Greek & Latin Roots Weekly Word Lists

Week 1 a, an, in = Without ant, anti, contra,contro = against, opposite bio, vit = life (o)logy = study or science of psych(o) = mind, spirit phil, philo, phile, = to love, lover of act = to do, driven to do hyper, super, sur = over, above hypo, sub = under, below mono, uni = one

Week 2 poly = many auto = self graph, gram, scrib = to write tele = from afar vis = to see andr(o), anthrop = male, mankind patr, pater = father matr, mater = mother ped = child dem(o) = people

Week 3 ion, tion, ism, y = act of / state of arthr = joint bronch(o) = windpipe cardi(o), cor = heart cephal, cap = head, brain manu = hand pod(o), ped = foot opt(o) = eye, sight corp = body hem = blood

Week 4 bi, di, du = two tri = three tetra, quadr = four penta, quint = five dec = ten hecto, cent = hundred kilo, mill = thousand semi, hemi = half, part cycl, orb, sphere = round, circle prim(o), proto = first

Week 5 (k)Chrono, temp = time aqua, hydr(o) = water astr(o), stell = star geo, terr = earth, land cosm(o) = universe heli(o) = sun naut= to sail phon(o) = sound phobia = fear of ible, able = able to be