Greek and Latin Root Words Part 1 Flashcards
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Latin; away from
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ab-, a-, abs-? English examples: abnormal, abrasion, absent, abstain, abstraction, aversion
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Latin; sharp or pointed
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ac-? English examples: acupuncture
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Latin; sharp, bitter, sour
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acerb-? English examples: acerbic, exacerbate
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Latin; sour or acid
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acid-? English examples: acidosis, acidulation
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Greek; height, summit, tip
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acr-? English examples: acrobatics, acromegaly, acronym, acrophobia
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Latin; bitter, pungent, sharp, sour
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acr-? English examples: acrid, acrimony
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Latin; sharp
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acu-? English examples: acupuncture, acute, acutifoliate
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Latin; movement to or toward; in addition to
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ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-? English examples: accept, adapt, affect, approximate, ascend
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Latin; fat
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adip-? English examples: adipose
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Greek; air, atmosphere
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aer-? English examples: aeronautics, aerosol
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Greek; feeling, sensation
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aesthet-? English examples: aesthetics, anaesthetic
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Greek; field
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agr-? English examples: agronomy
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Latin; field
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agri-, -egri-? English examples: agriculture, peregrine
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Latin; dull white
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alb-? English examples: albedo, albino, albumen
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Latin; love
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am-, amat-? English examples: amateur, amatory, amorous
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Latin; both, on both sides
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ambi-? English examples: ambidexterity, ambivalent
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Latin; friend
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amic-, -imic-? English examples: amicable, inimical
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Greek; around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds
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amph-, amphi-? English examples: amphibian, amphibolic, amphoterism
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Latin; ample, abundant, bountiful
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ampl-? English examples: amplification
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Greek; not, without
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an-, a-? English examples: anhydrous, atypical
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Greek; again, against, back, up
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ana-, an-? English examples: anabaptist, anaphylaxis, anion, anode
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Greek; male, masculine
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andr-? English examples: androgen, android
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Greek; wind
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anem-? English examples: anemometer
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Latin; breath
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anim-? English examples: animal, animation
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Latin; year, yearly
ann-, -enn-? English examples: anniversary, annual, biannual, millennium
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Greek; against, opposed to, preventive
ant-, anti-? English examples: antagonist, antibiotic, antipodes
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Latin; before, in front of, prior to
ante-, anti-? English examples: antebellum, antediluvian, anticipate, antiquarian
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Greek; flower
anth-? English examples: anther, anthology
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Greek; coal
anthra-? English examples: anthracite, anthrax
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Greek; human
anthrop-? English examples: anthropology, anthropomorphic
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Greek; away from, separate, at the farthest point
ap-, apo-? English examples: aphelion, apocrine, apogee, apostasy
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Latin; water
aqu-? English examples: aquamarine, aquarium, aqueduct, aquifer
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Latin; plow, till
ar-? English examples: arable
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Latin; be dry
ar-? English examples: arid
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Greek; ruler
arche-, archi-? English examples: archangel, archetype
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Greek; ancient
archae-, arche-? English examples: archaeology or archeology, archaic
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Greek; ReLatin; g to the North Pole or the region near it; reLatin; g to cold; used as the scientific name of some bear species, e.g. Ursus arctos horribilis
arct-? English examples: Arctic Ocean
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Latin; silver
argent-? English examples: argent, Argentina
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Greek; excellence
