Greek and Latin base transition page
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Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
BASE
MEANING
ORIGIN
act
acu, acr, ac
alt
anima, anim
ann, enn
anthrop
aqua
arch, archi
arm
arbitr, arbiter
art
arthr, art
aud
bell
biblio, bibl
bio
capit, cipit
to act
needle
high
life, mind
year
man
water
govern, rule
army, weapon
to judge, consider
craft, skill
segment, joint
to hear
war
book
life
head
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
Latin
caus
cede
cele
cell
cause, case, lawsuit
to go, yield
honor
to rise, project
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
cent
one hundred
cept, capt, cip, cap, ceive,
to take, hold, grasp
ceipt
Latin
cert
cess, ced
cid, cis
Latin
Latin
Latin
sure, to trust
to move, withdraw
to cut off, be breif, to kill
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Latin
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circ, circum
civ
claud
clin
around
citizen
close, shut, block
to lean, lie, bend
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
cog
column
comput
to know
a column
to compute
Latin
Latin
Latin
cont
cor, cord, cour, card
corp
cosm
to join, unite
heart
body
world, order, universe
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
crac, crat
cred
crit, cris
culp
rule, govern
believe, trust
separate, discern, judge
fault, blame
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
curs, curr, corr
custom
dem
to run
one's own
people
Latin
Latin
Greek
dent, odon
derm
tooth
skin
Latin
Greek
dic, dict
duct, duc
dur
to say, to speak, assert
to lead, draw
to harden, hold out
Latin
Latin
Latin
BASE
MEANING
ORIGIN
ego
ethn
equ
fac, fic, fect, fact
famil
I
nation
equal, fair
to make, to do
family
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
fen
fer
fid
fin
flu
form
fort
to strike
to carry, bear, bring
trust, faith
to end
to flow
shape, form
chance, luck, strong
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
frig
cool
Latin
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fum
gam
gen
geo
gno, kno
grad, gred, gress
smoke, scent
marriage
race, family, kind
earth
to know
step, degree, rank
Latin
Greek
Latin
Greek
Greek
Latin
graph, gram
grat
grav, griev, grief
gymn
hab
hom
hosp
host
write, draw, describe, record
pleasure, thankful, goodwill, joy
heavy
naked
to have, hold, dwell
man, human
guest, host
enemy, stranger
Greek
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
hydro
hygiene
hypno
init
jur, jus, jud
juven
labor, lab
water
the art of health
sleep
to begin, enter upon
law, right
young
work
Greek
Greek
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
lat
laud
leg, lig
lev
liber, liver
lingu, langu
lith
lateral, side, wide
praise
law, to chose, perceive, understand
to make light, raise, lift
free
tounge
stone
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
loc
locu, loqu
log
luc, lum
man
mar
med, medi
medic
place
word, speak
idea, word, speech, reason, study
light
hand
sea
middle
physician, to heal
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
BASE
MEANING
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ORIGIN
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memor
men, min, mon
mindful
to think, remind, advise, warn
Latin
Latin
ment
meter, metr
mind
measure
Latin
Greek
migr
to move, travel
Latin
mim
mit, mis
copy, imitate
to send
Greek
Latin
mor
morph
fool, manner, custom
form
Greek
Greek
mort
mov, mob, mot
death
to move
Latin
Latin
mus
little mouse
Latin
mut
necess
change, exchange
unavoidable
Latin
Latin
neur, nerv
noc, nox
nerve
night, harm
Greek
Latin
nomen, nomin
null, nihil, nil
name
nothing, void
Latin
Latin
nym, onym, onom
name
Greek
opt
ord, ordin
eye
order
Greek
Latin
ortho
par, pair
straight
arrange, prepare, get ready, set
Greek
Latin
part, pars
ped, pes
portion, part
foot
Latin
Latin
pend, pond, pens
to weigh, pay, consider
Latin
phe, fa, fe
phil
speak, spoken about
love
Greek
Greek
phon
photo
sound, voice
light
Greek
Greek
pler
plic
to fill
to fold
Latin
Latin
plur, plus
more
Latin
pneu
polis, polit
breath
citizen, city, state
Greek
Greek
port
pos
to carry
to place, put
Latin
Latin
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pot
prim, prin
powerfull
first
Latin
Latin
priv
seperate
Latin
prob
psych
to prove, test
mind, soul, spirit
Latin
Greek
pyr
reg, rig, rect, reign
fire
government, rule, right, straight
Greek
Latin
respond
rupt
to answer
break, burst
Latin
Latin
sacr, secr, sacer
sacred
Latin
sat
sci
to please
to know
Latin
Latin
scope
to see
Greek
Base
Meaning
Origin
scrib, script
to write
Latin
sed, sid, sess
sent, sens
to sit, to settle
to feel
Latin
Latin
sequ, secut
simil, simul, sembl
to follow, sequence
together, likeness, pretense
Latin
Latin
sol, soli
alone, lonely
Latin
solus
somn
to comfort, to console
sleep
Latin
Latin
son
soph
sound
wise
Latin
Greek
spec, spect, spic
