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acer, acid, acri
bitter, sour, sharp (e.g. acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony)
acu
sharp (e.g. acute, acupuncture, accurate)
ag, agi, ig, act
do, move, go (e.g. agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action)
ali, allo, alter
other (e.g. alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism)
alt(us)
high, deep (e.g. altimeter, altitude)
am, amor
love, liking (e.g. amiable, amorous, enamoured)
Anni, annu, enni
year (e.g. anniversary, annually, centennial)
anthrop
man (e.g. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy)
anti(co)
old (e.g. antique, antiquated, antiquity)
arch
chief, first, rule (e.g. archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era)
acer, acid, acri
bitter, sour, sharp (e.g. acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony)
acu
sharp (e.g. acute, acupuncture, accurate)
ag, agi, ig, act
do, move, go (e.g. agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action)
ali, allo, alter
other (e.g. alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism)
alt(us)
high, deep (e.g. altimeter, altitude)
am, amor
love, liking (e.g. amiable, amorous, enamoured)
Anni, annu, enni
year (e.g. anniversary, annually, centennial)
anthrop
man (e.g. anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy)
anti(co)
old (e.g. antique, antiquated, antiquity)
arch
chief, first, rule (e.g. archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era)
aster, astr
star (e.g. aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut)
aud, aus
hear, listen (e.g. audiology, auditorium, audio, audition, ausculate)
aug, auc
increase (e.g. augur, augment, auction)
auto, aut
self (e.g. automobile, autograph, automatic)
belli
war (e.g. rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose)
bibl
book (e.g. Bible, bibliography, bibliomania)
bio
life (e.g. biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere)
brev
short (e.g. abbreviate, brief)
cad, cas
to fall (e.g. cadaver, cadence, cascade)
calor
heat (e.g. calorie, caloric, calorimeter)
cap, cip, cept
take (e.g. capable, intercept, forceps, capture, except, reciprocate)
capit, capt
head (e.g. decapitate, capital, captain, caption)
carn
flesh (e.g. carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal)
caus, caut
burn, heat (e.g. caustic, cauldron, cauterize)
cause, cuse, cus
cause, motive (e.g. because, excuse, accusation)
ced, ceed, cede, cess
move, yield, go, surrender (e.g. procedure, proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, success)
cenetri
center (e.g. concentric, centrifugal, centripetal, eccentric)
chrom
color (e.g. chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic)
chron
time (e.g. chronology, chronometer, synchronize)
cide, cise
cut down, kill (e.g. homicide, exorcise, germicide, incision, scissors)
cit
call, start (e.g. incite, citation, cite)
civ
citizen (e.g. civic, civil, civilian, civilization)
clam, claim
cry out (e.g. exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim)
clud, clus, claus
shut (e.g. include, conclude, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, occult)
cognoac, gnosi
know (e.g. recognize, prognosis, cognoscenti, incognito, agnostic)
cord, cor, cardi
heart (e.g. cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage)
corp
body (e.g. corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum)
cosm
universe, world (e.g. cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut)
crat, cracy
rule (e.g. autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy)
crea
create (e.g. creature, recreation, creation)
cred
believe (e.g. creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible)
cresc, cret, crease, cru
rise, grow (e.g. crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue)
crit
separate, choose (e.g. critical, criterion, hypocrite)
cur, curs
run (e.g. current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive)
cura
care (e.g. curator, curative, manicure)
cycl, cyclo
wheel, circular (e.g. Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic)
deca
ten (e.g. decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron)
dem
people (e.g. democracy, demography, epidemic)
dent, dont
tooth (e.g. dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal)
derm
skin (e.g. hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy)
dict
say, speak (e.g. dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction)
doc, dokein
teach (e.g. doctrine, indoctrinate, document, dogma, dogmatic)
domin
master (e.g. dominate, dominion, predominant, domain)
don
give (e.g. donate, condone)
dorm
sleep (e.g. dormant, dormitory)
dox
opinion, praise (e.g. orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology)
drome
run, step (e.g. syndrome (run together), hippodrome (place where horses run))
duc, duct
lead (e.g. induce, seduce (lead aside), produce, reduce)
dura
hard, lasting (e.g. durable, duration, endure)
dynam
power (e.g. dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics)
