Monday, February 15, 2010

Some common Greek and Latin roots:

Root (source)MeaningEnglish words
aster, astr (G)starastronomy, astrology












fer (L)to carrytransfer, referral
fix (L)to fastenfix, suffix, affix






jur, just (L)lawjury, justice
log, logue (G)word, thought,
speech
monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism
luc (L)lightlucid, translucent
manu (L)handmanual, manuscript



op, oper (L)workoperation, operator
path (G)feelingpathetic, sympathy, empathy
ped (G)childpediatrics, pedophile
phil (G)lovephilosophy, Anglophile
phys (G)body, naturephysical, physics
scrib, script (L)to writescribble, manuscript



ter, terr (L)earthterritory, extraterrestrial



verb (L)wordverbal, verbose



Authority for this chart: The Little, Brown Handbook by H. Ramsay Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, & Kay Limburg. 6th ed. HarperCollins: New York. 1995. By permission of Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.

1 comment:

  1. i don't know what the book i need to buy "holes". who is the author? who can tell me? thank you

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