GREEK/LATIN ROOT WORDS-PART4

phag/e	to eat	Greek	esophagus - muscular tube that carries food to the stomach; anthropophagy or sarcophagy - cannibalism; xylophagous - feeding on wood.
phil/o	love, friend	Greek	philanthropist - one who loves humanity; philology - the love of words; philosophy - the love of wisdom; bibliophil - loving books.
phon/o	sound	Greek	cacophony - loud, unpleasant sounds; microphone - a device that records and amplifies sound; phonetic - relating to human speech sounds.
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phot/o	light	Greek	photogenic - caused by light; photograph - image made on light-sensitive film; photon - the smallest possible unit of light.
phyll/o	leaf	Greek	chlorophyll - a group of green pigments found in leaves; phyllotaxis - the arrangement of leaves on a stem; phyllite - a rock that forms sheets, similar to slate.
phys	nature, medicine, the body	Greek	physical - relating to the body; physician - a doctor; physique - nature and shape of one's body.
phyt/o/e	plant, to grow	Greek	epiphyte - a plant growing independently on the surface of another; hydrophyte - a plant that grows only in water; neophyte - a beginner, especially a person recently converted to a new belief.
plas/t/m	to form, development,	Greek	protoplasm - something that is the first made or formed, also the living portion of a cell; plastic - able to be formed, especially when warm; plaster - a mixture of lime, sand and water that forms a smooth solid covering for walls.
	forming cells
plaud, plod, plaus, plos	approve, clap	Latin	applaud- to show approval of especially by clapping the hands; explosion- an act of exposing something as invalid or baseless; plausible- worthy of being applauded
pneum/o	breathing, lung, air, spirit	Greek	pneumonia - inflammation of the lungs; pneumatic - using the force of air; dyspnea - difficulty breathing.
pod/e	foot	Greek	podiatrist - a doctor for the feet; podium - a small platform to stand on; tripod - a stand or frame with 3 legs.
poli	city	Greek	metropolis - a large city; police - people who work for the government to maintain order in a city; politics - actions of a government or political party.
poly	many, more than one	Greek	polychrome - with many colors; polyglot - a person fluent in many languages; polygon - shape with 3 or more straight sides.
pon	place, put	Latin	opponent - a person who places him/herself against an action, idea, etc.; postpone - to put off doing something.
pop	people	Latin	popular - appealing to a lot of people; population - all of the people who live in a particular area; populist - a supporter of the rights of people.
port	carry	Latin	export - to carry goods out of a place to another; portable - able to be carried; porter - a person who carries luggage.
pos	place, put	Latin	deposit - to place or drop something; expose to place out into the open for all to see; position - the place where someone is.
post	after, behind	Latin	posthumous - after someone's death; postpone - to delay something; postscript - an addition to an already completed document.
pre	earlier, before, in front of	Latin	preamble - a part in front of a formal document; prepare - to get ready in advance; prediction - a statement foretelling the future.
pro	before, in front of,	Greek	prognosis - a prediction of what will happen; prologue - a passage before the main part; prophet - a person who foretells the future.
	for, forward	Latin
prot/o	primitive, first, chief	Greek	prototype - the first of a kind; proton - on of the very basic parts of an atom; protocol - a first draft from which a document is prepared.
pseud/o	wrong,false	Greek	pseudonym - a fictitious name; pseudoscience - theories presumed without proof of a scientific nature; pseudopregnancy - a false pregnancy.
psych/o	mind, mental	Greek	psyche - the human spirit or soul; psychic - relating to the human mind or someone who has supernatural mental abilities; psychology - the study of the mind.
pugn/a,	to fight	Latin	pugnacious - having a quarrelsome or aggressive nature; repugnant - distasteful, offensive or revolting; pungent - piercing.
pung
pul	urge		compulsion - a very strong urge; expulsion - to someone out; impulsive - having a spontaneous urge to do something.
purg	clean	Latin	purge - remove anything undesirable; purgatory - according to Roman Catholics a place where souls must clean themselves of sin; expurgate - remove objectionable passages from a publication.