endo
within (e.g. endorse, endocardial, endoskeletal, endoskeleton, endosperm)
equi
equal (e.g. equinox, equilibrium, equipoise)
erg
work (e.g. energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph, ergophobia)
fac, fact, fic, fect
do, make (e.g. factory, fact, manufacture, amplification, confection)
fall, fals
deceive (e.g. fallacy, falsify, fallacious)
fer
bear, carry (e.g. ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer)
fid, fide, feder(is)
faith, trust (e.g. confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal, confederacy, semper fi)
fila, fili
thread (e.g. filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster)
fin
end, ended, finished (e.g. final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale)
fix
fix (e.g. fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix)
flex, flect
bend (e.g. flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect, deflect)
flu, fluc, fluv
flowing (e.g. influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate)
form
form, shape (e.g. form, uniform, conform, formulary, perform, formal, formula)
fort, forc
strong (e.g. fort, fortress, fortify, forte, fortitude)
fract, frag
break (e.g. fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract)
gam
marriage (e.g. bigamy, monogamy, polygamy)
gastr (o)
stomach (e.g. gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod)
gen
birth, race, produce (e.g. genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy, generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen)
geo
earth (e.g. geometry, geography, geocentric, geology)
germ
vital part (e.g. germination, germ, germane)
gest
carry, bear (e.g. congest, gestation)
gloss, glot
tongue (e.g. glossary, polyglot, epiglottis)
glu, glo
lump, bond, glue (e.g. glue, agglutinate, conglomerate)
grad, gress
step, go (e.g. grade, gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress)
graph, gram
write, written (e.g. graph, graphic, autograph, photography, graphite, telegram)
grat
pleasing (e.g. congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate)
grav
heavy, weighty (e.g. grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate)
greg
herd (e.g. gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian)
hypn
sleep (e.g. hypnosis, hypnotherapy)
helio
sun (e.g. heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric)
hema, hemo
blood (e.g. hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat)
here, hes
stick (e.g. adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary)
hetero
different (e.g. heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox)
homo
same (e.g. homogeneous, homonym, homogenize)
hum, human
earth, ground, man (e.g. humus, exhume, humane)
hydr, hydra, hydro
water (e.g. dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen, hydrophobia)
ignis
fire (e.g. ignite, igneous, ignition)
ject
throw (e.g. deject, inject, project, eject, interject)
join, junct
join (e.g. adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction, injunction, conjunction)
juven
young (e.g. juvenile, rejuvenate)
lau, lav, lot, lut
wash (e.g. launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute)
leg
law (e.g. legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize)
levi
light (e.g. alleviate, levitate, levity)
liber, liver
free (e.g. liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance)
liter
letters (e.g. literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate)
loc, loco
place (e.g. locality, allocate, locomotion)
log, logo, ology
word, study, speech (e.g. catalog, prologue, dialogue, logogram (symbol representing a word), zoology)
loqu, locut
talk, speak (e.g. eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution)
luc, lum, lus, lun
light (e.g. translucent, luminary, luster, luna (moon goddess))
macr-, macer
lean (e.g. emaciated, meager)
magn
great (e.g. magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, magnum)
man
hand (e.g. manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate)
mand
command (e.g. mandatory, remand, mandate)
mania
madness (e.g. mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania)
mar, mari, mer
sea, pool (e.g. marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid)
matri
mother (e.g. matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron)
medi
half, middle, between, halfway (e.g. mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium)
mega
great (e.g. megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million cycles), megaton)
mem
remember (e.g. memo, commemoration, memento, memoir, memorable)
meter
measure (e.g. meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer)
micro
small (e.g. microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave, micrometer)
migra
wander (e.g. migrate, emigrant, immigrate)
mit, miss
send (e.g. emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit, transmit, omit, intermittent, mission, missile)
mob, mot, mov
move (e.g. mobile, motionless, motor)
mon
warn, remind (e.g. monument, admonition, monitor, premonition)
