Thursday, October 9, 2014

Greek and Latin roots (second 20)


 Latin:

1. vivo victum: live; vivid, revive
2. magnus: big, great, large; magnify, magnitude
3. pater patris: father; patriarch, patron
4. mater matris: mother; maternal, maternity
5. frater fratis: brother; fraternity, friar
6. populus: people; population, popular
7. urbs urbis: city; urban, suburb
8. curro cursum: run; current, cursor
9. verto versum: turn; universe, vertigo
10. facio factum: do, make; factory, manufacture
11. scribo scriptum: write; scriptures, scribe
12. plico plicatum: fold; duplicate, replica

Greek:

1. mikros: small; microphone, microbe
2. megas: great, big, large; megaphone, mega
3. demos: the people, the citizens; democracy, democratic
4. polis: city; police, metropolis
5. pathos: feeling, suffering; pathetic, empathy
6. autos: self; autograph, autobiography
7. thermos: heat; thermal, thermostat
8. zoon: animal; zoo, zoology

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