Chart of English Language Roots
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a, ac, ad,
teaching & games af, ag, al, to, toward, near, in addition aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate,
an, ap, as, to, by annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb
"rooty" challenge game at
"meany" challenge game apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy,
a-, an- not, without
aphasia, anemia
references ab, abs away from, off absolve, abrupt, absent
other sites -able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability solvable, incredible
acer, acid,
prefixsuffix.com bitter, sour, sharp acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony
acri
Take it with you act, ag do, act, drive active, react, agent, active, agitate
on your iPhone! acu sharp acute, acupuncture, accurate
-acy, -cy Noun: state or quality privacy, infancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy
-ade act, product, sweet drink blockade, lemonade
aer, aero air, atmosphere, aviation aerial, aerosol, aerodrome
ag, agi, ig,
do, move, go agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action
act
Noun: activity, or result of
-age courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
action
agri, agro pertaining to fields or soil agriculture, agroindustry
Noun: action, result of
-al referral, disavowal, disposal, festival
action
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Adjective: quality, relation structural, territorial, categorical
ical
alb, albo white, without pigment albino, albite
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anachronism, synchronize
cide, cis, fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision,
to kill, to cut, cut down
cise scissors
circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance,
circum around circumcision, circumference, circumorbital,
circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory
cit call, start incite, citation, cite
civ citizen civic, civil, civilian, civilization
exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation,
clam, claim cry out
acclaim
clin lean, bend decline, aclinic, inclination
clud, clus include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose,
to close, shut
claus exclusive, reclusive, conclude
cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene,
co, cog, col,
commitment, compress, contemporary, converge,
coll, con, with, together
compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate,
com, cor
conjoin, combine, correct
recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, incognito,
cogn, gnos to know
prognosis
complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess,
com, con fully
confirm
contr,
contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary,
contra, against, opposite
counterspy, contrapuntal
counter
cord, cor,
heart cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage
cardi
corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent,
corp body
corpus luteum
cort correct escort, cortage
cosm universe, world cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut
cour, cur,
run, course occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course
curr, curs
crat, cracy rule autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy
cre, cresc,
grow create, crescent, accretion, increase
cret, crease
crea create creature, recreation, creation
creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous,
cred believe
incredulous, incredible
cresc, cret,
rise, grow crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue
crease, cru
crit separate, choose critical, criterion, hypocrite
current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur,
cur, curs run
courier, precursor, cursive
cura care curator, curative, manicure
cycl, cyclo wheel, circle, circular Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic
from, down, away, to do the detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize,
de-
opposite, reverse, against devoid, deflate, degenerate
dec, deca ten, ten times decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate, decathlon
dec, dign suitable decent decorate dignity
dei, div God divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify
people, populace,
dem, demo democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic
population
dent, dont tooth dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal
derm skin, covering hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy
di-, dy- two, twice, double divide, diverge, diglycerides
diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic,
dia through, across, between
diagnosis, diachronic
dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone,
dic, dict, dit say, speak
edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction
dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, divide,
not, opposite of, reverse,
dis, dif disconnect, disproportion, disrespect, distemper,
separate, deprive of, away
disarray
dit give credit, audit
docile, doctor, doctrine, document, dogma,
doc, doct teach, prove
indoctrinate
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domin master, that which is under dominate, dominion, predominant, domain
control
don give donate, condone
dorm sleep dormant, dormitory
dox thought, opinion, praise orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology
-drome run, step syndrome, aerodrome, velodrome
produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct,
duc, duct to lead, pull
aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce
dura hard, lasting durable, duration, endure
dynam power dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics
bad, abnormal, difficult,
dys- dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspathy
impaired, unfavorable
not, missing, out, fully,
e- away, computer network emit, embed, eternal,ether, erase, email, e-tailer
related
ec- out of, outside echo, eclipse, eclectic, ecesis, ecstasy, exzema
household, environment,
