Greek & Latin Root Words & Prefixes

auto

self

di

two

poly

multiple

troph

feeding

amphi

both

mono

one

mer

part

tri

three

inter

between

intra

within

eu

true

pro

before

photo

light

Synthesis

create

chloro

green

hydro

water

phobic

fear

hetero

different

zoo

animal

philic

like

karyote

nucleus

hyper

over

hypo

under

iso

same

tonic

solute

endo

inside

exo

outside

cyto

cell

phago

eating

morph

shape

phyte

plant

echino

spiky

derm

skin

pino

drinking

pod

foot

gastro

stomach

ichthyes

fish

chondri

cartilage

osteo

bone

cephalo

brain

arthro

joints

itis

swelling

lysis

to break down

bi

two

tetra

four

pseudo

fake

terra

land

micro

small

macro

big

homo

same