Thursday, December 13, 2012

60 Greek and Latin roots with definitions

1. photos- light
2. graph- to write or draw
3. tele- far away. distant
4. metron- measure
5. tropos- turning
6. philia- friendship, love
7. phobos- fear
8. syn- with, together
9. thesis- put, place, position
10. kinesis- movement
11. phone- sound
12. skopeo- look at, inspect, consider, examine
13. logos- word, study
14. verbum- word
15. nomen nominis- name
16. pro- for, before, forward, in place of
17. prae- before, in front of
18. ad- to toward, near, next to
19. jacio  jactum- throw
20. pono positum- lay, put, position
21. cum- with, together
22. figo fixum- fix, fasten, attach
23. jungo junctum- join, unite, connect
24. digitus- finger, toe, inch
25. caput capitus- head
26. manus- hand
27. pes pedis- foot
28. bracchium- arm
29. dens dentis- tooth
30. corpus corporis- body
31. unus- one
32. duo- two
33. tres- three
34. quattuor- four
35. quinque- five
36. sex- six
37. septum- seven
38. octo- eight
39. novem- nine
40. decem- ten
41. centum- hundred
42. mille- thousand
43. pyro- fire
44. ignis- fire
45. Vulcanus- Vulcan, Roman god of fire
46. hydros- water
47. aqua- water
48. bonus- good
49. helios- sun
50. sol- sun
51. luna- moon
52. dia- through, between, across, apart
53. trans- across, over, beyond, through
54. geo- earth
55. terra- land
56. dormio dormitum- sleep
57. hypnos- sleep
58. annus- year
59. lithos- stone
60. petros- rock, stone

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