英语中的希腊文、拉丁文词根及词缀
Greek and Latin ba transition page
Roots--Prefixes--Suffixes
BASE MEANING ORIGIN
act to act Latin
acu, acr, ac needle Latin
alt high Latin
anima, anim life, mind Latin
ann, enn year Latin
anthrop man Greek
aqua water Latin
arch, archi govern, rule Greek
arm army, weapon Latin
arbitr, arbiter to judge, consider Latin
art craft, skill Latin
arthr, art gment, joint Greek
aud to hear Latin
bell war Latin
biblio, bibl book Greek
bio life Greek
capit, cipit head Latin
caus cau, ca, lawsuit Latin
cede to go, yield Latin
cele honor Latin
cell to ri, project Latin
cent one hundred Latin
cept, capt, cip, cap, ceive, ceipt to take, hold, grasp Latin cert sure, to trust Latin
cess, ced to move, withdraw Latin
cid, cis to cut off, be breif, to kill Latin
circ, circum around Latin
civ citizen Latin
claud clo, shut, block Latin
clin to lean, lie, bend Latin
cog to know Latin
column a column Latin
comput to compute Latin
cont to join, unite Latin
cor, cord, cour, card heart Latin
corp body Latin
cosm world, order, univer Greek
crac, crat rule, govern Greek
cred believe, trust Latin
crit, cris parate, discern, judge Latin
curs, curr, corr to run Latin
custom one's own Latin
dem people Greek
dent, odon tooth Latin
derm skin Greek
dic, dict to say, to speak, asrt Latin
duct, duc to lead, draw Latin
dur to harden, hold out Latin
BASE MEANING ORIGIN
ego I Latin
ethn nation Greek
equ equal, fair Latin
fac, fic, fect, fact to make, to do Latin
famil family Latin
fen to strike Latin
fer to carry, bear, bring Latin
fid trust, faith Latin
fin to end Latin
flu to flow Latin
form shape, form Latin
fort chance, luck, strong Latin
frig cool Latin
fum smoke, scent Latin
gam marriage Greek
gen race, family, kind Latin
geo earth Greek
gno, kno to know Greek
grad, gred, gress step, degree, rank Latin graph, gram write, draw, describe, record Greek grat pleasure, thankful, goodwill, joy Latin grav, griev, grief heavy Latin
gymn naked Greek
hab to have, hold, dwell Latin
hom man, human Latin
hosp guest, host Latin
host enemy, stranger Latin
hydro water Greek
hygiene the art of health Greek
hypno sleep Greek
init to begin, enter upon Latin
jur, jus, jud law, right Latin
juven young Latin
lat lateral, side, wide Latin
laud prai Latin
leg, lig law, to cho, perceive, understand Latin lev to make light, rai, lift Latin
liber, liver free Latin
lingu, langu tounge Latin
lith stone Greek
loc place Latin
locu, loqu word, speak Latin
log idea, word, speech, reason, study Greek
luc, lum light Latin
man hand Latin
mar a Latin
med, medi middle Latin
medic physician, to heal Latin
BASE MEANING ORIGIN
memor mindful Latin
men, min, mon to think, remind, advi, warn Latin ment mind Latin
meter, metr measure Greek
migr to move, travel Latin
mim copy, imitate Greek
mit, mis to nd Latin
mor fool, manner, custom Greek
morph form Greek
mort death Latin
mov, mob, mot to move Latin
mus little mou Latin
mut change, exchange Latin
necess unavoidable Latin
neur, nerv nerve Greek
noc, nox night, harm Latin
nomen, nomin name Latin
null, nihil, nil nothing, void Latin
nym, onym, onom name Greek
opt eye Greek
ord, ordin order Latin
ortho straight Greek
par, pair arrange, prepare, get ready, t Latin
part, pars portion, part Latin
ped, pes foot Latin
pend, pond, pens to weigh, pay, consider Latin
phe, fa, fe speak, spoken about Greek
phil love Greek
phon sound, voice Greek
photo light Greek
pler to fill Latin
plic to fold Latin
plur, plus more Latin
pneu breath Greek
polis, polit citizen, city, state Greek
port to carry Latin
pos to place, put Latin
pot powerfull Latin
prim, prin first Latin
priv perate Latin
prob to prove, test Latin
psych mind, soul, spirit Greek
pyr fire Greek
reg, rig, rect, reign government, rule, right, straight Latin respond to answer Latin
rupt break, burst Latin
sacr, cr, sacer sacred Latin
sat to plea Latin
sci to know Latin
scope to e Greek
Ba Meaning Origin
scrib, script to write Latin
d, sid, ss to sit, to ttle Latin
nt, ns to feel Latin
qu, cut to follow, quence Latin
simil, simul, mbl together, likeness, preten Latin sol, soli alone, lonely Latin
solus to comfort, to console Latin
somn sleep Latin