mor, mort
mortal, death (e.g. mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician, mortuary)
morph
form (e.g. amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis, morphology)
multi
many, much (e.g. multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply)
nat, nasc
to be from, to spring forth (e.g. innate, natal, native, renaissance)
neo
new (e.g. Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte, neonate)
neur
nerve (e.g. neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural, neurotic)
nom
law, order (e.g. autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy, economy)
nomen, nomin
name (e.g. nomenclature, nominate, ignominious)
nov
new (e.g. novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate)
nox, noc
night (e.g. nocturnal, equinox, noctilucent)
numer
number (e.g. numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable)
numisma
coin (e.g. numismatics)
oligo
few, little (e.g. Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic, oligarchy)
omni
all, every (e.g. omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnivorous)
onym
name (e.g. anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym)
oper
work (e.g. operate, cooperate, opus)
ortho
straight, correct (e.g. orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic, unorthodox)
pac
peace (e.g. pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean)
paleo
old (e.g. Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism, paleopsychology)
pan
all (e.g. Pan-American, pan-African, panacea, pandemonium (place of all the demons))
pater, patr
father (e.g. paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron, patronize)
path, pathy
feeling, suffering (e.g. pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy)
ped, pod
foot (e.g. pedal, impede (get feet in a trap), pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry, antipode)
pedo
child (e.g. orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics)
pel, puls
drive, urge (e.g. compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse, impulse, pulsate, compulsory, expulsion, repulsive)
pend, pens, pond
hang, weigh (e.g. pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage, pensive)
phage
eat (e.g. macrophage, bacteriophage)
phil
love (e.g. philosophy, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile)
phlegma
inflammation (e.g. phlegm, phlegmatic)
phobia, phobos
fear (e.g. phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia, ergophobia, homophobia)
phon
sound (e.g. phonograph, phonetic, symphony, homophone, euphonious)
photo
light (e.g. photograph, photoelectric, photogenic, photosynthesis)
plac, plais
please (e.g. placid, placebo, placate, complacent)
plu, plur, plus
more (e.g. plural, pluralist, plus)
pneuma, pneumon
breath (e.g. pneumatic, pneumonia)
poli
city (e.g. metropolis, police, politics, Indianapolis, megalopolis, acropolis)
poly
many (e.g. polysaccharide, polyandrous, polytheistic)
pon, pos, pound
place, put (e.g. postpone, component, opponent, proponent, expose, impose, deposit, posture, position, expound, impound)
pop
people (e.g. population, populous, popular)
port
carry (e.g. porter, portable, transport, report, export, import, support, transportation)
portion
part, share (e.g. portion, proportion)
pot
power (e.g. potential, potentate, impotent)
prehendere
seize, grasp (e.g. apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive, prehensile)
prim, prime
first (e.g. primacy, prima donna, primitive, primary, primal, primeval)
proto
first (e.g. prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan, Proterozoic, protoindustrial)
psych
mind, soul (e.g. psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis)
punct
point, dot (e.g. punctual, punctuation, puncture, acupuncture, punctuation)
reg, recti
straighten (e.g. regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct, rectangle)
ri, ridi, risi
laughter (e.g. deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible)
rog, roga
ask (e.g. prerogative, interrogation, derogatory)
rupt
break (e.g. rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, ruptible)
sacr, sanc, secr
sacred (e.g. sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate, desecrate)
salv, salu
safe, healthy (e.g. salvation, salvage, salutation)
sat, satis
enough (e.g. satient (giving pleasure, satisfying), saturate, satisfy)
sci, scientia
know (e.g. science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti)
scope
see, watch (e.g. telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope, periscope, stethoscope)
scrib, script
write (e.g. scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe, prescribe, manuscript)
sed, sess, sid
sit (e.g. sediment, session, obsession, possess, preside, president, reside, subside)
sen
old (e.g. senior, senator, senile)
senescere
to grow old (e.g. senescence, evanescent)
sent, sens
feel (e.g. sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental, sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension)
sequ, secu, sue