eco- relating to ecology or ecology, economize, ecospheres, ecomanagement
economy
ecto- outside, external ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm
-ed Verb: past tense dressed, faded, patted, closed, introduced
Adjective: having the quality
-ed winged, moneyed, dogged, tiered
or characteristics of
-en Verb: to cause to become lengthen, moisten, sharpen
-en Adjective: material golden, woolen, silken
put into, make, provide with,
en-, em- enamor, embolden, enslave, empower, entangle
surround with
-ence, - Noun: action or process, reference, emergency, dependence, eminence,
ency quality or state latency
endorse, endocardial, endergonic, endoskeleton,
end- inside, within
endoscope, endogenous
upon, close to, over, after,
epi- epicenter, epicarp, epilogue, epigone, epidiorite
altered
equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox,
equi- equal
equation, equator
-er, -ier Adjective: comparative better, brighter, sooner, hotter, happier
Noun: person or thing that flyer, reporter, player, member, fryer, collector,
-er, -or
does something concentrator
-er, -or Verb: action ponder, dishonor, clamor
energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph,
erg work, effect
ergophobia
collective qualities, art,
-ery practice, trade, collection, snobbery, bakery, geenery, gallery, slavery
state, condition
Noun: plural of most nouns
-es, -ies ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -o and passes, glasses, ladies, heroes
-z and some in -f and -y
Verb: third person singular
present indicative of verbs
-es, -ies blesses, hushes, fizzes, defies
that end in -ch, -s, -sh, - and
some in -y
-ess female actress, goddess, poetess
Adjective or Adverb:
-est, -iest latest, strongest, luckiest, lyingest
superlative
ev-, et- time, age medieval, eternal
out of, away from, lacking,
ex- exit, exhale, exclusive, exceed, explosion, ex-mayor
former
exter-,
external, extrinsic, extraordinary, extrapolate,
extra-, outside of, beyond
extraneous, extrovert
extro-
fa, fess speak fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess, profess
fac, fact,
difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact, effect,
fec, fect, fic, do, make
manufacture, amplification, confection
fas, fea
fall, fals deceive fallacy, falsify, fallacious
femto quadrillionth femtosecond
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fer bear, carry ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer
fic, feign,
shape, make, fashion fiction, faint, feign
fain, fit, feat
fid belief, faith confide, diffident, fidelity
fid, fide, confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal,
faith, trust
feder confederacy, semper fi
fig shape, form figurem, effigy, figure, figment
fila, fili thread filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster
fin end, ended, finished final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale
fix repair, attach fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix
flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect,
flex, flect bend
deflect,circumflex
flict strike affliction, conflict, inflict
flu, fluc, influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate, reflux,
flow
fluv, flux influx
Adverb: in a manner of,
-fold fourfold
marked by
for, fore before forecast, fortune, foresee
forc, fort strength, strong effort, fort, forte, fortifiable, fortify, forte, fortitude
form, format, conform, formulate, perform, formal,
form shape, resemble
formula
fract, frag,
break fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract, frail
frai
fuge flee subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge
Noun: an amount or quanity
-ful mouthful
that fills
Adjective: having, giving,
-ful fanciful
marked by
fuse pour confuse, transfuse
-fy make, form into falsify, dandify
gam marriage bigamy, monogamy, polygamy
gastr,
stomach gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod
gastro
gen kind generous
genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy, generate,
gen birth, race, produce
genetic, antigen, pathogen
geo earth geometry, geography, geocentric, geology
germ vital part germination, germ, germane
gest carry, bear congest, gestation
giga billion gigabyte, gigaflop
gin careful gingerly
gloss, glot tongue glossary, polyglot, epiglottis
glu, glo lump, bond, glue glue, agglutinate, conglomerate
gor to gather, to bring together category, categorize
grad, gress, to gather, to bring together,
grade, degree, progress, gradual, graduate, egress
gree step, go
graph, graphic, autograph, photography, graphite,
graph,
write, written, draw telegram, polygraph, grammar, biography, lithograph,
gram, graf
graphic
grat pleasing congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate
grav heavy, weighty grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate
greg herd gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian
hale, heal make whole, sound inhale, exhale, heal, healthy, healthiness
helio sun heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric
hema,
blood hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat
hemo
her, here, adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary,
stick
hes hesitate
hetero other, different heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne
hex, ses,
six hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets
sex
homo same homogenize, homosexual, homonym, homophone
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hum, earth, ground, man humus, exhume, humane
human
hydr, hydra, dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen,
water
hydro hydrophobia
hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic, hypersensitive,
hyper over, above
hyperventilate, hyperkinetic
hypn sleep hypnosis, hypnotherapy
-ia Noun: names, diseases phobia
-ian, an Noun: related to, one that is pedestrian, human
-iatry Noun: art of healing psychiatry
-ic Adjective: quality, relation generic
Noun: related to the arts
-ic, ics arithmetic, economics
and sciences
-ice Noun: act malice
