Greek and Latin root words

Cards (44)

  • auto – referring to the self
  • • biblio – book
  • • bios – life or living things in general
  • • cosmos – order or world
  • • cracy – any type of government entity
  • • demos – people
  • • ethnos – race or nation
  • • geo – the earth
  • • graph – writing
  • • hydro – water
  • • isos – equal, alike or identical
  • • kilo - thousand
  • • lithos – stone or rock
  • • logos – word, thought, reasoning
  • • mania – madness
  • • mega – large or powerful
  • • monos – one
  • • nom – law, order
  • • pan – all or every
  • • philos – love
  • • phobia – fear
  • • phon – sound or speaking
  • • psych – the soul or the mind
  • • scopos – to spy, watch or see
  • • tele – far off
  • • therm – heat
  • • zoon – animals
  • • audi – hearing
  • • bene – good
  • cotogether
  • • dict – speech
  • • dis – not any, lack of
  • • inter – between, among
  • • luc/lux/lum – light
  • • man(u) – hand
  • • non – not
  • • post – after
  • • port – carry
  • • pre — before
  • • re – again, back, backward