Root Words || Flashcards
Mill, kilo
Thousand
Millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
Min
Little, small
Minute, minor, minuscule
Neo
New
Neolithic, neveau rich, neologism, neophyte, neonate
Nom, nym
Name
Nominate, synonyms
Paleo
Old
Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism, paleopsychology
Para
Beside
Paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase, parachute
Pneuma, pneumon
Breath
Pneumatic, pneumonia
Poly
Many
Polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous
Post
After, behind
postpone, postdate
Proto
First
Prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan, Proterozoic, protoindustrial
Quip
Ship
Equip, equipment
Sanct
Holy
Sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct
-ster
Person
Mobster , monster
Terr, terra
Earth
Terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial
Therm
Heat
Thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle, thermostat, hypothermia