arist-? English examples: aristocracy
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Greek; joint
arthr-? English examples: arthritis, arthropod
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Greek; star, star-shaped
astr-? English examples: asterisk, astrology, astronomy
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Greek; prize
athl-? English examples: athlete, pentathlon
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Latin; hearing, listening, sound
audi-? English examples: audible, auditorium, auditory
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Latin; grow, increase
aug-, auct-? English examples: augend, augmentation
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Latin; reLatin; g to gold, or gold-colored
aur-? English examples: aureate, aureole
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Latin; reLatin; g to the ear
auri-? English examples: auricle
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Greek; self; directed from within
aut-, auto-? English examples: autarchy, autograph, automobile, autonomy
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Latin; bird
avi-? English examples: aviary, aviation
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Latin; axis
axi-? English examples: axisymmetry
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Greek; merit
axio-? English examples: axiology
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Latin; rod-shaped
bac-? English examples: bacilla, bacteria
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Greek; weight, pressure
bar-? English examples: barograph, barometer
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Greek; at the bottom
basi-? English examples: basic, basis
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Greek; deep, depth
bathy-, batho-? English examples: batholith, bathymetry, bathyscaphe
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Latin; bless
be-, beat-? English examples: beatification
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Latin; war
bell-? English examples: antebellum, bellicose, belligerent
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Latin; good, well
ben-? English examples: benefit, benignity
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Latin; two
bi-? English examples: binary, binoculars, bigamy, biscotti
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Latin; drink
bib-? English examples: imbibe
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Greek; book
bibl-? English examples: bible, bibliography
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Greek; life
bio-? English examples: biography, biologist, biology, biosphere
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Greek; slime
blenn-? English examples: blennophobia, blennosperma
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Greek; germ, embryo, bud, cell with nucleus
blast-? English examples: blastula, fibroblast, osteoblast, sideroblast
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Latin; good
bon-? English examples: bonify, bonitary
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Latin; from Greek; north
bor-? English examples: borealis
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Greek; plant
botan-? English examples: botanic, botanist, botany
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Latin; cow, ox
bov-? English examples: bovine
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Greek; arm
brachi-? English examples: brachial artery, brachiosaurus
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Greek; short
brachy-? English examples: brachycephaly, brachydactyly
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Greek; slow
brady-? English examples: bradycardia
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Greek; gill
branchi-? English examples: branchiopod, nudibranch
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Latin; brief, short (time)
brev-? English examples: abbreviation, brevity
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Greek; food
brom-? English examples: bromatium, bromatology
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Greek; oats
brom-? English examples: brome, Bromus, Bromus ramosus
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Greek; stench
brom-? English examples: bromate, bromide, bromine
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Greek; windpipe
bronch-? English examples: bronchiole, bronchitis, bronchus
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Greek; thunder
bront-? English examples: Brontosaurus
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Latin; cheek, mouth, cavity
bucc-? English examples: buccal, buccinator muscle
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Latin; bulbous
bulb-? English examples: bulbous, bulbule
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Latin; bubble, flask
bull-? English examples: ebullient, ebullism
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Latin; pouch, purse
burs-? English examples: bursa, bursar, bursary, disburse
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Greek; bad
cac-? English examples: cacophony
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Latin; fall
cad-, -cid-, cas-? English examples: accident, cadence, case
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Latin; cut
caed-, -cid-, caes-, -cis-? English examples: caesura, incisor, scissors
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Latin; and Greek; stone
calc-? English examples: calcite, calcium, calculate, calculus
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Greek; beautiful
call-, calli-? English examples: calligraphy
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Latin; heat
calor-? English examples: calorie
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Greek; cover
calyp-? English examples: apocalypse
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Latin; vault
camer-? English examples: bicameral, camera
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Latin; field
camp-? English examples: champion, campaign
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Latin; dog
can-? English examples: canine, Canis Major
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Latin; sing
can-, -cin-, cant-? English examples: cantata, canto, cantor
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Latin; glowing, iridescent
