Root

Meaning

Examples

ag, act

do, drive, impel

agile, agent

am, amic

friend, love

amicable, paramour

ambul

to walk

ambulance, amble

anthrop

man

anthropology

aqu

water

aquatics

arch

ancient, chief

archetype, monarch

aster, astra, astr

star

astronomy, asterisk

aud, audi, audit

hear

audience, audition

ben, bene

good/well

benefit, benefactor

biblio

book

bibliography

bio

life

biology, biography

brev

short

abbreviation

capit

head

capital, capita

carn

flesh

carnivore, carnal

cede, ceed, cess

to go, to yield

succeed, precede, process

chloro

green

chlorophyll

chrom

color

chromosome, chromatic

chron, chrono

time

chronic, chronology

cide, cis

to kill, to cut

homicide, incision

clud, clus, claus

to close

include, clause, exclusive

cogn

know, be acquainted

cognizant, incognito

cred

to believe

credible, credit, incredulous

crypt

hidden, secret

cryptic, crypt

cycl

circle, wheel

bicycle, cycle, cyclical

dei, div

God

divine, deify, deity

dem, demo

people

democracy, epidemic

derm

skin

dermatologist

dic, dict

speak

dictation,

duc, duct

to lead, pull

product, deduct, induce

ecto

outside, external

ectoderm, ectoplasm

endo

inside, within

  endocarp, endomorph

equi

equal

equilateral, equator

fer

carry

transfer

fid

belief, faith

fidelity,

fin

end, limit

final, finite

fix

fasten

fixative

flect, flex

to bend

flexible, deflect, reflect

flu, flux

flow

influence, influx, fluctuate

frag, fract

break

fragment, fraction

gen

birth, origin, race

engender, congenital, genesis

geo

earth

geophysics

gram

write

grammar,  telegram

graph

write

grammar, graphic

hemo

blood

hemoglobin

herb

plants

herbaceous

hydr, hydro

water

hydrate, hydrogen

jac, ject

to throw

eject, inject, project

jud

judge

prejudice, judicial

jug

join, yoke together

conjugal, conjugate

junct

join

junction, conjunction

jur, just

law

jury

loc

place

location

log, logue

word, thought

dialogue, logic, prologue

luc

light

lucid

magn

large

magnify, magnificent

mal

bad, badly

maladjusted, dismal

man, manu

hand

manual, manicure

mega

great, million

megaphone

meso

middle

mesomorph

meta

beyond, change

metamorphosis, metaphor

meter, metr

measure

thermometer

mit, miss

to send

transmit, missile, admit

mor, mort

death, die

mortal, mortuary

morph

shape

morpheme, polymorph

multi

many

multitude, multiply, multi-task

neg

no

negative

ocu

eye

ocular

olig

few

oligarchy

op, oper

work

operation

osteo

bone

osteoporosis

pan

all, entire

panarama, pangenesis

path

feeling

sympathy

pater, patr

father

paternal, patriarchy

ped

child

pediatrics

phil

love

philosophy

phys

body, nature

physical

phon

sound

telephone, phonograph, phonics

phot

light

photosynthesis, photograph

pod

foot

podiatrist

port

to carry

portable, report, export

prim

first, early

primitive, prime

proto

first

prototype

pseudo

false

pseudonym

punct

point

punctuation

sact

holy

sanctuary, sanction

sci

know, knowledge

science, conscience

scrib, script

write

scribble, prescribe, manuscript

sect, sec

cut

section, dissect

sol

alone

solitary

soph

wise, wisdom

philosophy, sophist

spect, spec, spic

to look

inspect, suspicious, spectator

spir

breath, breathe

inspire, expire

struct

build

construct

tact

touch

contact

tele

distance, from afar

telephone, television, teleport

ter, terr

earth

territorial

theo, the

God

theology, theist

tract

to drag, draw

attract. traction, contract

vac

empty

vacant

veh, vect

to carry

vehicle, conviction

ver

truth

verify

verb

word

verbal

vert, vers

to turn

revert, advertise, versatile

vid, vis

see

video

vita, vit

life

vital, vitamins

zo

animal

zoology