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9th grade Greek and Latin ROots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| para- | beside |
| acou | hear |
| dog/dox | opinion, praise |
| meter | measure |
| ortho | straight, right |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ma | something done |
| -ology | study of, science |
| an- | not, without |
| aeth/esth | feeling, perception, sensation |
| -esia | action, process |
| -ete | one who |
| -ist | one who |
| ant- | against, opposite |
| ex- | out, away, from |
| in- | in, into; not |
| agon | struggle |
| culp | fault, blame |
| prot | first, ahead |
| -able | able to be |
| -ate | to make, to act; one who, that which |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ist | one who |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| com- | with, together |
| agora | marketplace, assembly |
| fort | strong |
| phob | fear of |
| -ation | an action or process |
| -fy | to make, to act, do |
| -ia | condition |
| -tude | state, quality, act |
| iso- | equal |
| anemo | wind |
| baro | pressure, weight |
| meter | measure |
| phil | love |
| trop | turn |
| anth | flower |
| chrys | gold, yellow |
| graph | write, written |
| heli | sun |
| phag | eat |
| phyte | plant |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ism | act, state, condition |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| -er | one who, that which |
| -um | of or belonging to |
| -us | thing which |
| -y | state of, quality, act, body, group |
| arch | first, chief, rule |
| crac | government |
| glyph | carve |
| hier | sacred |
| typ | model, inspiration |
| anti- | against, opposite |
| co-/syn- | with, together |
| aort | lift, raise |
| arct | to press together |
| thes/thet | to place/to put |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ics | science, system, related to |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| -ate | to make, to act; one who, that which |
| -ation | an action or process |
| -ia | condition |
| -is | thing which |
| -ize | to make, to act |
| dis- | apart. opposite of |
| ex- | out, away, from |
| per- | through, very |
| asper | rough |
| turb | commotion, agitation |
| -ance/-ence/-ity | state, quality, act |
| -ation | an action or process |
| -ine | like, related to |
| a- | away, from; not, without |
| branch | gill |
| helminth | worm |
| platy | flat, broad |
| pod/pus | foot |
| rhin | nose |
| -al | like, related to; an action or process |
| -ate | to make, to act; one who, that which |
| des- | from, away, down, apart, not |
| in- | in, into, not |
| re- | back, again |
| cant | song |
| -ation | an action or process |
| -cle | small |
| -trice | feminine |
| a- | away, from; not, without |
| di- | two |
| en- | in, into |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| cephal | head, brain |
| morph | form |
| thorax | chest |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| con- | with, together |
| per- | through, very |
| pre- | before |
| re- | back, again |
| suc- | below, under |
| cinct | bind, border, surround |
| cus | strike, shake |
| -ion | an action or process, state, quality, act |
| -ure | state, quality, act; process, condition |
| an- | not, without |
| cinemat/kin | motion |
| esth | feeling, perception, sensation |
| graph | write, written |
| -ation/esia/esis | an action or process |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| in- | in, into, not |
| ciner | ash |
| combus | burn up |
| -ary | that which; someone or something that belongs to, of, related to, one who |
| -ible | able to be |
| -or | one who, that which, condition, state, activity |
| -tion | state, quality, act |
| a- | away, from; not, without |
| coll | glue, gelatinous |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| man | gas |
| meter | measure |
| sphygm/sphyx | pulse |
| -age | state, quality, act |
| -ation | an action or process |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| cryo | cold |
| cryst | crystal |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| phil | love, loving |
| scop | look at, view, examine |
| thereap | treatment |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ize | to make, to act |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| dactyl | finger, toe |
| glyph | carve |
| gram | write, written |
| petro | wing, feather |
| scop | look at, view, examine |
| zygo | paired |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body group |
| an- | not, without |
| cardi | heart |
| echo | sound |
| gram | write, written |
| lal | talk, babble |
| locat | place |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | like related to |
| -ion | an action or process; state, quality, act |
| anthrop | humankind, man |
| eo | dawn, early |
| graph | write, written |
| lith | stone |
| paleo | ancient, old |
| sphere | ball |
| -cene | new, recent |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -us | thing which |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body group |
| en- | in, into |
| ergo/urg | work, power |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| metall | metal, mine |
| meter | measure |
| nom | name, law, custom, order |
| phob | fear of |
| pyro | fire, heat |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ics | science, related to, system |
| -ize | to make to act |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| dys- | bad, badly |
| eu- | good, well |
| calypt | hidden, covered |
| pepts/pept/phor | bear produce |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -ide | thing belonging to |
| -us | thing which |