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Greek and Latin Root Words
Root Word
Root Word
Modern Word Using
Definition and Part of Speech of
Definition
the Root Word
the Modern Word
auto-
self
-cracy
government
demo-
people
chron-
time
mania-
madness; impulse
ped-
child
ortho-
straight/correct
-meter
measure
anti-
derm-
against
skin
autograph
Use the Modern Word in a Sentence
verb – to write one’s signature in
The Astros new left-fielder autographed my
or on something
hat when I saw him at the airport.
thermthermo-
heat
proto-
first
hemi-
half
astro-
star
gramgraph-
letter/writing
biblio-
book
dent-
tooth
geo-
earth
-ology
study of
hydro-
water
manu-
hand
med-
middle
poly-
many
scrib-
to write
bene-
good
ante-
before
il-
not
super-
over
-ible
capable of being
-ary
of; like; relating to