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Latin and Greek Roots



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Latin and Greek Morphemes in English

These are some Greek and Latin morphemes found in English words, in alphabetical order.


a-/an-

not, without

ab-/abs-

from, away

ac/acer/acerb

sharp, tip, extremities

ad-

to, toward

aden

gland

ag/ig

act, do, drive

agr

field

al/all/allel

other

al/ol

nurture, grow

alb/albin

white

alg

pain

ali

wing

alt

high

am/im/amor

love

ambl

walk, go

ana-

up, again, back

andr

male, man

anim

mind, spirit, life

ann/enn

year

ante-/anti-

old, before

anthrop

human

apec/apic

tip

api

bee

apo-

away, from, off

apt/ept

fit, capable

arachn

spider

arch

first, govern

-ary/-ory

A, N

aster

star

-ate

N, A, V*

aud

hear

aur

ear

auto, tauto

self, same

av

bird, fly

axill

armpit

bath, bathy

depth

bell

war

bene/bon

good, well

bi

two

bio

life

bol/bl

throw, extend

bov/bu/bos/bou

cow, milk

brach/brachy

short

cac

bad

cad/cas/cid

fall

cap/cep/cip/cup

take, contain

car/carn

flesh

card/cord

heart, agree

cata-

down, away, back, opposite

caud/doc

tail

ced/ceed/cess

go, let go

cens

judge, assess

cent

hundred, hundredth

cephal

head

cer/cre/cr

separate, judge

cervic

neck, neck of uterus

chir

hand

chrom

color

chron

time

cid/cis

cut, kill

circum-

around

clam/claim

cry out, call

clav

key, locked

clud/clus

to close

col

live, inhabit, grow

con-/co-

together, with

contra-/counter-

against, facing

corp/corpor

body, flesh

cosm

universe, order, ornament

crat/crac

govern

cre/cred

believe, trust

cruc

cross, important point

crypt/cryph

secret, hidden

cub/cumb

lie down, remain

culp

fault, crime

cur

care

curs/curr

run

cut

skin

dam/damn/dem/demn

loss, harm

de-

in reverse, away, down

dec/decor

acceptable

dec/dic/deic

speak, point

decem/decim/deca

ten, tenth

dei/div

god, augury

dem

people

demi

half

den/odon

tooth

dendr/dr/dry

tree

derm/dermat

skin

di/dich/dy/du

two

dia-

through, apart

dipl

double

dit/don/dot

give

dog/doc

teach

dol/dolor

suffer

dos/dow/da/dat

?

duc

lead, draw, pull

dyn

power

ecto-

outside

ed/es

eat

-ence/-ance

N

endo-

inside

-ent/-ant

A, N

epi-

on, over

equ/iqu

even, level

erg/urg/org

work

ero

physical love

esthet/esthes

perceive, feel

eu

well, good

ev

age, time

ex-/e-/ec-

out, away

extra-

outside

fa/pha/phe

speak, spoken of

fac/fec/fic

do, make

fer/pher/phor

bear, carry, send, bring

fla

blow

flu/fluc/fluv

flow, river

formic

ant

frag/frang/fring

break

frater

brother

fug

flee

fus

pour, melt, blend

gam

marriage, sexual union

gaster

stomach

ge

earth

gem/gemin

twin

ger

old person

glosss/glot/glott

tongue, speech

gn/gnos/gnor

know

gon/gen/gn

birth, type, origin

grad/gred/gress

step, go

graph/gram

write, record

grat

thankful, kind

gravid

pregnant

greg

gather

gyn/gynec

woman, female

hecto/hecato

hundred, many

heli

sun

hem/em

blood

hemi/semi

half

hepat

liver

hept/sept/septen

seven, seventh

herp/herpet/serp

creep, reptile

hes/her

to stick hold back

hetero-

other, different

hex/sex

six, sixth

hist

body tissue

hom

earthling, human

homo-/homeo-

same

hor

hour, time, season

hyd/hydr

water

hypo-

under, below, partial

hyster

womb, neurotic disorder

-ia

land, state, medical condition

iatr

treat, heal

-ic 

A,N

ichthy

fish

idio

individual, own

in-

not

in-/en-

in, into

infra-