Greek and Latin Root Words Part 3 Flashcards
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Latin; sleep
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somn-? English examples: insomnia
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Latin; dream
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somni-? English examples:
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Latin; sound
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son-? English examples: resonance
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Greek; wise
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soph-? English examples: sophist, sophomore
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Latin; suck
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sorb-, sorpt-? English examples: absorb, absorption
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Latin; dirt
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sord-? English examples: sordid
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Latin; sister
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soror-? English examples: sorority
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Latin; space
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spati-? English examples: spatial
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Latin; look
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spec-, -spic-, spect-? English examples: conspicuous, inspection, specimen
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Latin; watch, look at
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spect-? English examples: spectator
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Latin; observe
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specul-? English examples: speculation
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Latin; hope
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sper-? English examples: desperation, esperance
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Greek; seed
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sperm-? English examples: angiosperm
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Greek; wedge
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sphen-? English examples: sphenoid
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Greek; ball
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spher-? English examples: sphere, spheroid
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Greek; closing
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sphinct-? English examples: sphincter
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Latin; spike
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spic-? English examples: spicule
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Latin; thorn
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spin-? English examples: spine
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Latin; breathe
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spir-? English examples: respiration
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Latin; a surety, guarantee; give assurance, promise solemnly
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spond-, spons-? English examples: respond
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Greek; vertebra
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spondyl-? English examples: spondylosis
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Latin; spew, spit
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spu-, sput-? English examples: sputum
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Latin; scaly, dirty, filthy
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squal-? English examples: squalid, squalor
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Latin; scale
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squam-? English examples: squamous
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Latin; spreading at tips
squarros-? English examples: squarrose
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Latin; stand
st-? English examples: stable, station, statistic, statue, status
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Latin; pool of standing water
stagn-? English examples: stagnant
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Greek;
stalact-? English examples: stalactite
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Greek;
stalagm-? English examples: stalagmite
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Latin; tin
stann-? English examples: stannous
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Latin; stand
statu-, -stitu-? English examples: institution, statute
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Greek; fat, tallow
stea-? English examples: stearic acid
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Greek; covering
steg-? English examples: steganography, Stegosaurus
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Latin; star
stell-? English examples: constellation, stellar
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Greek; narrow
sten-? English examples: stenography
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Greek; solid
stere-? English examples:
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Latin; spread, strew
stern-, strat-? English examples: stratify
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Greek; breastbone
stern-? English examples: sternum
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Greek; line, row
stich-? English examples:
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Greek; mark, puncture
stigmat-? English examples: stigma
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Latin; drip
still-? English examples: distillation
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Latin; goad, rouse, excite
stimul-? English examples: stimulate
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Latin; apart
stingu-, stinct-? English examples: distinction, distinguish
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Greek; aim
stoch-? English examples: stochastic
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Greek; mouth
stom-? English examples: stomatoplasty
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Greek; twisted
strept-? English examples: Streptococcus
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Latin; compress
strig-? English examples: strigogyps
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Latin; having stiff bristles
strigos-? English examples: strigose
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Latin; upright, stiff
string-, strict-? English examples: stringent
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Greek; turning
stroph-? English examples: apostrophe
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Latin; to make up, build
stru-, struct-? English examples: construction, construe
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Latin; dedication
stud-? English examples: student