cand-? English examples: candela, candid, candle, candor, incandescent, incendiary, incense
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Latin; hold, take
cap-, -cip-, capt-, -cept-? English examples: capture, captive, conception, recipient
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Latin; head
capit-, -cipit-? English examples: capital, decapitation, precipitation
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Latin; goat
capr-? English examples: Capricorn, caprine
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Latin; box, case
caps-? English examples: capsule
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Latin; coal
carbo-? English examples: carbohydrate
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Latin; jail
carcer-? English examples: incarceration
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Latin; from Greek; cancer (disease)
carcin-? English examples: carcinogenic, carcinoma
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Greek; reLatin; g to the heart
cardi-? English examples: cardiograph, cardiology
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Latin; hinge
cardin-? English examples: cardinal
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Latin; flesh
carn-? English examples: carnal, carnival, carnivore
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Greek; reLatin; g to fruit
carp-? English examples: carpology
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Greek; reLatin; g to the wrist
carp-? English examples: carpal, carpal tunnel syndrome
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Latin; pure
cast-? English examples: caste, castigate, castrate
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Greek; down
cata-, cat-? English examples: catabolic, catalyst, catastrophe, catatonia, cathode, cation
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Latin; chain
caten-? English examples: catenary, concatenation
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Greek; pure
cathar-? English examples: catharsis
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Latin; tail
caud-? English examples: caudal
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Latin; cause or motive
caus-, -cus-? English examples: causative
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Latin; hollow
cav-? English examples: cave, cavity, excavation
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Latin; go
ced-, cess-? English examples: procession, recede, secede
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Latin; quick
celer-? English examples: acceleration, celerity
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Greek; new
cen-? English examples: Cenozoic
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Greek; empty
cen-? English examples: cenotaph
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Latin; to assess
cens-? English examples: census
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Latin; hundred
cent-? English examples: cent, centennial, centurion
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Latin; hundred each
centen-? English examples: centenary
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Latin; hundredth
centesim-? English examples: centesimal, centesimation
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Greek; center
centr-? English examples: eccentric
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Greek; head
cephal-? English examples: cephalic, cephalopod, encephalogram
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Greek; clay
ceram-? English examples: ceramic
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Greek; horn
cerat-? English examples: keratin
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Latin; sift
cern-? English examples: discern, secern
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Latin; reLatin; g to the neck, reLatin; g to the cervix
cervic-? English examples: cervix, cervical
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Latin; other
ceter-? English examples: et cetera
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Greek; of the hand or hands
chir-? English examples: chiral, chiropractic, chiroptera
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Greek; reLatin; g to a turtle
chelon-? English examples: chelonia
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Greek; green
chlor-? English examples: chlorine, chlorophyll, chloroplast
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Greek; reLatin; g to dance
chore-? English examples: choreography
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Latin; and Greek; cord
chord-? English examples: chordata
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Greek; color
chrom-? English examples: chromium, chromosome, monochrome
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Greek; time
chron-? English examples: chronic, chronology, chronometer
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Greek; gold
chrys-? English examples: chrysolite, chrysalis
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Latin; eyelash
cili-? English examples: cilia, supercilious
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Greek; motion
cine-? English examples: cinema
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Latin; ash
ciner-? English examples: incineration
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Latin; gird
cing-, cinct-? English examples: succinct
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Latin; circle, ring
circ-? English examples: circus, circular
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Latin; around
circum-? English examples: circumcise, circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate
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Greek; orange
cirr-? English examples: cirrhosis
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Latin; curl, tentacle
cirr-? English examples: cirrus
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Latin; citizen
civ-? English examples: civility
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Greek; branch
clad-? English examples: clade
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Latin; clear
clar-? English examples: clarity, declaration
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Greek; broken
clast-? English examples: iconoclast, osteoclast