put	think	Latin	computer - an electronic thinking device; dispute - to disagree with what another person thinks; input - contribution of one's thinking.
pyr/o	fire, heat	Greek	pyrotechnics - the art of making fireworks; pyrometer - a thermometer for measuring high temperature; pyretic - relating to or producing fever.
quad/r/ri	four	Latin	quadrant - open space with buildings on 4 sides; quadrennium - period of 4 years; quadruped - a 4-footed animal.
quart	fourth	Latin	quarter - one fourth; quart - a fourth of a gallon; quartet - a musical composition or group involving 4 voices or instruments.
quin/t	five, fifth	Latin	quintett - a composition for 5 voices or instruments; quintessence - pure essence, based on the ancient philosophy that there was a fifth element that was present in all things; quintuple - fivefold.
radic,	root	Latin	eradicate - pull out at the roots; radical - fundamental, looking at things from a drastic point of view; radish - an edible root of the mustard family.
radix
radio	radiation, ray		radioactive - emitting radiation; radiologist - someone diagnosing or treating via radiation.
ram/i	branch	Latin	ramification - the resulting consequence of a decision; ramify - to spread or branch out; ramus - a branchlike part.
re	again, back, backward	Latin	rebound -to spring back again; rewind - to wind something backward; reaction: a response; recognize: to identify someone or something seen before.
reg	guide, rule	Latin	regent - a person who rules on behalf of a king or queen; regime - a government that rules; regulate - to apply a rule.
retro	backward, back	Latin	retroactive - relating to something in the past; retrogress - to go back to an earlier condition; retrospect - the remembering of past events.
rhin/o	nose	Greek	rhinoceros - a species of animals with a big horn on the snout; rhinoplasty - surgery of the nose; rhinovirus - viruses that are causing the common cold.
rhod/o	red	Greek	rhododendron - a flower with red/pink flowers; rhodium - an element which produces a red solution; rhodopsin - a purple pigment in the retina that is needed for vision.
rid	laugh	Latin	deride - to make fun of someone; ridicule - to make fun or mock; ridiculous - silly, causing laughter.
rrh/ea	flow, discharge	Latin	diarrhea - abnormally excessive bowl movement; hemorrhage - heavy blood flow; catarrh - inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially the nose and throat.
/oea/ag		Greek
rub	red	Latin	ruby - deep red color and a precious stone of the same color; rubella - measles; bilirubin - reddish pigment in bile.
rupt	break, burst	Latin	bankrupt - unable to pay because you're "broke"; interrupt - to break into a conversation or event, to disturb; rupture - a break in something.
san	health	Latin	sane - mentally healthy; sanitary - relating to cleanliness and health; sanitation - maintenance of public health and cleanliness.
scend	climb, go	Latin	ascend - to climb upward; crescendo - a climbing up of the volume of music; descend - to go or climb down.
sci	know	Latin	conscience - sense of knowing right from wrong; conscious - knowing what is happening; omniscient - knowing everything.
scler/o	hard	Greek	arteriosclerosis - hardening of the arterial walls; multiple sclerosis - disease which causes the tissue of the brain and spinal cord to harden; sclerometer - instrument for measuring hardness.
scop/e/y	see, examine, observe	Greek	microscope - a device used to see tiny things; periscope - a seeing instrument on a submarine; telescope - a device used to see over a distance.
scrib,	write, written	Latin	inscribe - to write letters or words on a surface; scribe - a person who writes out documents; describe - to represent with words or pictures.
script
se	apart	Latin	secede - to formally break away from; seclude - to keep away from; serum - a liquid isolated out of another.
sect	cut	Latin	dissect - to cut apart piece by piece; intersection - the place or point where two things cross each other; bisect - to cut into two equal parts.
sed, sid, sess	sit	Latin	reside- be stationed; sediment- the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; session- an actual or constructive sitting of a body
self	of, for, or by itself		self-discipline - the ability to discipline yourself; self-respect - respect for yourself; selfish concerned only with your own interests.
semi	half, partial	Latin	semiannual - every half year; semicircle - half a circle; semiconscious - partly conscious; semiannual - every half of a year.