-ify Verb: cause specify
ignis fire ignite, igneous, ignition
Adjective: having the
-ile projectile
qualities of
in, im into, on, near, towards instead, import
illegible, irresolute, inaction, inviolate, innocuous,
in, im, il, ir not intractable, innocent, impregnable, impossible,
imposter
infra beneath infrared, infrastructure
Noun: material made for,
-ing flooring, swimming, building
activity, result of an activity
-ing Verb: present participle depicting
-ing Adjective: activity cohering
international, intercept, interject, intermission, internal,
inter between, among
intermittent,
within, during, between
intra intramural, intranet, intranatal
layers, underneath
intro into, within, inward interoffice, introvert, introspection, introduce
-ion Noun: condition or action abduction
Adjective: having the
-ish newish
character of
Noun: doctrine, belief,
-ism formalism
action or conduct
-ist Noun: person or member podiatrist
-ite Noun: state or quality graphite
-ity, ty Noun: state or quality lucidity, novelty
-ive Noun: condition native
-ive, -ative, Adjective: having the quality
festive, cooperative, sensitive
-itive of
-ize Verb: cause fantasize
reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected,
jac, ject throw
inject, ejaculate, adjacent
adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction, injunction,
join, junct join
conjunction
judice judge prejudice
jug, junct,
to join junction, adjust, conjugal
just
juven young juvenile, rejuvenate
labor work laborious, belabor
lau, lav, lot,
wash launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute
lut
lect, leg, lig choose, gather, select, read collect, legible, eligible
leg law legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize
-less Adjective: without, missing motiveless
levi light alleviate, levitate, levity
lex, leag,
law legal, college, league
leg
liber, liver free liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance
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lide strike collide, nuclide
liter letters literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate
loc, loco place, area location, locally, locality, allocate, locomotion
log, logo, word, study, say, speech,
catalog, prologue, dialogue, zoology, logo
ology reason, study
loqu, locut talk, speak eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution
luc, lum,
light translucent, luminary, luster, luna, illuminate, illustrate
lun, lus, lust
lude play prelude
-ly Adverb: in the manner of fluently
macr-,
lean emaciated, meager
macer
magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate,
magn great
magnitude, magnum
main strength, foremost mainstream, mainsail, domain, remain
malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady,
mal bad, badly
malcontent,malfunction, malfeasance, maleficent
manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure,
man, manu hand, make, do
manifest, maneuver, emancipate, management
mand command mandatory, remand, mandate
mania madness mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania
mar, mari,
sea, pool marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid
mer
matri mother matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron
half, middle, between,
medi mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium
halfway
megaphone, megaton, megaflop, megalomaniac,
mega great, million
megabyte, megalopolis
memo, commemoration, memento, memoir,
mem recall, remember
memorable
ment mind mental, mention
-ment Noun: condition or result document
meso middle mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism,
meta beyond, change
metahistorical, metainformation
meter measure meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer
metr admeasure, apportion metrics, asymmetric, parametric, telemetry
microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave,
micro small, millionth
micrometer, microvolt
migra wander migrate, emigrant, immigrate
mill, kilo thousand millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
milli thousandth millisecond, milligram, millivolt
min little, small minute, minor, minuscule
misconduct, misinform, misinterpret, mispronounce,
mis wrong, bad, badly
misnomer, mistake, misogynist
emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit, transmit,
mit, miss send
omit, intermittent, mission, missile
mob, mov,
move motion, remove, mobile, motor
mot
mon warn, remind monument, admonition, monitor, premonition
monopoly, monotype, monologue, mononucleosis,
mono one
monorail, monotheist,
mor, mort mortal, death mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician, mortuary
amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis, morphology,
morph shape, form
polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous
multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply, multitude,
multi many, much
multipurpose, multinational
nano billionth nanosecond, nanobucks
nasc, nat,
to be born nascent, native, pregnant, naive
gnant, nai
nat, nasc to be from, to spring forth innate, natal, native, renaissance
Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte,
neo new
neonate
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-ness Noun: state, condition, kindness
quality
neur nerve neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural, neurotic
nom law, order autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy, economy
nom, nym name nominate, synonym
nomen,
name nomenclature, nominate, ignominious
nomin
non nine nonagon
non not nonferrous, nonsense, nonabrasive, nondescript
nov new novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate
nox, noc night nocturnal, equinox, noctilucent
numer number numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable
numisma coin numismatics
ob, oc, of,
toward, against, in the way oppose, occur, offer, obtain
op
oct eight octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave
oligo few, little Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic, oligarchy
