A roots B- Caud roots
a-, an- no; lacking; none bactr- stick; club
ab- away from; out from barb- beard
ac- to; toward baro- weight
-aceus; -aceous of or pertaining to bath- depth; height
acou- hearing bene- well; good
acr-; acro- extreme; peak bi- two; twice; double
ad- to; toward bio-; bi- life; living
adeno- gland -blast sprout; germ
agri- field; soil brachi- having arms
-al having character of branchi- having fins
alb- white brev- short
-algia pain bronch- windpipe
alto- high calor- heat
ameb- change; alternation carb- coal; carbon
amphibi- leading a double life cardi- heart
ampho-; amb- both carn- meat
an- not; without carp- fruit
ana- up carpal- wrist
andro- masculine; man caud- tail
anemo- wind
Cell-Cyte roots
angio- vessel
cell- storeroom; chamber
ante- before; ahead of time
-cene new; recent
antero- front
centi- hundredth
antho- flower
centr- center
anthropo- man
cephal- head
anti against
cervic- neck
ap- to; toward
chem- referring to chemistry
aqu- water
chlor- green
archeao- primitive; ancient
arthro- joint chrom-;-chrome color
chym- juice
aster-; astr- stars
-cide killing
-ate used in forming verbs from nouns
circum- around; about
-ation used in forming nouns from verbs
cirru- hairlike curls
atom- vapor
co- with; together
audi- hear
cocc- seed
auto- self
coel- hollow
coll- glue
com- with; together
coni- cone
contra- against
corp- body
cosmo- world; order; form
cotyl- cup
counter- against
crypt- hidden; covered
-cule; -culus added to nouns to form diminutive
cumul- heaped
cuti- skin
cyan- dark blue
-cycle; cyci- ring; circle
cyst- bladder; pouch
cyt-; -cyte cell; receptacle
D roots
dacty- finger
deca- ten
deci- tenth
deliquesc- become fluid
demi- half F-G roots
dendr- tree -fer bear; carry; produce
dent- tooth ferro- iron
derm- skin fibr- fiber; thread
di- two; double -fid; fis- divided into; split
dia- through; across -flect; -flex bend
digit finger; toe flor- flower
din- terrible fluor- fluorine
dis apart; out foli- leaf
dorm- sleep fract- break
dors- back galact-; galax- milk; milky fluid
du-; duo two gastro- stomach
-duct lead geo- land; earth
dynam- power -gen; -gine producer; former
dys- ill; bad -gene; gene- origin
-gest carry; produce
E roots glob- ball; round
ec- out of; outside glottis mouth of windpipe
echin- spiny; prickly -gon angle; corner
eco- house offspring; generation;
ect- outside without -gony coming into being
electro- electric; electricity -grade step; division
en- in; into -gram writing; record
-en made of -graphy; -graph writing; record
encephal- brain grav- heavy
end-; ent- within; in gross thick
enter- intestines gymno- naked
-eous nature of; like gyn- female
epi- on; above gyr- ring; circle; spiral
-err wander; go astray
erythro- red
ethno- race; people
eu- well; good
extra- beyond; outside of
ex- out of
H-I roots M roots
haem-; hem- blood macr- large
hepat- liver mal- bad; evil
herb- grass malle- hammer
hetero- different; other mamm- breast
hex- six marg- border; edge
hibern- winter mast- breast
hipp- horse med- middle
hist- tissue meg- great; million
holo- entire; whole mela-; melan- black; dark
homo- man mes- middle; half; intermediate
homo- same; alike met-; meta- between; along; after
hort- garden meteor- lofty; high; in air
hybrid mongrel way or instrument used for
hydr- water -meter; -metry measuring
hygr- wet; moist metro- uterus
hypo- beneath; under; less micro- small
hyper- above; beyond; over milli- thousandth
hypho- weaving mis- wrong; incorrect
hypno- sleep mito- thread; filament
-ic added to nouns to form adjectives mole- mass
ichthy- fish moll- soft
ign- fire mono- one; single
im- not mont- mountain
in- to; toward; into mort- death
in- not mov-; -mot move
-ine of or pertaining to morph- shape; form
infro- below; beneath multi- many
inter- between mycel- threadlike
intra- within; inside mycet- fungus
-ion go; come myria many
-ism a state or condition
iso- equal; same
-itis inflammation; disease
K-L roots
kilo- thousand
lachry- tear
lact- milk
lat- side; flank
-less without
leuc- white; bright; light
lign- wood
lin- line
lingu- tongue
liqu- become fluid; liquid
lip- fat
lith-; -lite stone; petrifying
loc- place
-logy study
-lysis; -lyte; -lyst dissolve; decompose
N-O roots P roots
nas- nose pachy- thick
nemat- thread paleo- old; ancient
neo- new; recent palm- broad; flat
nephro- kidney pan- all
-ner- moist; liquid par- beside; near; equal; bring forth
neur-; nerv- nerve; tendon path-; -pathy disease; suffering
noct-; nox- night -ped foot
-node knot pent- five
-nomy; -nome distribute; arrange; law per- throughout
non- not permea- pass; go
not- back phag- eat
nuc- center pheno- show
ob- against phil- living; fond of
ocul- eye phon-; -phone sound
oct- eight -phore bearer
odont- tooth photo- light
-oid like in form or shape phyc- seaweed; algae
olf- smell -phyll leaf
omni- all physi- nature; natural qualities
oo- egg -phte; phyt- plant
opthal- eye plan- roaming; wandering
opt-; opsy eye; vision plasm-; -plast form; formed into
orb- circle; round; ring pleur- rib; lung
orth- straight; correct; right pneumo- lungs; air
oscu- mouth -pod foot
oste- bone poly- many; several
-ous full of; abounding in por- opening
ov- egg port- carry
oxy- sharp; acid; oxygen post- after; behind
pom- fruit
pre- before; ahead of time
pro- forward; favoring
procto- rectum; anus
proto- first; primary
pseud- false; deceptive
pter- having wings or fins
pulmo- lung
puls- drive; push
pyr- heat; fire
Q-S roots T-Z roots
quadr- four; four-fold tachy- quick; swift
quin- five tarso- ankle
radi- ray; spoke of a wheel; energy in rays tax- arrangement
re- again; back tele- far off; at a distance
rect- correct; right terr- earth
ren- kidney tetr- four
ret- net; made like a net thall young shoot
rhin- nose therm- heat
rhiz- root -tom cut; slice
rubr- red toxico- poison
saccharo- sugar top- place
sapr- rotten trans- across
saur- lizard tri- three
scler- hard trich- hair
sci- know troph- one who feeds; well fed
scope look; observe trop- turning; changing
-scribe; script write -ule diminutive
semi- half; partly ultra- beyond
sept- partition; seven ur- urine
septic putrefaction; infection vas- vessel
sex- six vect- carry
-sis condition; state ven-; vent- come
sol- sun ventr- belly
solv- loosen; free vice- in place of
somn- sleep vig- strong
son- sound vit-; viv- life
spec-; spic- look at volv- roll; wander
sperm- seed vor- devour; eat
spher- ball xanthin- yellow
-spire breathe zo-; -zoa animal
spore seed zyg- yolk
stat- standing; placed zym- yeast
stell- stars
stern- breast; chest
stom-; -stome mouth
strat- layer
stereo- solid; three dimensions
strict- drawn tight
styl- pillar
sub- under; below
super- over; above; on top
sur- over; above; on top
sym-; syn- together