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Latin; close
claud-, -clud-, claus-, -clus-? English examples: clause, exclusion, include
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Greek; key
clav-? English examples: clavichord, clavicle, conclave
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Greek; closed
cl(e)ist-? English examples:
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Greek; bar, key
cleithr-? English examples: cleithrum
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Latin; mild
clement-? English examples: clemency, inclement
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Latin; bed, lean, recline
clin-? English examples: declination, inclined
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Greek; shell
cochl-? English examples: cochlea
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Greek; hollow
coel-? English examples: blastocoel, coelom, spongocoel
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Latin; know
cogn-? English examples: cognitive, cognizant, recognize
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Latin; strain
col-? English examples: colander, coulee
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Latin; hill
coll-? English examples:
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Latin; neck
coll-? English examples: collar
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Latin; color
color-? English examples: coloration, coloratura, tricolor
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Latin; with, together
con-, co-, col-, com-, cor-? English examples: coagulate, collide, compress, connect, contain, corrode
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Greek; cone
con-? English examples: conic, conical, conoid
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Latin; season
condi-? English examples: condiment
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Latin; against
contra-? English examples: contradiction, contrast, contraception
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Greek; dung
copr-? English examples: coprolite, coprophagia, coprophilia
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Greek; raven
corac-? English examples: coracoid
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Latin; heart
cord-? English examples: accord, cordial
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Latin; horn
corn-? English examples: cornea, cornucopia, unicorn
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Latin; crown
coron-? English examples: corona, coronation
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Latin; body
corpor-? English examples: corporation, corpse, corpuscle
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Latin; bark
cortic-? English examples: corticosteriod
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Greek; universe
cosm-? English examples: cosmic, cosmonaut
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Greek; the art of dress and ornament
cosmet-? English examples: cosmetics, cosmetology
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Latin; rib
cost-? English examples: costal
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Greek; cup
cotyl-? English examples: cotyledon
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Greek; government, rule, authority
-cracy, -crat? English examples: democracy
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Greek; skull
crani-? English examples: cranium
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Latin; thick
crass-? English examples: crassitude
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Latin; make
cre-? English examples: creation, creature
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Latin; believe, trust
cred-? English examples: credentials, credibility, creditor, incredible
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Greek; boot, shoe
crep-? English examples:
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Latin; sieve
cribr-? English examples: cribble, cribrate
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Greek; ring
cric-? English examples: cricoid
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Greek; judge
cris-, crit-? English examples: crisis, critic
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Latin; curled
crisp-? English examples: crepe, crispate
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Latin; crest
crist-? English examples: cristate
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Greek; fringe, tassel
cross-? English examples: crossopterygii
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Latin; cross
cruc-? English examples: crucial, crucifix, crucify, excruciating
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Latin; leg, shank
crur-? English examples: crural
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Greek; hidden
crypt-? English examples: cryptic, cryptography
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Greek; comb
cten-? English examples: ctenophore
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Greek; cube
cub-? English examples: cubic, cuboid
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Latin; lie
cub-? English examples: incubation, succuba
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Latin; kitchen
culin-? English examples: culinary
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Latin; blame, fault
culp-? English examples: culpable, exculpate
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Latin; wedge
cune-? English examples: cuneiform
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Latin; care for
cur-? English examples: accurate, curator, cure
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Latin; run
curr-, curs-? English examples: concurrent, current, cursive, recursion
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Latin; bent
curv-? English examples: curvature
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Latin; lance, point
cuspid-? English examples: bicuspid
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Latin; skin
cut-? English examples: cutaneous, cuticle
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Greek; blue
cyan-? English examples: cyanide
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Greek; circular
cycl-? English examples: bicycle, cycle, cyclone
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Greek; roll
cylind-? English examples: cylinder