omni all, every omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnivorous
onym name anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym
oper work operate, cooperate, opus
-or Noun: condition or activity valor, honor, humor, minor
ortho straight, correct orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic, unorthodox
-ory Noun: place for, serves for territory, rectory
-ous, -eous, Adjective: having the quality
adventurous, courageous, verbose, fractious
-ose, -ious of, relating to
over excessive, above overwork, overall, overwork
pac peace pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean
pair, pare arrange, assemblage, two repair, impair, compare, prepare
Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism,
paleo old
paleopsychology
Pan-American, pan-African, panacea, pandemonium
pan all
(place of all the demons),
paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase,
para beside
parachute
pat, pass,
feel, suffer patient, passion, sympathy, pathology
path
pater, patr father paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron, patronize
path, pathy feeling, suffering pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy
pedal, impede, pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry,
ped, pod foot
antipode, podium
pedo child orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics
compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse, impulse,
pel, puls drive, push, urge
pulsate, compulsory, expulsion, repulsive
pend, pens, pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage, pensive,
hang, weigh
pond append
per through, intensive persecute, permit, perspire, perforate, persuade
peri around periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal
phage eat macrophage, bacteriophage
phan, phas,
phen, fan, show, make visible phantom, fantasy
phant, fant
phe speak blaspheme, cipher, phenomenon, philosopher
phil love philosopher, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile
phlegma inflammation phlegm, phlegmatic
phobia, phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia,
fear
phobos ergophobia, homophobia
telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic,
phon sound
homophone, microphone, symphony, euphonious
photograph, photoelectric, photogenic,
phot, photo light
photosynthesis, photon
pico trillionth picofarad, picocurie, picovolt
pict paint, show, draw picture, depict
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sept seven septet, septennial
sequ, secu, sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent,
follow
sue prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue, pursue
servant, service, subservient, servitude, preserve,
serv save, serve, keep conserve, reservation, deserve, conservation,
observe
-ship Noun: status, condition relationship, friendship
sign, signi sign, mark, seal signal, signature, design, insignia, significant
similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum,
simil, simul like, resembling
simultaneous
assist, insist, persist, circumstance, stamina, status,
sist, sta, stit stand, withstand, make up
state, static, stable, stationary, substitute
soci to join, companions sociable, society
sol, solus alone solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude, solitary, isolate
solv, solu, solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution,
loosen, explain
solut resolution, resolute, dissolute, absolution
somn sleep insomnia, somnambulist
soph wise sophomore (wise fool), philosophy, sophisticated
specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect,
spec, spect,
look, see speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective,
spi, spic
introspective, expect, conspicuous
sper render favorable prosper
sphere ball, sphere sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid
spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire,
spir breath
respiration
stand,
stant, stab,
stat, stan, stand stature, establish, stance
sti, sta, st,
stead
-ster person mobster, monster
strain,
stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, restrain, boa
strict, bind, pull, draw tight
constrictor
string, stige
stru, struct, construe, structure, construct, instruct, obstruct,
build
stroy, stry destruction, destroy, industry, ministry
sub, suc,
under, below, from, secretly, sustain, survive, support, suffice, succeed, submerge,
suf, sup,
instead of submarine, substandard, subnormal, subvert
sur, sus
sume,
take, use, waste consume, assume, sump, presumption
sump
super, superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural,
over, above
supra superimpose, supercede
syn, sym together, at the same time sympathy, synthesis, synchronous, syndicate
tact, tang, tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious,
touch
tag, tig, ting contiguous, contingent
tain, ten,
hold, keep, have retain, continue, content, tenacious
tent, tin
tect, teg cover detect, protect, tegular, tegument
telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television,
tele distance, far, from afar
telephoto, telecast, telepathy, telepathy
tempo, temporary, extemporaneously, contemporary,
tem, tempo time
pro tem, temporal
tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention,
ten, tin, tain hold retentive, content, pertinent, continent, obstinate,
contain, abstain, pertain, detain
tend, tent, tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend,
stretch, strain
tens superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense
tera trillion terabyte, teraflop
term end, boundary, limit exterminate, terminal
terr, terra earth terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial
test to bear witness testament, detest, testimony, attest, testify
the, theo God, a god monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology
thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle,
therm heat
thermostat, hypothermia
thesis, thet place, put antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet
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