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Greek / Latin Roots
Greek and Latin Roots
Question | Answer |
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Greek: fear, aversion, dislike, unexplained terror | phobe, phobo, phobia |
Greek: like, love, friendly to, attraction, no hate or dislike | phile, philo, phil |
Greek: shade, shadow | skio, ski, skia, scia, scio, sci |
Greek: light, radiant energy | photo, phot |
Latin: one, single | uni |
Greek: finger, toe | dactyl |
Latin: finger, toe | digit, digiti |
Latin: sword | gladi |
Greek: sword | xipho, xiph, xiphi |
Latin: night | noct, nox, nocti |
Latin: shine, light, torch | lumen, lumin, lum |
Latin: shadow, shade | umbra, umbro, umbr |
Greek: twilight, darkness, gloomy, shadow | lygo, lyg |
Greek: ground, soil, earth | pedo, ped |
Latin: foot, feet | podo, pod, poda |
Greek: know, knowledge, wisdom, wise | soph, sopho, sophic |
Latin: teaching, learning, apprentice | discip |
Greek: no, not, absence of, without, lack of | a, an |
Latin: no, not, nullify, deny, refuse | neg, ne |
Greek: move, movement, set in motion | cine, cinem, cinemat |
Greek: move, muscular activity | kin, kine, kino, kinesi, kineto |
Latin: move, set in motion, moving | mobil, mobi, moto, mot |
Latin: two, twice, double | bi, bino, duo, du, bin, bis |
Greek: two, second | deutero, deuter, deut |
Greek: three, thrice | tri, tre |
Latin: nothing, not one, none | nul, nulli, null |