

right, law

(injury)

jug (junct)

a link, to join

(conjunction)

kine (kinesia, kinesis)

movement, energy

(kinetic)

lect (leg, lig)

to choose, to read

(collect, legible)

lev (lieve, life)

to lift, light in weight

(alleviate, relief)

lign (line)

line

(delineate, lineage)

locut (loqu, loquy)

to speak, speech

(eloquent)

log (logue, logy, lexico)

speech, word, study of

(logic)

luc (luin, lux)

light, to shine

(illuminate)

macro

large

(macrocosm)

mal

bad

(malefactor)

medi (meso, mid)

in the middle of

(intemediate)

mis

hate, wrong

(misanthrope, mistake)

mor (mort)

death

(mortician)

neg

to deny

(negate, renege)

neo

new

(neologism)

noct (nox)

night

(nocturnal)

nom (num)

law

(economy, astronomy)

od (odia)

smell

(odious)

opt (optic)

eye, vision

(optics)

ov (ovul)

egg, egg-shaped

(oval, ovulate)

par (pare)

equal

(parity)

part (parti)

father

(paternal)

path (pathic, pathy)

emotion, suffering

(empathy)

pel (puls)

to drive, driven

(pulse, propel)

phil (phil, philia)

love, fondness for

(philanthropy)

phob (phobo)

fear

(phobia)

plaud (plaus, plod, plos)

to make a loud noise

(applaud, explode)

plen (plet)

to fill, full

(plenthora)

prim (prin)

first

(premier)

pur (purg)

to clear of guild, to get rid of unwanted

(expurgate)

quest (quir, quisit)

to ask

(request)

rad (radic)

root

(eradicate)

rati (reas)

to think, to calculate

(rate, rational)

rect (reg, rig)

to rule or guide, proper, straight

(regulate, rigorous)

rupt

to break, to sever

(interrupt)

salu (salv)

safety, health

(salubrious)

scrib (scribe, script)

to write, something written

(inscribe)

secut (sequ)

to follow, to ensue

(sequence)

sen (senil)

old, old age

(senescence)

ser (sor)

a series, attachment

(serial)

solute (solv)

to release, to loosen, to free

(dissolve)

soph (sophy)

wisdom

(sophisticated)

spec (spect, spic)

to look, to see

(spectator)

spir (spire)

to breathe, breath, spirit

(aspire)

stant (stat, stit)

to stand, to stay, to state

(stance, status)

stru (struct)

to build, a building pattern

(destructive)

tact (tang, teg, ting)

touch

(tactile)

temper (tempor, temp)

time, balance

(temporary)

ten (tain, tenet, tin)

to hold

(contain)

tend (tens)

to stretch

(extend)

top (tope, topy)

place

(utopia)

tract (treat)

to draw, to pull, to attract

(extract)

trib (tribe, trit)

to rub, to wear down

(attrition)

trop (tropic, tropy)

to turn, a change or turn

(entropy)

troub (turb)

confusion, whirling

(perturb, turbine)

vac (van, vast, void)

empty, desolate

(vaccum, vanity)

vail (cal)

to be strong, to be worthy

(valiant)

ver (veri)

true

(veracious)

vit (viv)

life, to live

(vivify)

voc (vok, vow)

voice, to call or summon

(vociferous)

vol

will, desire, wish

(volition)

vor (vorous, vour)

to eat, to swallow

(voracious)

xene (xeno, xeny)

foreign

(xenphobe)

zoa (zo, zoo, zoon)

life, living

(zoo, metazoan)

Prefixes and Suffixes

a (an)

not, without

(apathy)

ab (abs)

away, from, separated

(abdicate)

ac (ad)

to, toward

(adhere)

ambi (amphi)

both, around

(ambidexterous)

ante (anter)

before, prior, in front of

(anterior)

ap (apo)

away from, detached

(apostate)

cata (cat, cath)

downwards, against, contrary to

(catapult)

circum

around

(circumscribe)

co (com, con)

with, together

(colloquy)

contra

against

(contrast)

de

down from, reverse, remove, out of, derived from

(decapitate)

di (dif, dis)

separation

(divert)

dys

bad, difficult

(dysphoria)

ec (ecto, ex)

outside of, external, away from

(ecstacy, excursion)

em (en, ent)

in, into, within

(endemic)

epi

over, above, around

(epilogue)

eu (ev, u)

well, good

(euphoria)

hyper

above, more, excessive

(hypersoic)

hypo

less, under, below

(hypochondria)

in (im, em, en)

in, on amongst, within

(insert)

in (im)

not

(inadequate)

men (ment)

result, means of or product of an action

(instrument, ailment)

meta (meth)

after, along with, transfer, changed

(metabolism)

mis

worse, badly

(misadventure)

ob (of, op)

toward, against, face-to-face

(object, oppose)

par (para)

beside, near, faulty

(paradox)

per

through, thoroughly

(permit)

peri

around, near, beside

(peripheral)

pre

before, in front of

(precede)

pro

earlier, before, forward

(proclivity)

re

back, backwards

(recur)

se

aside, away

(secede, sever)

syl (sym, syn)

united, together with, same

(synonym)

tra (trans)

through, across, beyond

(transport)

un

not

(undeniable)