sept/i	seven	Latin	September - this used to be the seventh month in the Roman calendar; septet - a group of seven musicians; septuagenarian - a person in his/her seventies.
serv	save, keep	Latin	conserve - to save or keep something safe; preserve - to save something; reservation - a place kept for a person.
sex	six	Latin	sextet or sextette - a composition or group of six, sextuple - sixfold; sexagenarian - person in his/her sixties.
sol	alone	Latin	desolate - lonely, dismal, gloomy; solitary - done alone, by yourself; solo - a performance done by one person alone.
sol	sun	Latin	solar - involving the sun; parasol - umbrella protecting from the sun; solarium - a room where one is exposed to sun light.
somn/I	sleep	Latin	insomnia - inability to fall asleep; somniloquy - talking in your sleep; somnolent - feeling sleepy.
son	sound	Latin	consonant - a speech sound; sonorous - producing loud, full, rich sounds; supersonic - faster than sound; unison - as one voice.
soph	wise	Greek	philosopher - a wise person; sophisticated - wise about the ways of the world; sophism - a clever but misleading argument.
spec/t,	see, look	Latin	circumspect - cautious, looking all around; retrospective - a looking back at past things; spectator - a person who sees an event.
spic
sphere	ball	Greek	biosphere - the whole round surface of the earth; hemisphere - half the earth spherically shaped like a ball.
spir	breathe	Latin	inspire - to stimulate or animate; transpire - to give of vapor with waste product through the skin or a membrane; spirit - invisible life force.
sta	stand	Latin	stable - standing steady and firm; stagnant - standing still, not moving; stationary - at a standstill, fixed.
stell	star	Latin	constellation - a group of stars that forms a pattern; interstellar - between the stars; stellar - relating to stars.
struct	build	Latin	construct - to build; destruction - the act of destroying something that was built; structure - something built; infrastructure - underlying framework of a system.
sub	under, lower than,	Latin	submarine - an underwater boat; submerge - to put underwater; substandard - inferior to accepted standards.
	inferior to
sum	highest	Latin	sum - the combined total of everything; summation - the total, highest amount; summit the highest point or top.
super	higher in quality	Latin	Super bowl - the final annual football game; superior - above average, better in quality; supersonic - faster than the speed of sound.
	or quantity
sy/m	together, with, same	Greek	symmetry -similarity in size, form or arrangement; synergy - the combined effect; synchronize - to cause to occur at the same time.
/n/l/s
tact, tang	touch	Latin	contact - a state in which two things touch; tactile - relating to the sense of touch; tangible - able to be touched; intact - with nothing missing.
tax/o	arrangement	Greek	syntax - the systematic arrangement of words; taxonomy - the science of classification; ataxia - loss of the ability to coordinate muscle action.
techno	technique, skill	Greek	technology - the practical application of knowledge; technocracy - rule of technology; technologically - characterized by technology.
tel/e/o	far, distant, complete	Greek	telephone - a device to talk to a distant person; telescope - a device to view distant objects; television - a device to receive pictures from afar; telecommuting - working remotely, bridging the distance via virtual devices.
temp/or	time	Latin	contemporary- existing at the same time; temporal - relating to time; temporary - lasting for a limited time.
ten, tin, tent	hold	Latin	continent- serving to restrain or limit; detention-  the act or fact of detaining, tenacious- having parts or elements strongly adhering to each other
ter, trit	rub	Latin	attrition-  the act of rubbing together or wearing down; detritus- a product of disintegration or wearing away; trite- used or occurring so often as to have lost interest, freshness, or force
term/ina	end, limit	Latin	determine - to find something out at the end of an investigation; terminate - to end; exterminate - to destroy or get rid of completely.
terr/a/i	land, earth	Latin	extraterrestrial - existing outside the earth; terrain - ground or land; territory - an area of land.
tetra	four	Latin	tetrapod - having 4 legs; tetrarchy - government by 4 rulers; tetrose - a monosaccharide with four carbon atoms.
the	put	Greek	bibliotheca-  a list or catalog of books; theme- a proposition for discussion or argument; thesis- a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view
the/o	god	Greek	monotheism - belief in one god; polytheism - worshiping more than one god; theology - the study of religion, god, etc.
