word roots

ac/acr

sharp, bitter, sout

act/ag

to do, to drive, to force, to lead

acou

hearing

al/all/alter

other, another

am

love

aml/amul

to go, to walk

anim

of the life, mind, soul, breath

annui/enni

year

anthro/andr

man, human

aqua/aue

water

arch/achrchi/archy

chief, principal, ruler

auto

self

ben/ bene

good

bon/boun

good, generous

brev/brid

short, small

burs

purse, money;

cant/cent/chant

to sing

cap/cip/cept

to take to get

carn

flesh

caus/caut

to burn

ced/ceed/cess

to go, to yield, to stop

celer

speed

centr

center

cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

to spearate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

chrom

color

chron

time

cis

to cut

cla/clo/clu

to shut, to close

claim/clam

to shout, to cry out

cli

to lean toward

cogn/conn

to know

corp/cors

body

cosm

order, universe, world

cour/cur

running a course

cre/cresc/cret

to grow

cred

to believe, to trust

crypt

hidden

cb/cumb

to lie down

culp

fault, blame

dac/doc

to teach

dele

to earase

dem

people

dext

right hand, right side, deft

di

day

dic/dict/dit

to say, to tell, to use words

dign

worth

dog/dox

opinion, belief

dol

to suffer to pain, to grieve;

don/dot/dow

to give

dorm

sleep

dors

back

dub

doubt

duc/duct

to lead

dur

hard, lastin

ego

self

equ

equal, even

err

to wander

esce

ecoming

fab/fam

to speak

fac.fic.fig.fait/feit/fy

to do, to make

fal

to err,, to deceive

fatu

foolish

fer

to bring, to carry, to bear

ferv

to boil, to buble

fi/fid

faith, trust

fin

end

flagr/flam

to burn

flect/flex

to bend, to turn

flu/flux

to flow

fort

chance

fort

strength

fra/frac/frag/fring

to break

fug

to flee, to fly

fum

smoke

fus

to pout

gen

birth, creation, race, kind

gn/gno

to know

grad/gres

to step

gram/graph

to write, to draw

grat

pleasing

greg

flock

hap

by chance

her/hes

to stick

hol

whole

icon

image idol

it/iter

way, journey

ject

to throw, to throw down

join/jug/junct

to meet, to join

jud

to judge

jur

law, to swear

juv

young

lang/ling

tongue

laud

praise, honor

lav/lau/lu

to wash

lec/leg/lex

to read, to speak

lect/leg

to select, to choose

lev

to lift, to rise, light

li/lig

to tie, to bind

liber

free

loc/log/loqu

word, speech, thought

luc/lum/lus

light

mag/mai/max

big, great

man/manu

hand

mand/mend

to command, to order, to entrust

mis/mit

to send

mob/mom/mot/mov

to move

mon/monit

to remind, to warn

mor/mort

death

morph

shape

mut

to change

nat/nas/nai/gna

birth

nau/nav

ship, sailor

nihl

nothing, none

noc/nox

harm

non/nym/noun/nown

name

nothing

oner

burden

pac/peac

peace

par

equal

pas/pat/path

feeling, suffering, disease

pau/po/pov/pu

few, little, poor

ped

child, education

ped/pod

foot

pel

to drive, to push

pen/pun

to pray, to compensate

pend/pens

to hang, to weigh, to pay

pet/pit

to seek to strive

phil

love

phob

fear

phon

sound

photo

light

plac

to please

ple/plen

to fill, full

pon/pos.pound

to put, to place

port

to carry

pot

to drink

prehend/prise

to take/to get/to sieze

pri/prim

first

prop/prox

near

pug

to fight

punc/pung/poign

to point, to pick, to pierce

pyr

fire

que/quis

to seek

quie/quit

quiet, rest

rect

straight, right

reg

king, rule

rog

to ask

sacr/sanct

holy

salv

to save

san

healthy

sci

to know

scrie/script

to write

sec/sequ/sue/sui

to follow

sed/sess/sid

to sit, to settle

sem

seed, to sow

sen

did

sens/sent

to feel, to be aware

sol

alone

sol

sun

somn

sleep

sourc/surg/surrect

to rise

spec/spic

to look, to see

spir

breath

sta/sti

to stand, to be in place

strictstring.stran

to tighten, to bind

sua

sweet, pleasing, to urge

summ

highest, total

tac/tic

to be silent

tact/tag.ta/tamg

to touch

tain/ten/tent/tin

to hold

tned/tens/tent/tenu

to stretch, to thin

test

to bear witness

tact/tag/tam/tang

to touch

theo

god

therm

heat

tor/torq/tort

to twist

tox

poison

tract

to drag, to pull, to draw

ult

last, beyon

urb

city

vail, val

strength, use, worth

ven.vent

to come or to move forward

ver

truth

verb

word

vers.vert

to turn

vi

life

vid/vis

to see

vil

base, mean

voc.vok

call, word

vol

wish

voul/volv

to roll, to turn

vor

to eat