spond, spons
to look at, behold
to pledge, promise
Latin
Latin
tac, tic
silent
Latin
techn
temp
art, skill
time
Greek
Latin
ten, tain, tent
tend, tens
to hold
to give heed, stretch toward
Latin
Latin
term
test
boundary, limit
to witness, affirm
Latin
Latin
the, them, thet
to place, put
Greek
theatr
theo
to see, view
god
Greek
Greek
topo
place
Greek
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tract
to pull, draw
Latin
trib
vac
to allot, give
empty
Latin
Latin
ven
to come
Latin
ver
vers, vert
truth
to turn
Latin
Latin
vest
vestig
to adorn
to track
Latin
Latin
via
vir
way, road
manliness, worth
Latin
Latin
vis, vid
to see, to look
Latin
viv, vit
voc, vok
life
voice, call
Latin
Latin
Spelling 7; 8; 9
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Base
Meaning
Origin
ab
acro
away
top, tip, end
Latin
Greek
ad, ac, at, as, ap, am, an, ar, ag, af
to, toward, at
Latin
ambi
amphi
around, both
both, of oth sides, around
Latin
Greek
ant, anti
ante
against
before
Greek
Latin
apo, ap, aph
archa, arshae
away from, off
old, ancient
Greek
Greek
auto
self
Greek
ben, bon
bi
good, well
two
Latin
Latin
co, con, com
contra, contro
together, with
against
Latin
Latin
de
deca, dec, deka
from, away, off
ten
Latin
Greek
di, dis
two, twice
Greek
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dia
through, across
Greek
dis, dif
du
dys
e, ex, ec
apart, away, not, to deprive
double, two
difficult, bad
out, beyond, from, out of, forth
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
ecto
en
endo, ento
outside of
in give [intensifier]
within
Greek
Latin
Greek
ep, epi
eu
extra
fore
upon, at, in addition
good, well
beyond
before
Greek
Greek
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
hemi
hetero
hier
half
various, unlike
sacred
Greek
Greek
Greek
holo
homo
hyper
hypo, hyp
whole
same
above, beyond
under, less than
Greek
Greek
Greek
Greek
ideo, idea
in, ir, im, il
in, im
idea
not, without
in, on, upon, into, toward
Greek
Latin
Latin
inter
intro
iso
kilo
between
within
equal
thousand
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
macro
magn, mag, meg, maj
mal
long, large
great
bad, ill
Greek
Latin
Latin
mega
met, meta, meth
micro
great
among, with, after, beyond
small
Greek
Greek
Greek
migr
mill
mis
to move, travel
thousand
less, wrong
Latin
Latin
Latin
mono
multi
one
many, much
Greek
Latin
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neo
new
Greek
non, ne
o, ob, oc, of, op
omni
paleo
not
against, toward
all
long ago, ancient
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
pan, panto
para
penta
all, every
beside, beyond
five
Greek
Latin
Greek
per
peri
pre
pro
through
around, about
before
before, forward, forth
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
pronto
poly
post
first
many
after
Greek
Greek
Latin
pseudo
quad, quatr
re
retro
false, counterfeit
four
again, anew, back
back, backward, behind
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
se, sed
semi
sover
apart, aside, away
half
above, over
Latin
Latin
Latin
sub
super, supra
syn, sym, syl
tele
under, below, up from below
above, down, thoroughle
together, with
far off
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
trans
tri
un
over, across
three
not
Latin
Latin
Latin
uni
one
Latin
Noun forming suffixes
Suffix
Meaning
Origin
age
belongs to
Latin
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ance
ant
state of being
thing or one who
Latin
Latin
ar
ary
ence
relating to, like
relating to, like
state, fact, quality
Latin
Latin
Latin
ent
ic
ine
ion, tion, ation
to form
like, having the nature
nature of-feminine ending
being, the result of
Latin
Latin & Greek
Latin
Latin
ism
ist
ive
act, condition
one who
of, belonging to, quality of
Latin & Greek
Latin
Latin
ment
or
ory
ty
a means, product, act, state
person or thing that
place for
condition of, quality of
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
y
creats abstract noun
Greek & Anglo-Saxon
Adjective forming suffixes
Suffix
Meaning
Origin
able
al
ance
capable of being
like, suitable for
state of being
Latin
Latin
Latin
ant
ar
ary
ate
thing or one who
relating to, like
relating to, like
to become associated with
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
ent
ial
ible
to form
function of
capable of being
Latin
Latin
Latin
ic
ine
ive
ory
like, having the nature of
nature of-feminine ending
of, belonging to, quality of
place for
Latin & Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
ous
y
characterized by, having quality of
quality, somewhat like
Latin
Greek & Anglo-Saxon
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Verb forming suffixes
Suffix
Meaning
Origin
ate
fy
to become associated with
make, do
Latin
Latin
ise, ize
to become like
Latin
Adverb forming suffixes
Suffix
Meaning
Origin
ic
ly
like, having the nature of
like, to extent of
Latin & Greek
Latin
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