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Greek; dog
cyn-? English examples: cynology, cynosure
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Greek; capsule
cyst-? English examples: cystic
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Greek; cell
cyt-? English examples: cnidocyte, cytoplasm
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Greek; finger, toe, digit
dactyl-? English examples: dactylology, pterodactyl
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Latin; to inflict loss upon
damn-, -demn-? English examples: condemn, damnation, indemnify
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Latin; from, away from, removing, down
de-? English examples: deletion, dementia, descend
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Latin; owe
deb-? English examples: debit
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Greek; ten
deca-, dec-, deka-, dek-? English examples: decagram, decahedron
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Latin; tenth part
decim-? English examples: decimal, decimate
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Greek;
delt-? English examples: deltoid
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Greek; people
dem-? English examples: demagogue, democracy
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Latin; ten each
den-? English examples: denarius, denary
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Greek; resembling a tree
dendr-? English examples: dendrite, dendrochronology
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Latin; thick
dens-? English examples: condense, density
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Latin; tooth
dent-? English examples: dental, dentifrice, dentures
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Greek; skin
derm-? English examples: dermis, epidermis, hypodermic
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Greek; second
deuter-? English examples: Deuteronomy, deuterostome
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Latin; right
dexter-? English examples: dexterity, dextrose
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Greek; right
dexi-? English examples: Dexiarchia
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Greek; two
di-? English examples: dicot, diode, dipole
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Greek; apart, through
dia-? English examples: dialysis, diameter, diagram
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Latin; say, speak
dict-? English examples: contradict, dictate, dictation, dictionary, edict, predict
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Latin; finger
digit-? English examples: digital
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Greek; terrible, fearfully great
dino-? English examples: dinosaur
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Greek; double; twofold
dipl-? English examples: diploid, diplosis
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Latin; teach
doc-, doct-? English examples: docile, doctor, indoctrinate
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Greek; twelve
dodec-? English examples: dodecasyllabic
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Greek; opinion, tenet
dogmat-, dox-? English examples: dogmatic, orthodox
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Latin; house
dom-? English examples: dome
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Latin; give
don-? English examples: condone, donation
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Latin; sleep
dorm-? English examples: dormant, dormitory
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Latin; back
dors-? English examples: dorsal
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Latin; two
du-? English examples: dual
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Latin; doubtful
dub-? English examples: dubious
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Latin; lead
duc-, duct-? English examples: abduction, conductor, introduction, production, reduction, deduction
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Latin; sweet
dulc-? English examples: dulcet
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Latin; hard
dur-? English examples: durable, duration, duress, endure, obdurate
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Greek; two
dy-? English examples: dyad
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Greek; power
dyna-? English examples: dynamism, dynasty, dynamite
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Greek; badly, ill
dys-? English examples: dysentery, dysplasia, dystrophy
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Greek; out
ec-? English examples: eccentric
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Ancient Greek; assembly, congregation
eccles-? English examples: Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastical
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Greek; house
eco-? English examples: ecology, economics, ecumenism
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Greek; outside
ecto-? English examples: ectoderm
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Latin; eat
ed-, es-? English examples: edible
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Latin; , Greek; self, I (first person)
ego-? English examples: egocentric
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Greek; goat
ego-, eg-? English examples: egophony
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Greek; amber
elect-? English examples: electron, electricity
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Latin; buy
em-, empt-? English examples: exemption, preempt, redeem
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Greek; vomit
eme-? English examples: emesis, emetic
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Latin; striving to equal, rivaling
emul-? English examples: emulator
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Greek; in
en-, em-? English examples: emphasis
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Greek; brain
encephalo-? English examples: encephalopathy
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Greek; inside
endo-? English examples: endocrine, endocytosis
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Greek; narrow
engy-? English examples:
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Greek; nine
