Greek/Latin Roots
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- liber
- free - liberal, liberate, libertarian
- ego
- I - egotistical, egocentric, egoism
- voc, vok
- voice, call - invocation, revoke, vocal
- phil, philo
- love - philodendron, philology, philharmonic
- bio
- life - biology, biochemistry, biodegradable
- dic, dict
- to say, to speak, to assert - diction, dictionary, dictate
- corp
- body - corpse, corpulence, corporate
- sci
- to know - conscience, science, scientist, prescient
- mar
- sea - marinate, marine, maritime
- migr
- to move, travel - immigrant, migration, migratory
- eu
- good, well - euphoria, euphony, euphemism
- miso
- hatred of - misoneism, misology, misogamy
- soph
- wise - philosopher, sophisticated
- psych
- mind, soul, spirit - psychic, psychology, psychoanalysis
- syn, sym
- together - symphony, synthesize
- crac, crat
- rule, govern - aristocracy, democrat
- gen
- race, family, kind - genealogy, general, generation
- poly
- many - polychromatic, polyester, polygamy
- culp
- fault, blame - culprit, culpable
- petr
- rock - petrify, petroleum, petroglyph
- mut
- change, exchange - mutant, mutate, transmutate
- init
- to begin, enter upon - initial, initiate, initiation
- pan
- all - pangenesis, pangram, pantheism, Pangaea
- gam
- marriage - monogamy, polygamy, bigamy
- lat
- lateral, side; wide - latitude, latitudinal
- anima, anim
- life, mind - animal, animated
- peri
- around - perimeter, periscope, periphery
- somn
- sleep - insomnia, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy
- cog
- to think, consider - cognition, cognitive, recognize
- pyr
- fire - pyromania, pyrotechnic
- laud
- praise - laud, laudable, laudatory
- cosmo
- world, order, universe - cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan
- path
- feeling - apathy, sympathy, pathetic
- cred
- to believe, trust - credibility, incredible, credit, credential
- ortho
- straight - orthodontist, orthodontics, orthopedics
- port
- to carry - import, export, portable
- theo
- God - theology, theocracy, theocentric
- fid
- trust, faith - fidelity, infidel, infidelity
- ethno
- nation - ethnic, ethnicity, ethnocentrism
- lith
- stone - monolith, megalith