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Latin; wonder
stup-? English examples: stupor
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Greek; column, pillar
styl-? English examples: stylus
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Latin; sew
su-, sut-? English examples: suture
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Latin; self
sui-? English examples: sui generis, suicide
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Latin; urge
suad-, suas-? English examples: persuasion
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Latin; sweet
suav-? English examples: suave
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Latin; below
sub-, su-, suf-, sug-, sus-? English examples: submerge, suffix, suggest
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Latin; under
subter-? English examples: subterfuge
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Latin; sugar
sucr-? English examples: sucrose
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Latin; sweat
sud-? English examples: sudoriferous
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Latin; furrow
sulc-? English examples: sulcus
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Latin; take
sum-, sumpt-? English examples: assumption, consume
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Latin; above, over
super-? English examples: supersede
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Latin; lying back
supin-? English examples: supine, supination
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Latin; above, over
supra-? English examples: supranationalism
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Latin; deaf
surd-? English examples: absurdity
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Latin; rise
surg-? English examples: resurgent
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Greek; with
syn-, sy-, syl-, sym-? English examples: symbol, symmetry, sympathy, synchronous, synonym, system
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Greek; pipe
syring-? English examples: syringe
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Latin; be silent
tac-, -tic-? English examples: reticent, tacit
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Greek; swift
tach-? English examples: tachometer, tachycardia
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Greek; ribbon
taeni-? English examples: taenidium, taeniodont, Taeniolabis
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Latin; ankle
tal-? English examples: talus bone
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Latin; touch
tang-, -ting-, tact-, tag-? English examples: contact, tactile, tangent
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Latin; carpet
tapet-? English examples: tapestry, tapetum, tapis
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Latin; slow
tard-? English examples: retard, tardigrade, tardy
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Greek; ankle
tars-? English examples: tarsal
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Greek; bull
taur-? English examples: Minotaur
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Latin; bull
taur-? English examples: Taurus
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Greek; arrangement, order
tax-? English examples: taxonomy
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Greek; art, skill
techn-? English examples: technology
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Latin; cover
teg-, tect-? English examples: integument, protection
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Greek; far, end
tele-? English examples: telegram, telephone, telescope
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Greek; complete
tele-? English examples: teleology
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Greek; cut
temn-? English examples: Temnospondyli
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Latin; time
tempor-? English examples: contemporary, temporal, temporary
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Latin; hold
ten-, -tin-, tent-? English examples: continent, detention, tenacious, tenor
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Latin; stretch, strain
tend-, tens-? English examples: extend, extension, tensile
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Latin; slender, thin
tenu-? English examples: attenuate, tenuous
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Latin; be warm
tep-? English examples: tepid, tepor
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Latin; rub
ter-, trit-? English examples: attrition, contrite, detritus, trite
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Latin; rounded
teret-? English examples: subterete, teretial
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Latin; wipe
terg-, ters-? English examples: detergent, terse
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Latin; boundary, limit, end
termin-? English examples: determine, terminal, termination
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Latin; three each
tern-? English examples: ternary, ternion
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Latin; earth
terr-? English examples: subterranean, terrace, terracotta, terrain
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Latin; third
terti-? English examples: tertian, tertiary
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Latin; witness
test-? English examples: testament, testimony
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Greek; four
tetr-? English examples: tetrahedron, tetrode
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Latin; weave
tex-, text-? English examples: context, subtle, textile, texture
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Greek; chamber, bed
thalam-? English examples: hypothalamus
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Greek; sea
thalass-? English examples: Panthalassa, thalassemia
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Greek; death
than-? English examples: euthanasia, thanatology
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Greek; god
the-, thus-? English examples: enthusiasm, theology
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Greek; put
the-? English examples: Bibliotheca, theca, theme, thesis
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Greek; nipple
thel-? English examples: epithelium, thelium, thelial
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Greek; speculation
theori-? English examples: theorem, theory
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Greek; beast, animal
ther-? English examples: theroid, theropod
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Greek; heat, warm
therm-? English examples: endotherm, thermometer
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Greek; mood
thym-? English examples: dysthymia
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Greek; door
thyr-? English examples: thyratron
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Greek; large shield