ennea-? English examples: ennead, enneagon, enneode
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Latin; sword
ens-? English examples:
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Greek; dawn, east
eo-, eos-, eoso-? English examples: Eocene
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Greek; upon
ep-, epi-? English examples: epicenter, epitaph, epoch
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Greek; knowledge or science
epistem-? English examples: epistemic
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Latin; even, level
equ-, -iqu-? English examples: equal, equivalence
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Latin; horse
equ-? English examples: equestrian
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Greek; work
erg-? English examples: ergonomics
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Latin; stray
err-? English examples: aberration, errant
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Greek; red
erythr-? English examples: erythrocyte
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Greek; within
eso-? English examples: esoteric
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Greek; custom, habit
etho-, eth-, ethi-? English examples: ethology
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Greek; sieve
ethm-? English examples: ethmoid
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Greek; people, race, tribe, nation
ethn-? English examples: ethnarch, ethnic
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Greek; TRUE
etym-? English examples: etymology
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Greek; well, good
eu-? English examples: euphoria, euthanasia
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Greek; wide
eur-? English examples: Europe
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Latin; from, out
ex-, e-, ef-? English examples: exclude, extend, extrude
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Greek; outside
exo-? English examples: exoskeleton, exothermic
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Latin; outer
exter-, extra-? English examples: exterior
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Latin; outermost, utmost
extrem-? English examples: extremity, extremophile
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Latin; say, speak
f-, fat-? English examples: fate, infant, preface
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Latin; bean
fab-? English examples: faba bean
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Latin; make
fac-, -fic-, fact, -fect-? English examples: defect, factory, manufacture
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Latin; sickle
falc-? English examples: falciform
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Latin; deceive
fall-, -fell-, fals-? English examples: falsity, infallibility
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Latin; false
fallac-? English examples: fallacy
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Latin; a close attendant
famili-? English examples: familiarity
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Greek; to show
fant-? English examples: fantasy
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Latin; bundle
fasc-? English examples: fasciculation, fascism
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Latin; foolish, useless
fatu-? English examples: fatuous, infatuation
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Latin; treaty, agreement, contract, league, pact
feder-? English examples: confederation, federal
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Latin; cat
fel-? English examples: Felinae, feline
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Latin; happy, merry
felic-? English examples: felicity
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Latin; suck
fell-? English examples: fellation
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Latin; women, female
femin-? English examples: femininity
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Latin; thigh
femor-? English examples: femoral
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Latin; strike
fend-, fens-? English examples: defend, offense
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Latin; window
fenestr-? English examples: defenestration
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Latin; carry
fer-? English examples: reference, transfer
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Latin; fierce
feroc-? English examples: ferocity
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Latin; iron
ferr-? English examples: ferrous
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Latin; stink
fet-? English examples: fetid, fetor
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Latin; fig
fic-? English examples: Ficus
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Latin; faith, trust
fid-, fis-? English examples: confidence, fidelity
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Latin; thread
fil-? English examples: filament
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Latin; son
fili-? English examples: affiliation
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Latin; end
fin-? English examples: final, finish
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Latin; split
find-, fiss-? English examples: fission, fissures
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Latin; firm, strong
firm-? English examples: confirmation, firmament
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Latin; hollow, tube
fistul-? English examples: fistula
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Latin; blow
fl-? English examples: flatulence, inflation, insufflation
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Latin; flabby
flacc-? English examples: flaccid
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Latin; yellow
flav-? English examples: flavonoid
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Latin; bend
flect-, flex-? English examples: flexible, flexile, flexor, inflection
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Latin; strike
flig-, flict-? English examples: conflict, inflict
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Latin; flower
flor-? English examples: floral, florid
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Latin; flow
flu-, flux-? English examples: effluent, fluency, influx
