Latin & Greek Roots Flashcards
ab- (L)
off, from, away
a-, an- (G)
not or without
absciss- (L)
cut off
ac- (L)
toward
acumin- (L)
a point, pointed
adipo- (G)
fat
aero- (G)
the air
agri- (L)
field
alb-, albi- (L)
white
-alis, -ale (L)
pertaining to
allo- (L)
different
ambulat- (L)
walk
-amylus (G)
starch
ana- (G)
up, throughout, again
andro- (G)
a man
aniso- (G)
unequal
antero- (L)
front
antho- (G)
flower
anti- (G)
opposite, against
aperi- (L)
open
apo- (G)
away
arbor- (L)
tree
archaeo- (G)
ancient
-atilis, -atile (L)
found in
atr-, atri- (L)
black
auto- (G)
self
bi- (L)
two, twice, double
bio-, -biot (G)
life
blasto- (G)
seed
brachy- (G)
short
bryo- (G)
moss
cardia- (L)
the heart
cata- (G)
down, downward
cather, -o (G)
clean, pure
caud- (L)
tail
centro- (G)
the center
cephalo- (G)
head
chemi- (G)
chemistry
chloro- (G)
green
chroma- (G)
colored
chrono- (G)
time
cili- (L)
hair
cirrho- (G)
orange
clado- (G)
branch
con-, com-, co- (L)
together, with
-cortex (L)
the bark, shell
cost- (L)
rib
cranio- (G)
skull
cyclo- (G)
a circle, wheel
cyto- (G)
a cell, a hollow place
delo- (G)
visible
dendro- (G)
a tree
derm- (G)
skin
deutero- (L)
second
di- (G)
two, double
dia- (G)
across, through
dicho- (G)
forked, in two
diplo- (G)
double
dis- (G)
separate, apart
dors- (L)
back
echino- (G)
spiny
eco- (G)
house
ecto- (G)
outside
electro- (G)
electricity
-ell (L)
small
endo- (G)
inner, within
-ensis, -ense (L)
belonging to
epi- (G)
beside, over, upon
equi- (L)
equal
erythro- (G)
red
-escens (L)
becoming or beginning to
eu- (G)
good, well
ex-, exo- (G)
out, outside, without
extra- (L)
outside, more
femor- (L)
thigh
fertil- (L)
fruitful
flagell- (L)
a whip
-form (L)
shape, form
gam- (G)
marriage
gamet- (G)
a wife or husband
gastro- (G)
stomach
gen- (G)
produce
-genesis (G)
origin, birth
geno- (G)
offspring
geo- (G)
the Earth
-gest (L)
carried
glotto- (G)
tongue
glyco- (G)
sweet
gymno- (G)
bare, naked
gyno- (G)
a woman, female
haplo- (G)
simple, single
helicon- (G)
spiral
hemo- (L)
blood
hepato- (G)
liver
hetero- (G)
other, different
hirsut- (L)
hairy, rough
histo- (G)
tissue
homeo-, homo- (G)
like, resembling, alike
homin- (G)
man
hydro- (G)
water
-phytum (G)
plant
phili- (L)
hair
pino- (G)
drink
pleio- (G)
more, full
pneumo- (L)
lung
-pod (G)
foot
poly- (G)
many, much
pori- (G)
a passage
post- (L)
behind, after
pre- (L)
before
primi- (G)
first
pro- (G)
before, in front of
proto- (G)
first, original
pseudo- (G)
false
pterido- (G)
fern
re- (L)
again
ren- (G)
kidney
retro- (L)
backward
rhizo- (G)
root
-sacchar (G)
sugar
salt- (L)
jump
sclero- (G)
hard
-script (L)
write
semi- (L)
half
-sis (G)
the act of
somato- (G)
body
-stasis (G)
standing, posture
stom- (L)
mouth
sub- (L)
under
super- (L)
above
syn- (G)
together, with
taxo- (G)
arrange
tele- (G)
far
tempor- (L)
time
tetra- (G)
four
therm- (G)
heat
topo- (G)
place
toti- (L)
all
trach- (L)
rough
trans- (L)
across
tri- (L)
three
tropho- (G)
eat
ultra- (L)
beyond
vacu- (L)
empty
ventr- (L)
belly
vestigi- (L)
trace
virul- (L)
poisonous
viscera- (L)
organs of the body cavity
vivi- (L)
alive, living
zoo-, -zoon (G)
animal
hyper- (G)
exceeding, over, above
hypo- (G)
lower, under, below
immuno- (L)
safe, free
in- (L)
into
inter- (L)
between, among
intra-, intro- (L)
inside, within
iso- (G)
equal
karyo- (G)
nucleus
kinet- (G)
move, moving
limno- (G)
lake
-lyse, -lysis (G)
loose, to loosen
macro- (G)
large, long
mal- (L)
bad, wrong, evil
menta- (L)
mind
mero-, meri- (G)
a part
meso- (G)
the middle
meta- (L)
boundary, turning point
micro- (G)
small
mono- (G)
single, one
morpho- (G)
form
muta- (L)
change
myo- (G)
muscle
neo- (G)
new
neutr- (L)
neither
nom- (L)
name
non- (L)
not
noto- (G)
back
nucle- (L)
nucleus
nyct- (G)
night
obscur- (L)
dark
-oid, -oda (G)
like, form
-ology (G)
the science of
onco- (G)
tumor, a mass
ora- ori- (L)
mouth
osmo- (G)
pushing, thrusting
osteo- (G)
bone
-osus, ,-osa (L)
full of or prone to
ovi- (L)
egg
paedos- (G)
child
paleo- (G)
ancient
para- (G)
beside, near
pedi- (G)
a child (foot in L)
peri- (G)
around
phago- (G)
to eat
pheno- (G)
appear, show, seem
philo- (G)
love
phlebo- (G)
vein
-phobos (G)
dread
photo- (G)
light
-phyll (G)
leaf