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Word Roots

This document provides a list of common word roots from Greek and Latin and their meanings and examples. Some of the more common roots included are: -ast(er)-(G) meaning star, examples include asteroid and astronomy -audi- (L) meaning hear, examples include audible and audience -bene- (L) meaning good, examples include benefit and benign -bio- (G) meaning life, examples include biography and biology -graph- (G) meaning write, examples include autograph and graph

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Word Roots

This document provides a list of common word roots from Greek and Latin and their meanings and examples. Some of the more common roots included are: -ast(er)-(G) meaning star, examples include asteroid and astronomy -audi- (L) meaning hear, examples include audible and audience -bene- (L) meaning good, examples include benefit and benign -bio- (G) meaning life, examples include biography and biology -graph- (G) meaning write, examples include autograph and graph

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Word Roots

ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES


-ast(er)-(G) star asteroid, astronomy
-audi- (L) hear audible, audience
-auto- (G) self automatic, autopsy
-bene- (L) good benefit, benign
-bio- (G) life biography, biology
-chrono- (G) time chronic, synchronize
-dict- (L) say dictate, diction
-duc- (L) lead, make deduce, produce
-gen- (L) give birth gene, generate
-geo- (G) earth geography, geology
-graph- (G) write autograph, graph
-jur-, -jus- (L) law jury, justice
-log-, -logue- (L) thought logic, obloquy
-luc- (L) light lucid, translucent
-man(u)- (L) hand manual, manure
-mand-, -mend- (L) order demand, recommend
-mis-, -mit- (L) send missile, transmission
-omni- (L) all omnivorous
-path- (G) feel empathy, pathetic
-phil- (G) love philosophy, bibliophile
-phon- (G) sound phonics, telephone
-photo- (G) light photograph, photon
-port- (L) carry export, portable
-qui(t)- (L) quiet, rest acquit, tranquil
-scrib-, -script- (L) write ascribe, script
-sens-, -sent- (L) feel resent, sensitive
-tele- (G) far off telecast, telephone
-terr- (L) earth terrain, territory
-vac- (L) empty evacuate, vacate
-vid-, -vis- (L) see visible, video

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