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Latin; hearth
foc-? English examples: focal
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Latin; dig
fod-, foss-? English examples: fossil
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Latin; hay
foen-? English examples: Foeniculum
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Latin; leaf
foli-? English examples: defoliant
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Latin; spring
font-? English examples: font, fontal, fontanelle
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Latin; bore, drill
for-? English examples: foralite, foramen, foraminifer, perforation
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Latin; shape
form-? English examples: conformity, deformity, formation, reformatory
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Latin; vault
fornic-? English examples: fornication
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Latin; strong
fort-? English examples: fortification
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Latin; shallow round depression
fove-? English examples: fovea
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Latin; break
frang-, -fring-, fract-, frag-? English examples: fracture, fragment, frangible, infringe
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Latin; brother
frater-, fratr-? English examples: fraternity
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Latin; rub
fric-, frict-? English examples: dentifrice, friction
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Latin; cold
frig-? English examples: frigid, frigorific
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Latin; forehead
front-? English examples: confront, frontage, frontal
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Latin; fruit
fruct-, frug-? English examples: fructose
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Latin; flee
fug-, fugit-? English examples: centrifuge, fugitive, refuge
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Latin; smoke
fum-? English examples: fume, fumigation
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Latin; bottom
fund-? English examples: fundamentalism, profundity
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Latin; pour
fund-, fus-? English examples: diffusion, effusion, effusive, fusion, profuse, profusion, transfusion
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Latin; do
fung-, funct-? English examples: function, fungibility
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Latin; steal
fur-, furt-? English examples: furtive
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Latin; fork
furc-? English examples: bifurcation
341
Latin; dark
fusc-? English examples: obfuscation
342
Greek; milk
galact-? English examples: galactic
343
Greek; stomach
gastr-? English examples: gastric, gastroenterology
344
Greek; earth
geo-? English examples: geography, geology, geometry
345
Latin; icy cold
gel-? English examples: geLatin; , gelid
346
Greek; race, kind,birth
gen-? English examples: eugenics, genocide
347
Latin; bear, carry
ger-, gest-? English examples: digest, gestation
348
Latin; sprout
germin-? English examples: germination
349
Latin; hairless
glabr-? English examples: glabrous
350
Latin; ice
glaci-? English examples: glacier
351
Latin; sword
gladi-? English examples: gladiator
352
Greek; glue
glia-? English examples: glial
353
Latin; sphere
glob-? English examples: global, globule
354
Latin; glory
glori-? English examples: glorify
355
Latin; glue
glutin-? English examples: agglutination
356
Latin; walk, step, go
grad-, -gred-, gress-? English examples: grade, regress
357
Greek; writing
gramm-? English examples: grammar, grammatic
358
Latin; grain
gran-? English examples: granary, granite, granola, granule
359
Latin; grand
grand-? English examples: grandiloquous, grandiosity
360
Greek; draw, write
graph-? English examples: grapheme, graphic, graphology
361
Latin; thank, please
grat-? English examples: gratitude, ingrate
362
Latin; heavy
grav-? English examples: aggravation, grave, gravity
363
Latin; flock
greg-? English examples: egregious, gregarious, segregation
364
Latin; govern, pilot
gubern-? English examples: gubernatorial
365
Latin; taste
gust-? English examples: disgust, gusto
366
Latin; drop
gutt-? English examples: gutta, guttifer, guttiform
367
Latin; throat
guttur-? English examples: guttural
368
Greek; nude
gymn-? English examples: gymnasium, gymnastics, gymnosperm
369
Greek; woman
gyn-? English examples: gynecology
370
Latin; have
hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-? English examples: habit, prohibition
371
Greek; thick
hadr-? English examples: hadron, hadrocodium
372
Greek; blood
haem-, hem-? English examples: haemophilia, hemoglobin
373
Greek; salt
hal-? English examples: halogen, halite
374
Latin; breathe
hal-, -hel-? English examples: anhelation, inhale, halitosis
375
Greek; simple, single
hapl-? English examples: haploid, haplotype
376
Latin; draw
haur-, haust-? English examples: exhaustion
377
Greek; pleasure
hedo-? English examples: hedonism
378
Greek; sun
heli-? English examples: heliocentric, heliotrope, helium
379
Greek; half
hemi-? English examples: hemicycle, hemisphere
380
Greek; one
hen-? English examples: henad, hyphen
381
Greek; eleven
hendec-? English examples: hendecagon
382
Greek; seven
hept-? English examples: heptagon, heptathlon, heptode
383
Latin; cling
her-, hes-? English examples: adhesive, coherent
384
Latin; grass
herb-? English examples: herbal, herbicide
385
Latin; heir
hered-? English examples: heredity
386
Greek; creep
herp-? English examples: herpes, herpetology
387
Greek; different, other
heter-? English examples: heterodoxy
388
Greek; find
heur-? English examples: heuristic
389
Greek; six
hex-? English examples: hexagon, hexahedron, hexode
390
Latin; wintry
hibern-? English examples: hibernation
391
Latin; winter
hiem-? English examples: hiemal
392
Greek; sacred
hier-? English examples: hierarchy, hieroglyphics
393
Greek; horse
hipp-? English examples: hippodrome, hippopotamus
394
Latin; hairy
hirsut-? English examples: hirsute
395
Latin; bristly
hispid-? English examples: hispidity, hispidulous
396
Latin; actor
histri-? English examples: histrionic
397
Greek; way
hod-? English examples: cathode, herpolhode, hodometer
398
Greek; whole
hol-? English examples: holistic, holography
399
Greek; same
