Vocabulary Root Words
Keep this list in your notebook.
Latin roots are present in many of our English language words, especially in science. Whenever you encounter a new term in this class you break down the word into its parts and use these prefixes, suffixes, and stems to figure out its meaning. You will have a vocabulary quiz EVERYTuesday.
Section 1
a-, an-no; lacking; none-algia pain
ab-away from; out fromamphibi-double life
ac-to; towardan-not; without
acou-hearingana-up
adeno- glandangiovessel
agri- field, soilanthoflower
-alhaving character ofanti-against
alb- white
Section 2
anthropo- man
aqu-waterbene-well; good
archaeo-primitive, ancientbi-two, twice
arthro- jointbio-life, living
aster; astrostarsbrachi-having arms
audi-hearbranchi-having fins
auto-selfbronchi- windpipe
baro-weightcalor-heat
Section 3
cardi-heartchem-refers to chemistry
carpalwristchlor-green
caud-tailchrom-color
cell-chamber-cidekilling
centi-hundredthcircumaround, about
centr-centerco-with, together
cephal-headcocc-seed
cervic-neck
Section 4
contra-againstdemi-half
cosmo-world; orderdendr-tree
cotyl-cupdent-tooth
-cyclyring, circlederm-skin
cyst-bladder, pouchdi-two
-cytecell, receptacledia-across
dactyl-fingerdigitfinger, toe
deca-ten
Section 5
dis-apart, outen-in; into
dorm-sleepencephal-brain
dors-backend; entwithin
-ductleadenter-intestines
echin- spiny, pricklyethno-race, people
eco-houseextra-outside
ect-outsideex- out of
electro-electricity
Section 6
-fid; fis-divided, splitgeo-land; earth
-flect; -flexbendglob-ball; round
flor-flower-gonangle; corner
fluor-fluorine-gonygeneration
foli-leaf-gradestep; division
fract-breakgrav-heavy
galact-milk, milky fluidgymno-naked
gastro-stomach
Section 7
gyn-femalehist-tissue
gyr-ring; circlehomo-man; same/alike
hem- bloodhydr-water
hepat-liverhypo-beneath, less
herb-grasshyper-above, over
hetero-different; otherichthy-fish
hex-sixim-not
hibern-winter
Section 8
in- to, not, toward, into-lesswithout
inter-betweenleuc-white; bright; light
intra-within, insidelingu-tongue
-isma state or conditionliqu-become fluid, liquid
iso-equal; samelip-fat
kilo-thousand-logystudy of
lact-milkmacr-large
lat-side; flat
Section 9
mamm-breastmicro-small
marg-border; edgemilli- thousandth
med-middlemis-wrong
meg-great; millionmito-thread; filament
mela-black; darkmole-mass
mes-middle; halfmono-one; single
meta-between; alongmov-move
meteor-lofty; high; in air
Section 10
morph- shape; formnuc-center
mycel-threadlikeocul-eye
myria-manyoct-eight
nemat-threadolf-smell
neo-new; recentomni-all
nephro-kidneyoo-egg
noct- nightopthal-eye
non-not
Section 11
orb-circle; ring-ped-foot
oscu-mouthpent-five
ov-eggper-through
oxy-sharp; acid; oxygenphag-feed; eat
paleo-old; ancientphil-living; fond of
palm-broad; flatphoto-light
pan-all-phyllleaf
path-disease; suffering
Section 12
physi-nature; qualitiesproto-first; primary
-phyt-plantpseud-false; deceptive
-podfootpulmo-lung
poly-many; severalpyr-heat; fire
pom-fruitquadr-four
pre-before; ahead of timequin-five
pro-forward; favoringre-again; back
procto-rectum; anus
Section 13
ren-kidneysemi-half; partly
rhin-nosesept-partition; seven
rhiz-rootsex-six
sapr-rottensol-sun
scler-hardsomn-sleep
sci-knowspec-look at
-scopelook; observesphere-ball
-scribewrite
Section 14
-spirebreathetarso-ankle
sporeseedtax-arrangement
stell-starstele-far off; at a distance
stern-breast; chestterr-earth
strat-layertetr-four
sub-under; belowtherm-heat
sur-over; above; on toptoxico-poison
sym; syntogether
Section 15
trans- acrossvas-vessel
tri-threeventr-belly
troph-one who feeds; well fedvit-life
ultra-beyondzo-animal
ur-urinezygo-yolk