Ar­beits­blatt: Com­mon Latin and Greek roots

Root

Mea­ning

Ex­am­ples

-ast(er)-

star

as­te­risk, as­te­ro­id

-auto-

self

au­to­graph, au­to­mo­bi­le

-bio-

life

bio­di­ver­si­ty, bio­lo­gist

-chro­no-

time

chro­nic, chro­ni­cle

-geo-

earth

geo­gra­phy, geo­lo­gy

-graph-

write

gra­phic, gra­pho­lo­gy

-path-

feel

em­pa­thy, psy­cho­path

-phil-

love

phil­an­thro­py, phi­lo­so­phy

-phon-

sound

te­le­pho­ne, pho­ne­tics

-photo-

light

pho­to­graph, pho­to­co­py

-tele-

far off

te­le­vi­si­on, te­le­pa­thy

Mea­ning

Ex­am­ples

-audi-

hear

audio, au­di­tion

-bene-

good

be­ne­fit, be­ne­vo­lent

-dict-

say

be­ne­dic­tion, dic­tio­na­ry

-duc-

lead, make

in­duc­tion, in­tro­duc­tion

-gen-

give birth

ge­ne­ra­tor, ge­ne­ra­ti­on

-jur-, -jus-

law

ju­ris­dic­tion, jury

-log-, -logue-

thought

logic, geo­lo­gy

-man(u)-

hand

ma­nu­al, ma­nu­fac­tu­re

-mand-,-mend-

order

com­mand, re­com­mend

-mis-, -mit-

send

emis­si­on, trans­mit

-omni-

all

om­ni­po­tent, om­ni­vo­re

-port-

carry

trans­port, por­ter

-scrip-, -script-

write

scrip­tu­res, ma­nu­script

-sens-, -sent-

feel

sen­si­ti­ve, sen­ti­ent

-terr-

earth

ter­rain, ter­ra­ri­um

-vac-

empty

va­can­cy, va­cu­um

-vid-, -vis-

see

video, vi­si­ble