hom-? English examples: homophone, homozygous
400
Greek; even, flat
homal-? English examples: anomalous
401
Greek; like
home-? English examples: homeostasis
402
Latin; human
homin-? English examples: hominid
403
Latin; esteem
honor-? English examples: honorable, honorarium
404
Greek; boundary
hor-? English examples: aphorism, horizon
405
Greek; hour
hor-? English examples: horoscope
406
Greek; that which excites
horm-? English examples: hormone
407
Latin; garden
hort-? English examples: horticulture
408
Latin; host
hospit-? English examples: hospital, hospitality, inhospitable
409
Latin; enemy
host-? English examples: hostile
410
Latin; ground
hum-? English examples: exhumation, inhume
411
Greek; glass
hyal-? English examples: hyaline, hyaloid
412
Greek; water
hydr-? English examples: hydraulics, hydrology, hydrolysis, hydrophily, hydrophobia, hydroponic, hydrous
413
Greek; wet
hygr-? English examples: hygrometer
414
Greek; U-shaped
hyo-? English examples: hyoid
415
Greek; under
hyp-? English examples: hypothermia
416
Greek; above, over
hyper-? English examples: hyperbole, hypertonic
417
Greek; sleep
hypn-? English examples: hypnosis
418
Greek; later
hyster-? English examples: hysteresis
419
Greek; fish
ichthy-? English examples: ichthyology
420
Greek; twenty
icos-? English examples: icosagon, icosahedron
421
Greek; shape
id-? English examples: idol
422
Greek; idea; thought
ide-? English examples: ideogram, ideology
423
Greek; personal
idi-? English examples: idiom, idiosyncrasy, idiot
424
Latin; fire
ign-? English examples: igneous, ignition
425
Latin; in, on
in- (1), im-? English examples: import, incur, intend, invite
426
Latin; not, un- (negation)
in- (2), il-, im-, ir-? English examples: illicit, impossible, inimical, irrational
427
Latin; below, under
infra-? English examples: infrastructure
428
Latin; island
insul-? English examples: insular, insulation
429
Latin; among, between
inter-? English examples: intercollegiate, intermission, intersection
430
Latin; within
intra-? English examples: intramural
431
Latin; be angry
irasc-, irat-? English examples: irascible, irate
432
Latin; rainbow
irid-? English examples: iridescent
433
Greek; equal, the same
is-, iso-? English examples: isometric, isomorphic, isotropic
434
Latin; again
iter-? English examples: iteration
435
Latin; route, way
itiner-? English examples: itinerary
436
Latin; lie
jac-? English examples: adjacent
437
Latin; cast, throw
jac-, -ject-? English examples: ejaculate, eject, reject, interject, trajectory
438
Latin; door
janu-? English examples: janitor
439
Latin; joke
joc-? English examples: jocularity
440
Latin; judge
judic-? English examples: adjudicate, judicial, judiciary
441
Latin; yoke
jug-? English examples: conjugal, subjugate
442
Latin; join
jung-, junct-? English examples: conjunction, juncture
443
Latin; younger
junior-? English examples: juniority
444
Latin; law, justice
jus-, jur-? English examples: jury, justice
445
Latin; help
juv-, jut-? English examples: adjutant
446
Latin; young, youth
juven-? English examples: juvenile, rejuvenate
447
Latin; beside, near
juxta-? English examples: juxtaposition
448
Greek; thousand
kil(o)-? English examples: kilobyte, kilogram, kilometer
449
Greek; movement, motion
kine-? English examples: kinesthetic, kinetic energy, telekinesis
450
Greek; steal
klept-? English examples: kleptomania, kleptoplasty
451
Greek; glory
kudo-? English examples: kudos
452
Latin; slide, slip
lab-, laps-? English examples: elapse, relapse
453
Latin; lip
labi-? English examples: bilabial, labial
454
Latin; work
labor-? English examples: collaboration, elaboration
455
Latin; tear
lacer-? English examples: laceration
456
Latin; cry, tears
lacrim-? English examples: lacrimal, lacrimous
457
Latin; milk
lact-? English examples: lactate, lactation, lactose
458
Latin; layer, slice
lamin-? English examples: laminate, lamination
459
Greek; torch
lamp-? English examples: lamp
460
Latin; stone
lapid-? English examples: lapidary
461
Latin; large
larg-? English examples: enlargement
462
Latin; ghost, mask
larv-? English examples: larva, larvae, larval
463
Latin; broad, wide
lat-? English examples: latitude
464
Latin; side
later-? English examples: bilateral
465
Latin; praise
laud-, laus-? English examples: laud, laudanum
466
Latin; wash
lav-? English examples: lavatory
467
Latin; not tense
lax-? English examples: laxative, relaxation
468
Greek; egg yolk
lecith-? English examples: lecithin
469
Latin; hurt
led-, les-? English examples: lesion
470
Latin; law
leg-? English examples: legal, legislative
471
Latin; send
leg-? English examples: relegate
472
Greek; smooth
lei-? English examples: leiomyoma
473
Greek; dish, pot
lekan-? English examples: lekane
474
Latin; gentle
leni-? English examples: leniency
475
Latin; lion
leon-? English examples: Leo, leonine, Leopold
476
Greek; flake, scale
lep-? English examples: Lepidoptera
477
Greek; grasp, seize
leps-? English examples: epilepsy
478
Greek; white
leuc-, leuk-? English examples: leucocyte
479
Latin; lift, light
lev-? English examples: elevator, levitation
480
Latin; free
liber-? English examples: liberation, liberty
481
Latin; book
libr-? English examples: librarian, library
482
Latin; bind
lig-? English examples: ligament, ligature
483
Latin; slug
limac-? English examples: limacoid, limacon
484
Latin; line
lin-? English examples: line, linearity
485
Latin; language, tongue
lingu-? English examples: bilingual, linguistic
486
Latin; leave
linqu-, lict-? English examples: relict, relinquish
487
Greek; fat
lip-? English examples: lipolysis
488
Latin; letter
liter-? English examples: alliteration, illiterate, literacy, literal, obliterate
489
Greek; stone
lith-? English examples: lithosphere, megalith, monolith, Neolithic Era
490
Latin; place
loc-? English examples: local, location
491
Greek; thought, word, speech
log-? English examples: logic, monologue, morphological, philology
492
Latin; long
long-? English examples: elongate, longitude
493
Latin; speak
loqu-, locut-? English examples: allocution, eloquence
494
Latin; bright, light
luc-? English examples: Lucifer (bearer of light)
495
Latin; play
lud-, lus-? English examples: allude, illusion
496
Latin; light
lumin-? English examples: illumination, luminous
497
Latin; moon
lun-? English examples: lunar, lunatic
498
Greek; dissolving
lysis? English examples: analysis, cytolysis, hydrolysis
499
Greek; long
macro-? English examples: macron
