List of words with Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Word	Root	Root Meaning	Word Meaning
telephone	tele (Greek)	far	a device to talk to someone far away
microscope	micro (Greek)	small	a tool to see tiny things
autograph	auto (Greek)	self	a person’s own signature
bicycle	bi (Latin)	two	a two-wheeled vehicle
triangle	tri (Latin)	three	a shape with three sides
geography	geo (Greek)	earth	study of Earth’s features
telescope	tele (Greek)	far	tool for seeing faraway things
thermometer	therm (Greek)	heat	a tool for measuring temperature
aquarium	aqua (Latin)	water	a tank for water animals
biology	bio (Greek)	life	study of living things
audience	aud (Latin)	hear	group that listens or watches
visible	vis (Latin)	see	able to be seen
predict	dict (Latin)	say	to say before; to guess the future
portable	port (Latin)	carry	easy to carry
scribble	scrib (Latin)	write	messy or quick writing
structure	struct (Latin)	build	how something is built
erupt	rupt (Latin)	break	to break out or explode
transport	port (Latin)	carry	to carry across
inspector	spect (Latin)	look	someone who looks at things closely
photograph	photo (Greek)	light	picture made using light
sympathy	path (Greek)	feeling	sharing feelings of another
export	port (Latin)	carry	to carry out of a place
inactive	in (Latin)	not	not active
submarine	sub (Latin)	under	vehicle that moves under water
rewind	re (Latin)	again	to wind back again
dismiss	mis (Latin)	send	to send away
uniform	uni (Latin)	one	same; one form
triangle	tri (Latin)	three	a shape with three angles
cycle	cycl (Greek)	circle	repeating pattern or wheel
manual	man (Latin)	hand	done by hand
photograph	graph (Greek)	write	picture written with light
autograph	graph (Greek)	write	a person’s own written name
telephone	phon (Greek)	sound	a device to transmit sound
phonics	phon (Greek)	sound	method of teaching sound and spelling
inspect	spect (Latin)	look	to look at closely
vision	vis (Latin)	see	the ability to see
contract	tract (Latin)	pull	an agreement that pulls people together
attract	tract (Latin)	pull	to pull toward
reaction	act (Latin)	do	to do something in response
actor	act (Latin)	do	someone who acts
describe	scrib (Latin)	write	to write or say what something is like
inject	ject (Latin)	throw	to throw into
reject	ject (Latin)	throw	to throw back; refuse
mission	mis (Latin)	send	a special job to send someone on
conduct	duct (Latin)	lead	to lead or guide
reduce	duc (Latin)	lead	to bring down or lead to less
erupt	rupt (Latin)	break	to break out suddenly
bankrupt	rupt (Latin)	break	out of money; broken
microscope	scope (Greek)	see	tool to see small things
telescope	scope (Greek)	see	tool to see distant things
thermometer	meter (Greek)	measure	device to measure temperature
speedometer	meter (Greek)	measure	tool that measures speed
benefit	bene (Latin)	good	something good
benign	bene (Latin)	good	kind or harmless
factory	fac (Latin)	make	a place where things are made
manufacture	fac (Latin)	make	to make by hand or machine
liberty	liber (Latin)	free	the state of being free
deliver	liber (Latin)	free	to free or bring something
audience	aud (Latin)	hear	those who hear a performance
audible	aud (Latin)	hear	able to be heard
credit	cred (Latin)	believe	trust or belief in someone
incredible	cred (Latin)	believe	hard to believe
motion	mot (Latin)	move	movement
promote	mot (Latin)	move	to move forward or support
vocal	voc (Latin)	voice	using the voice
invoke	voc (Latin)	call	to call upon
logic	log (Greek)	word/reason	reasoning or thinking
dialogue	log (Greek)	word	conversation between two people
thermal	therm (Greek)	heat	related to heat
thermostat	therm (Greek)	heat	a device to control heat
chronic	chron (Greek)	time	continuing for a long time
synchronize	chron (Greek)	time	to do at the same time
dentist	dent (Latin)	tooth	a tooth doctor
dental	dent (Latin)	tooth	relating to teeth
lunar	luna (Latin)	moon	relating to the moon
lunatic	luna (Latin)	moon	someone thought to be crazy
terrain	terra (Latin)	earth	land or ground
territory	terra (Latin)	earth	land owned or controlled
science	sci (Latin)	know	knowledge about the world
conscious	sci (Latin)	know	knowing or aware
aquarium	aqua (Latin)	water	a tank for fish
aquatic	aqua (Latin)	water	relating to water
export	port (Latin)	carry	to send goods out
import	port (Latin)	carry	to bring goods in
describe	scribe (Latin)	write	to explain in words
prescription	scribe (Latin)	write	written instruction from a doctor
pedal	ped (Latin)	foot	foot-operated part of a machine
pedestrian	ped (Latin)	foot	a person walking
cycle	cycl (Greek)	circle	a repeating round process
recycle	cycl (Greek)	circle	to use again in a circle
photograph	photo (Greek)	light	picture made with light
photosynthesis	photo (Greek)	light	plants making food from light
diameter	meter (Greek)	measure	a straight line through a circle
perimeter	meter (Greek)	measure	the outer measurement of an area
respect	spect (Latin)	look	to look up to someone
suspect	spect (Latin)	look	to look at as guilty or wrong
dictionary	dict (Latin)	say	a book of words and meanings
contradict	dict (Latin)	say	to say the opposite

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