All vocabulary from each lesson can be found here, in alphabetical order by their root. This page will be updated throughout the quarter.
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Root | Language of origin | Meaning | Example | Lesson |
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a/ab | Latin | down from, away from | abduct | 2 |
a/an | Greek | not, without | asexual | 2 |
able/ible | Latin | able, capable | ability | 1 |
acr(o) | Greek | high, tall | acropolis | 5 |
actin | Greek | ray (like the sun) | actinost | 5 |
ad* | Latin | to, towards | advance | 2 |
aesth/esth | Greek | to feel, to perceive | aesthetic | 1 |
alb | Latin | white | albino | 5 |
all(o) | Greek | other | allele | 4 |
alt(o) | Latin | tall, deep | altitude | 5 |
ambi | Latin | both, double | ambiguous | 1 |
ambly | Greek | dull | amblyacusia | 5 |
amphi | Greek | both, double | amphitheatre | 1 |
ana | Greek | up to, up from | anabolic | 3 |
anti | Greek | against, opposed to | antitoxin | 2 |
aqu(a) | Latin | water | aquarium | 1 |
arthr | Greek | joints | arthritis | 3 |
audi(t) | Latin | to hear | auditory | 3 |
aut(o) | Greek | oneself, one’s own | automatic | 4 |
bacter | Latin | rod | bacteria | 3 |
bi(o) | Greek | life | biology | 1 |
botan(e) | Greek | plants, herbs | botany | 3 |
brachy | Greek | short | brachyodont | 5 |
brady | Greek | slow | bradylogia | 5 |
brev(i) | Latin | short | brevity | 5 |
bulb | Latin | onion, onion-like | bulbous | 5 |
cal(or) | Latin | heat | calorie | 2 |
candid(o) | Latin | bright, white | candid | 5 |
carchar | Greek | sharp, jagged | carcharias | 5 |
carn(i) | Latin | meat | carnal | 4 |
cata | Greek | against, very, down | catastrophe | 2 |
chlor(o) | Greek | green | chlorophyll | 5 |
chrom(o) | Greek | color | chromatic | 4 |
chrys(o) | Greek | gold | chrysalis | 5 |
cine/kine | Greek | movement | kinetic | 2 |
circu(m) | Latin | around | circumscribe | 2 |
cole(o) | Greek | sheath | coleoptile | 5 |
con/com* | Latin | with | concur | 2 |
con(i) | Latin | cone | conifer | 1 |
contr(o/a) | Latin | against, opposite | controversy | 4 |
corp | Latin | body | corporeal | 2 |
cut(a) | Latin | skin | cuticle | 3 |
cyan(o) | Latin | blue | cyanide | 5 |
cyt(e) | Greek | cell | cytology | 3 |
de | Latin | down from, out of | deduce | 2 |
dent | Latin | tooth | dentist | 2 |
derm | Greek | skin | dermatology | 3 |
dia | Greek | through, across | diagonal | 2 |
dic(t) | Latin | to speak, to say | diction | 4 |
dis/di/dif | Latin | apart from, separately | divide | 4 |
dros(o) | Greek | dew, dewdrops | drosometer | 5 |
dynam | Greek | power | dynamic | 2 |
dys | Greek | bad, disordered | dyslexia | 4 |
e/ex | Latin | out of, outside, former | expel | 2 |
ec(s) | Greek | out of | ecstasy | 3 |
en | Greek | within, into | endemic | 3 |
endo | Greek | inside | endoderm | 3 |
equ(i/a) | Latin | equal, same | equivalent | 4 |
erg | Greek | energy | ergonomic | 2 |
erythr(o) | Greek | red | erythrophobia | 5 |
ethn(o) | Greek | nation, people, race | ethnic | 3 |
eu | Greek | good, well | euphemism | 4 |
exo | Greek | outside | exoskeleton | 3 |
fac(t)/fec(t) | Latin | to make | factory | 2 |
fer | Latin | to carry, carrier | conference | 1 |
flav(o) | Latin | yellow | flavin | 5 |
flex/flect | Latin | to bend | inflect | 3 |
flor(a) | Latin | flower | floral | 5 |
fol(li) | Latin | leaf | foliage | 5 |
form | Latin | shape, form | formation | 4 |
frug/fruct | Latin | fruit | fructose | 1 |
gen(e) | Latin | family, clan, type | genetics | 3 |
glauc/k | Greek | grey, silver | glaucoma | 5 |
gno | Greek | to know | agnostic | 1 |
graph | Greek | to write | seismograph | 1 |
gymn | Greek | naked | gymnast | 3 |
(h)aem(o) | Greek | blood | haemoglobin | 4 |
herb(i) | Latin | plant | herbal | 4 |
heter(o) | Greek | different, other | heterosexual | 4 |
hom(o/eo) | Greek | same, like | homophone | 4 |
hyb(o) | Greek | hump | Hybodus | 5 |
hydr(o) | Greek | water | hydrant | 2 |
hyper | Greek | over, above, excessive | hyperbole | 1 |
hypn(o) | Greek | sleep | hypnosis | 2 |
hypo | Greek | under, beneath, below | hypothermia | 1 |
in* | Latin | into, inside, on | include | 2 |
in* | Latin | not, without | include | 2 |
inter | Latin | between | international | 2 |
intra | Latin | within | intramural | 2 |
labi(a) | Latin | lips | labial | 2 |
lepid(o) | Greek | scale (as of a fish) | leprosy | 5 |
leuk/c | Greek | white | leukemia | 5 |
