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Roots Words of The English

The document discusses word roots and provides examples of common Greek and Latin roots found in English words. It explains that understanding word roots can help deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words. However, roots can have multiple meanings and words with similar forms may be derived from different roots, so it is important to check definitions in a dictionary. The document then provides a table defining and illustrating 30 common Greek and Latin roots along with examples of English words that incorporate each root.

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Roots Words of The English

The document discusses word roots and provides examples of common Greek and Latin roots found in English words. It explains that understanding word roots can help deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words. However, roots can have multiple meanings and words with similar forms may be derived from different roots, so it is important to check definitions in a dictionary. The document then provides a table defining and illustrating 30 common Greek and Latin roots along with examples of English words that incorporate each root.

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In English grammar, a root is a word or word part from which other words grow,

usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes.

The root of the word vocabulary, for example, is voc, a Latin root meaning
"word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation,
evocative, vocal, vociferous, and vowel.

Understanding the meanings of the common word roots can help us deduce the
meanings of new words that we encounter. But be careful: root words can have
more than one meaning and various shades of meaning. In addition, words that
look similar may derive from different roots. So when you meet up with a new
word, be sure to rely on a dictionary to check its definition.

The table below defines and illustrates 30 of the most common Greek and Latin
roots. (The letter in parentheses indicates whether the root word is Greek (G) or
Latin (L).)

WORD ROOTS IN ENGLISH

ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES


-ast(er)-(G) star asteroid, astronomy, astronaut, asterisk
-audi- (L) hear audible, audience, auditory, auditorium
-auto- (G) self automatic, automate, autobiography, autograph
-bene- (L) good benefit, benign, benefactor, benevolent
-bio- (G) life biography, biology, biodegradable, symbiotic
-chrono- (G) time chronic, synchronize, chronicle, chronology
-dict- (L) say dictate, diction, edict, dictionary, addict
-duc- (L) lead, make deduce, produce, educator, conducive
-gen- (L) give birth gene, generate, generous, generation
-geo- (G) earth geography, geology, geometry, geopolitics
-graph- (G) write autograph, graphic, epigraph, demographic
-jur-, -jus- (L) law jury, justice, adjure, conjurer, justification
-log-, -logue- (L) thought logic, obloquy, apology, dialogue, analogy
-luc-, -lum- (L) light lucid, translucent, illuminate, elucidate
-man(u)- (L) hand manual, manure, manicure, manipulate
-mand-, -mend- (L) order demand, recommend, remand, mandatory
-mis-, -mit- (L) send missile, transmission, emit, submit, permit
-omni- (L) all omnivorous, omnipotence, omniscient
-path- (G) feel empathy, pathetic, apathy, pathos, antipathy
-phil- (G) love philosophy, bibliophile, philanthropy
-phon- (G) sound phonics, telephone, euphony, microphone
-photo- (G) light photograph, photon, photocopy, photogenic
-port- (L) carry export, portable, rapport, deport, important
-qui(t)- (L) quiet, rest acquit, tranquil, requiem, quiescent
-scrib-, -script- (L) write ascribe, script, describe, transcribe, proscribe
-sens-, -sent- (L) feel resent, sensitive, sentence, sentient
-tele- (G) far off telecast, telephone, telekinesis, telepathy
-terr- (L) earth terrain, territory, extraterrestrial, terrace
-vac- (L) empty evacuate, vacate, vacancy, vacuous
-vid-, -vis- (L) see visible, video, envisage, invisible, revision

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