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Greek Roots:Lesson14
Greek Roots: Lesson 14
Root/Prefix/Suffix | Meaning | Example Word |
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tox, toxic | poison | toxin |
dox | belief; opinion | orthodox |
paed, ped | child; instruction | pediatrics |
athl | prize | pentathlon |
kine, kino, cinem, cinemat | movement | kinetic |
sept, seps | poison (from decay) | sepsis |
proto- | first | prototype |
deutero- | second | deuteronomy |
tri- | three | tricycle |
tetra- | four | tetrahedral |
penta- | five | pentathlon |
hexa- | six | hexagon |
hepta- | seven | heptagonal |
octo- | eight | octagon |
ennea- | nine | enneadic |
deka-, deca-, dec- | ten | decade |
hecato-, hecaton-, hect- | hundred | hectagon |
kilo- | thousand | kilometer |
myriad- | ten thousand | myriad |
tax, tact | arrangement; order | tactic |