thyre-? English examples: Thyreophora, thyroid, thyrotropin, thyroxine
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Latin; be afraid
tim-? English examples: timid, timorous
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Latin; moisten
ting-, tinct-? English examples: tincture
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Greek; cut
tom-? English examples: atom, ectomy, tome
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Greek; stretch
ton-? English examples: isotonic, monotone, tone
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Greek; place
top-? English examples: topic, topography, toponymy
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Latin; from Greek; turn or rotate
torn-, tourn-? English examples: tornado, tournament
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Latin; numb
torpe-? English examples: torpent, torpid, torpor
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Latin; twist
torqu-, tort-? English examples: extortion, torque, torture
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Latin; all, whole
tot-? English examples: subtotal, total, totality
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Greek; arrow, bow
tox-? English examples: toxoplasmosis
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Latin; beam
trab-? English examples: trabeculae
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Greek; rough
trachy-? English examples: trachea
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Greek; goat
trag-? English examples: tragus
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Latin; draw, pull
trah-, tract-? English examples: subtrahend, tractor
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Latin; across
trans-, tra-, tran-? English examples: tradition, transcend, transportation
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Greek; four-sided, table
trapez-? English examples: trapezius, trapezoid
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Greek; wound
traum-? English examples: trauma, traumatic, traumatize
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Latin; three hundred
trecent-? English examples: trecentennial, trecentillion
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Latin; thirteen
tredec-? English examples: tredecimal
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Greek; thirteen
treiskaidek-? English examples: triskaidekaphobia
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Latin; tremble
trem-? English examples: tremor
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Greek; hole
trema-? English examples: monotreme, trematode
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Greek; three
tri-? English examples: triad, trigon, triode, tripod
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Latin; three
tri-? English examples: triangle, triumvirate, trivia
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Latin; thirty each
tricen-? English examples: tricenary
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Latin; thirtieth
tricesim-, trigesim-? English examples: trigesimal
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Greek; hair
trich-? English examples: peritrichous, trichopathophobia, Trichoptera
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Latin; three each
trin-? English examples: trinary, trine, trinity
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Greek; third
trit-? English examples: tritagonist
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Latin; wheat
trit-? English examples: triticale
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Greek; wheel
troch-? English examples: trochlea
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Greek; turning
trop-? English examples: heliotropism, psychotropic, tropic
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Greek; feed, grow
troph-? English examples: dystrophy, pogonotrophy, trophic
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Latin; thrust
trud-, trus-? English examples: extrusion, intrude
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Latin; cough
tuss-? English examples: pertussis
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Greek; drum
tympan-? English examples: tympani
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Greek; stamp, model
typ-? English examples: archetype, phenotype, typography
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Latin; fruitful
uber-? English examples: exuberant
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Latin; in marshes
uligin-? English examples: uliginous
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Greek; wooly
ulo-? English examples: Ulotrichi
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Latin; farthest
ultim-? English examples: ultimate, ultimatum
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Latin; beyond
ultra-? English examples: ultrasonic
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Latin; navel
umbilic-? English examples: umbilical
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Latin; shade, shadow
umbr-? English examples: penumbra, umbrella
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Latin; one
un-? English examples: unary, unicorn, union
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Latin; hooked
unc-? English examples: uncinate
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Latin; ounce, twelfth
unci-? English examples: uncial
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Latin; wave
und-? English examples: abundant, undulate
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Latin; eleventh
undecim-? English examples: undecimal
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Latin; eleven each
unden-? English examples: undenary
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Latin; claw, nail
ungui-? English examples:
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Latin; claw, hoof
ungul-? English examples: ungulate
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Greek; tail
ur-? English examples: uroid, uroborus
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Greek; urine
ur-? English examples: urology
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Latin; city
urb-? English examples: suburbanite, urban, urbanism, urbanize
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Latin; work
urg-? English examples: urgent
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Latin; bear
urs-? English examples: Ursa Major, ursine
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Latin; use
ut-, us-? English examples: usual, utility
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Latin; grape
uv-? English examples: uvea
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Latin; wife
uxor-? English examples: uxoricide
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Latin; empty
vac-? English examples: vacancy, vacation, vacuum
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Latin; go
vad-, vas-? English examples: evade, pervasive
