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Some Greek & Latin Roots
roots, meaning, examples of words
18
English
11th Grade
10/25/2009

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Term
bio-
Definition

Life;

 Biology Biography

Term
-chron, chrono-
Definition

Time;

 chronology,chronic

Term
cryph, crypt
Definition

hidden/secret;

 cryptic, cryptographer

Term
-dia-
Definition

through/across/between;

 diameter, diagram

Term
-auto-
Definition

self;

automatic, autobiography

Term
-gen
Definition

race/kind/origin/birth;

 genocide, genesis, generation

Term
-graph-, -graphy, -gram-
Definition

writing;

 telegram, geography

Term
-lys
Definition

break down;

 analysis, lysosome

Term
micro-
Definition

small;

 microwave, microscope, microchip

Term
-morph-
Definition

form/shape;

 morphology, amorphous

Term
-pol-, -polis
Definition

city/state;

 metropolis, politics, police

Term
-tele
Definition

far-off/distant;

 telephone, telepathy

Term
-cap-, capt-
Definition

take;

 captive, captain

Term
-dic-, -dict-
Definition

say/speak/tell;

dictionary, dictator

Term
-fac-,-fact,-fic
Definition

make;

 fiction, factual, faculty, facilitate

Term
-pend, -pense
Definition

hang/weight/set aside;

 pendulum, pendant, pending, dispense

Term
-tac, -tag-, -tang-, -teg-
Definition

touch;

 tangible, contagious, contact

Term
-voc-, -vok-
Definition

call;

vocal, invoke, vocabulary, provoke

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