loc | Latin | place | location | 2 |
log(y) | Greek | study of, reason, word | logical | 1 |
long | Latin | long | elongate | 5 |
macr(o) | Greek | large | macroeconomics | 1 |
magn(i) | Latin | large | magnitude | 1 |
mamm(o) | Latin | breast, teat | mammal | 4 |
mar | Latin | ocean | marine | 2 |
mast(o) | Greek | breast, teat | mastectomy | 4 |
megal(o) | Greek | large, big | megalodon | 4 |
melan(o) | Greek | black | melanin | 5 |
mel(l) | Latin | honey | mellifluous | 1 |
meta | Greek | with, beyond, after | metastasize | 2 |
meter/metry | Greek | measurement | geometry | 2 |
micr(o) | Greek | small | microscope | 1 |
mobl/mobil | Latin | to move | automobile | 1 |
mon(o) | Greek | one, single | monochrome | 4 |
morph | Greek | shape, form | metamorphosis | 1 |
multi | Latin | many | multipurpose | 1 |
natur(a) | Latin | nature, habit | nature | 3 |
neur(o) | Greek | nerve | neurosis | 2 |
nigr | Latin | black | nigrescent | 5 |
nom(y/ics) | Greek | law, method, practice | astronomy | 4 |
ob* | Latin | against, facing | obtuse | 2 |
(o)ec | Greek | home, dwelling | economics | 4 |
odon(t) | Greek | tooth | orthodontics | 4 |
olig | Greek | few | oligarchy | 1 |
omni | Latin | everything, all | omniscient | 1 |
onco | Greek | mass, bulk | oncologist | 5 |
op(s/t) | Greek | to see, vision | optical | 1 |
ora(t) | Latin | mouth | oral | 3 |
ot(o) | Greek | ear | otodus | 4 |
parv(o) | Latin | small | parvovirus | 1 |
path(o) | Greek | feeling, disease | pathology | 2 |
pend | Latin | to hang | suspend | 3 |
phag(o) | Greek | to eat | phagocyte | 4 |
phil(o) | Greek | to love, to like | philosophy | 4 |
phob(ia) | Greek | fear, fear of | hydrophobia | 1 |
phoenic(o) | Greek | crimson, bright red | phoenix | 5 |
phon | Greek | sound, voice, speech | phonics | 2 |
phot(o) | Greek | light | photograph | 1 |
phys | Greek | nature | physical | 3 |
plas(t) | Greek | to make, to form | plastic | 3 |
platy | Greek | flat | platypus | 5 |
pod/pus | Greek | foot | octopus | 3 |
poly | Greek | many | polygraph | 1 |
port(o/a) | Latin | to bring, to carry | transport | 1 |
pos(t)/posit | Latin | to put, to place | position | 1 |
post | Latin | after | postscript | 4 |
proto | Greek | first | proton | 3 |
psych | Greek | mind, soul | psychology | 4 |
purpur(eo) | Latin | purple | purpurescent | 5 |
re | Latin | again | renew | 3 |
retro | Latin | backwards | retrograde | 3 |
rhod(o) | Greek | pink, rosy | rhododendron | 5 |
rotund | Latin | round | rotunda | 5 |
rub/ruf | Latin | red | rubella | 5 |
sapien(t) | Latin | to be wise | sapience | 3 |
sarc | Greek | flesh | sarcophagus | 3 |
scien(t) | Latin | to know | scientist | 3 |
scop | Greek | to see, to look at | stethoscope | 1 |
scrib/script | Latin | to write, written | prescribe | 2 |
scut(a) | Latin | shield | scute | 5 |
sem(a/o) | Greek | flag, banner | semaphore | 5 |
sens/sent | Latin | to feel, to perceive | sentient | 2 |
set(a) | Latin | bristle | setaceous | 5 |
somn(i) | Latin | sleep | insomnia | 2 |
spec(i) | Latin | type, species | species | 3 |
spect | Latin | to look | inspect | 2 |
spher(e) | Greek | sphere, globe | hemisphere | 2 |
spir | Latin | breath, to breathe | respirator | 2 |
squam(a) | Latin | scale (as of a fish) | squamous | 5 |
sta(s/t) | Greek | to stand | static | 3 |
stri(a) | Latin | groove, stripe | striated | 5 |
sub* | Latin | beneath, below, under | substitute | 2 |
super | Latin | over, above excessive | supercede | 1 |
syn/sym | Greek | together, with | synthesize | 2 |
tachy | Greek | fast | tachyon | 5 |
tax(i/o) | Greek | ordering, arrangement | taxidermy | 4 |
tele | Greek | far, from afar | telepathy | 2 |
tend(e/o) | Latin | to stretch | extend | 2 |
terr(a) | Latin | earth | terrarium | 1 |
the | Greek | to put, to place | thesis | 2 |
theca | Greek | case | apothecary | 5 |
therm(o) | Greek | heat | thermometer | 1 |
tom(y) | Greek | to cut | anatomy | 3 |
top(o) | Greek | place, location | topology | 2 |
trans | Latin | across | translucent | 1 |
trop | Greek | to turn | thermotropism | 2 |
troph(o) | Greek | to nourish, to feed | autotroph | 4 |
verb | Latin | word | verbal | 3 |
vert/vers | Latin | to turn | invert | 2 |
vidi/visi | Latin | to see | visible | 1 |
virid | Latin | green | viridian | 5 |
vit(a) | Latin | life | vitality | 1 |
vor(a/e) | Latin | to eat | voracious | 4 |
xanth(o) | Greek | yellow, gold | xanthosis | 5 |
zoo | Greek | animal | zoology | 3 |