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Latin; wander
vag-? English examples: vagabond, vague
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Latin; empty, vain, idle
van-? English examples: vanity
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Latin; lack (of)
vap-? English examples: evaporation, vapid, vaporize
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Latin; carry
veh-, vect-? English examples: vehicle, vector
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Latin; veil
vel-? English examples: revelation, velate
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Latin; pull
vell-, vuls-? English examples: convulsion
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Latin; quick
veloc-? English examples: velocity
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Latin; vein
ven-? English examples: venosity
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Latin; hunt
ven-? English examples: venison
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Latin; come
ven-, vent-? English examples: advent, convention
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Latin; sell
vend-? English examples: vendor, vending
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Latin; respectful
vener-? English examples: veneration, venereal
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Latin; wind
vent-? English examples: ventilation
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Latin; belly
ventr-? English examples: ventral
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Latin; TRUE
ver-? English examples: aver, veracious, verify, verisimilitude, verity
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Latin; word
verb-? English examples: verbal, verbatim, verbosity
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Latin; whip
verber-? English examples: reverberation
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Latin; worm
verm-? English examples: vermiform, vermin
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Latin; spring
vern-? English examples: vernal
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Latin; turn
vert-, vers-? English examples: convert, inversion, invert, vertical
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Latin; bladder
vesic-? English examples: vesical
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Latin; evening, western
vesper-? English examples: vesperal
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Latin; clothe, garment
vest-? English examples: divest, vest
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Latin; track
vestig-? English examples: investigate
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Latin; forbid
vet-? English examples: veto
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Latin; old
veter-? English examples: inveterate, veteran
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Latin; way
vi-? English examples: deviate, obvious, via
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Latin; change
vic-? English examples: vice versa, vicissitude
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Latin; twenty each
vicen-, vigen-? English examples: vicenary
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Latin; twentieth
vicesim-, vigesim-? English examples: vicesimary, vicesimation, vigesimal
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Latin; see
vid-, vis-? English examples: video, vision
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Latin; cheap
vil-? English examples: vile, vilify
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Latin; shaggy hair, velvet
vill-? English examples: villiform
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Latin; wine
vin-? English examples: vinous
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Latin; conquer
vinc-, vict-? English examples: invincible, victory
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Latin; man
vir-? English examples: virility
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Latin; green
vir-? English examples: virid, viridian
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Latin; thick
visc-? English examples: viscosity
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Latin; organs of the body cavity
viscer-? English examples: eviscerate, visceral
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Latin; life
vit-? English examples: vital, vitamin
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Latin; yolk
vitell-? English examples: vitellogenesis
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Latin; fault
viti-? English examples: vice, vitiate
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Latin; glass
vitr-? English examples: vitreous
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Latin; live
viv-? English examples: revive, survive, vivid
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Latin; voice
voc-? English examples: provocative, vocal, vocation
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Latin; fly
vol-? English examples: volatility
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Latin; wish
vol-? English examples: volition
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Latin; roll
volv-, volut-? English examples: convolution, revolve
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Latin; discharge
vom-? English examples: vomit
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Latin; swallow
vor-, vorac-? English examples: devour, voracious
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Latin; vow
vov-, vot-? English examples: votive
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Latin; common, crowd
vulg-? English examples: divulge, vulgarity, vulgate
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Latin; wound
vulner-? English examples: vulnerable
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Latin; fox
vulp-? English examples: vulpine
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Greek; yellow
xanth-? English examples: xanthium, xanthochromia, xanthogenic, xanthophyll
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Greek; foreign
xen-? English examples: xenoblast, xenogamy, xenophobia, xenon
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Greek; dry
xer-? English examples: xeroderma, xerography, xeromorph, xerophagy, xerophile, xerophyte
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Greek; sword
xiph-? English examples: xiphisternum, xiphoid, xiphophyllous
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Greek; wood
xyl-? English examples: xylem, xylocarp, xyloid, xylophone
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Greek; animal, living being
zo-? English examples: protozoa, zoo, zoology
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Greek; belt, girdle
zon-? English examples: zone
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Greek; yoke
zyg-? English examples: heterozygous, zygote
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Greek; ferment
zym-? English examples: enzyme, lysozyme