follow (e.g. sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent, prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue, pursue)
serv
save, serve (e.g. servant, service, subservient, servitude, preserve, conserve, reservation, deserve, conservation, observe)
sign, signi
sign, mark, seal (e.g. signal, signature, design, insignia, significant)
simil, simul
like, resembling (e.g. similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum, simultaneous)
sist, sta, stit
stand (e.g. assist, persist, circumstance, stamina, status, state, static, stable, stationary, substitute)
solus
alone (e.g. solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude)
solv, solu
loosen (e.g. solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute)
somnus
sleep (e.g. insomnia, somnambulist)
soph
wise (e.g. sophomore (wise fool), philosophy, sophisticated)
spec, spect, spic
look (e.g. specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective, introspective, expect, conspicuous)
sphere
ball, sphere (e.g. sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid)
spir
breath (e.g. spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, respiration)
string, strict
draw tight (e.g. stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, boa constrictor)
stru, struct
build (e.g. construe (build in the mind, interpret), structure, construct, instruct, obstruct, destruction, destroy)
sume, sump
take, use, waste (e.g. consume, assume (to take, to use), sump pump presumption (to take or use before knowing all the facts)
tact, tang, tag, tig, ting
touch (e.g. tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious, contiguous)
tele
far (e.g. telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy)
tempo
time (e.g. tempo, temporary, extemporaneously, contemporary, pro tem, temporal)
ten, tin, tain
hold (e.g. tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention, retentive, content, pertinent, continent, obstinate, contain, abstain, pertain, detain)
tend, tent, tens
stretch, strain (e.g. tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend, superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense)
terra
earth (e.g. terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial)
test
to bear witness (e.g. testament, detest, testimony, attest)
the, theo
God, a god (e.g. monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology)
therm
heat (e.g. thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle, thermostat, hypothermia)
thesis, thet
place, put (e.g. antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet)
tom
cut (e.g. atom (not cuttable), appendectomy, tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy)
tort, tors
twist (e.g. torture (twisting to inflict pain) retort, extort, distort, contort, torsion, tortuous, torturous)
tox
poison (e.g. toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin)
tract, tra
draw, pull (e.g. tractor, attract, subtract, tractable, abstract, subtrahend (the number to be drawn away from another)
trib
pay, bestow (e.g. tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution, tributary)
turbo
disturb (e.g. turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil)
typ
print (e.g. type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter, typology, typify)
ultima
last (e.g. ultimate, ultimatum)
umber, umbraticum
shadow (e.g. umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage, adumbrate)
uni
one (e.g. unicorn, unify, university, unanimous, universal)
vac
empty (e.g. vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant, vacuous)
vale, vali, valu
strength, worth (e.g. equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value, valor)
ven, vent
come (e.g. convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue, circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event, advent, prevent)
ver, veri
TRUE (e.g. very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude)
vert, vers
turn (e.g. avert, divert, invert, introvert, convertible, reverse, controversy, versatile)
vic, vicis
change, substitute (e.g. vicarious, vicar, vicissitude)
vict, vinc
conquer (e.g. victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible)
vid, vis
see (e.g. video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision)
viv, vita, vivi
alive, life (e.g. revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection)
voc
call (e.g. vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation, evoke, provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative, vocal)
vol
will (e.g. malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition)
volcan
fire (e.g. volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan)
volvo
turn about, roll (e.g. revolve, voluble (easily turned about or aroundor talkative), voluminous, convolution)
vor
eat greedily (e.g. voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, devour)
zo
animal (e.g. zoo (short for zoological garden), zoology, zoomorphism (attributing animal form to god), zodiac (circle of animal constellations), protozoan)