therm/o	heat	Greek	thermal - relating to heat; thermos - an insulated jar that keeps heat in; thermostat - a device that controls heat.
tort	twist	Latin	contortion - a twisted shape or position; distort - to alter the shape or condition of; retort - reply in a manner that is supposed to change the effect of something previously said.
tox	poison	Latin	detoxification - the process of removing poisons; toxic - poisonous; toxicology - the study of poisons; intoxicated - influenced by drugs.
tract	pull, drag	Latin	attract - to pull objects nearer; distract - to drag attention away from something; tractor - a motor vehicle that pulls things.
trans	across,beyond, through	Latin	transcontinental - across the continent; transfer - to move from one place to another; transport - to carry something across a space.
tri	three, once in every three,	Greek	triangle - a figure with 3 sides and 3 angles; triathlon - an athletic contest with 3 events; tricycle - a 3-wheeI vehicle with pedals.
	third	Latin
ultra	beyond, extreme, more than	Latin	ultrahigh - extremely high; ultramodern - more modern than anything else; ultrasonic - sound waves beyond human hearing.
un	not,opposite of, lacking	Latin	unabridged - not shortened; unfair - opposite of fair; unfriendly - lacking friendliness.
uni	one, single	Latin	unicycle - a vehicle with one wheel; unilateral - decided by only one person or nation; unique - the only one of its kind; unison - as one voice.
urb	city	Latin	suburb - residential area on the edge of a city; urban - relating to a city; urbanology - the study of city life.
vac	empty	Latin	evacuate - to empty a dangerous place; vacant - empty, not occupied; vacation - a time without work.
ven/t	come	Latin	circumvent - to go around or bypass restrictions; convention - a gathering or assembly of people with a common interest; intervene - to come between.
ver/I	truth	Latin	veracious - truthful, honest; veracity - the truth; verify - to make sure that something is true.
verb	word	Latin	verbalize - to put into words; adverb - a word relating to a verb; proverb - a short saying that expresses a well-known truth.
vers,	turn	Latin	reverse - to turn around; introvert - being turned towards the inside; version - a variation of an original; controversy - a conversation in which positions are turned against each other.
vert
vice	acting in place of,	Latin	vice-president - the person next in rank to the president
	next in rank
vid	see	Latin	evident clearly seen
vince,	conquer	Latin	convince - to win someone over; invincible - not able to be conquered; victory - the conquest of an enemy.
vic
vis, vid	see	Latin	vision - the ability to see; envision - to picture in the mind; evident - clearly visible.
viv/i	live, life	Latin	revival - the act of bringing back to life; vital - pertaining to live; vivacious - high-spirited and full of life.
vit
voc/i	voice, call	Latin	advocate - to speak in favor of; equivocate - to use misleading language that could be interpreted two different ways; vocalize - to produce with your voice.
vol/i/u	wish, will	Latin	benevolent - showing good will and kindness; volition - the act of making a choice or decision, voluntary - resulting from your own free will.
vor,	eat	Latin	carnivorous - meat-eating; voracious - desiring or eating food in great quantities; devour - to eat quickly.
vour
xanth	yellow	Latin	xanthium- a genus of coarse and rough or spiny herbs; xanthochromia- yellowish discoloration (as of the skin or cerebrospinal fluid); xanthogenic
xen/o	foreign	Greek	xenophobic - afraid of foreigners; xenogenesis - the creation of offspring that is completely different from either parent; xenophile - attracted to foreigners.
xer/o/I	dry	Greek	xerophyte - a plant that grows in dry climate; xerography - a dry photocopying process; xeric - requiring small amounts of moisture.
xyl	wood	Greek	xylocarp; xyloid- resembling wood; xylophone-an organ percussion stop of similar tone quality
zo/o	animal life	Greek	zoology - study of animals; zooid - resembling an animal; zooplankton - minute floating aquatic animals.
zyg/o	pair	Greek	zygote - a cell formed by the union of two gametes and the organism developing from that; zygomorphic - pertaining to organisms that can be divided into symmetrical halves along one axis only.