latin roots I Flashcards
aero
air (aerospace, aerodyamics)
a/n
not, without (abiotic, asymmetric)
a
on (aside, alive)
ab/s, a
from, away, off (abstract, abuse)
acro
tip, height, beginning (acronym, acrobatics)
act
do (activate, action)
agr/i/o
farming (agriculture, agrarian)
alg/o
pain (nostalgia, analgesic)
ambi/amphi
both [sides] (ambidextrous, amphitheatre)
ambul
walk, move (amble, ambulance)
ami/o
love (amity, amiable)
ana
up, back, against (anatomy, analysis)
anti
against, opposite of (antimatter, antisocial)
arbor
tree (arborous)
archi/ae
ancient, primitive (archaic, archeology)
bene
good, well (benediction, beneficial)
cede, ceed, cess
go, yield (exceed, access)
counter
opposite, contrary (counteroffensive)
crypto
hidden, secret (cryptography, cryptic)
de
reduce, away, remove (delay, dethrone)
cert
sure (certify, certain)
chron/o
time (chronological, synchronous)
cide, cise
cut, kill (genocide, suicide)
dia
through, between (dialogue, diagnosis)
dict
speak (dictate, dictionary)
dys
abnormal (dysfunctional, dystopia)
ep/i
upon, over (epicenter, epilogue)
equ/i
equal (equation, equamity)
ethno
race, people (ethnicity, ethnic)
ac, ad
to, near (advertise, adhere, acute)