Word Roots

4^th Nine Weeks

Prefix	Root	Suffix
a – not, without acro – height, top amphi – both, around anti – against opposite bi – two en – in, into epi – on, outside exo – outside hypo – under, below iso – equal pan – all peri – around sym/syn – with, together tri – three	agro – field andro – man, male anthrop – mankind, man arch – first, chief, rule arthr – joint biblio – book bio – life caco – bad cardio – heart centr – center cephal – head, brain chrom – color chron – time clast – to break cosm – universe, harmony crac – government, rule cycl/o – circle dem – people derm/dermat/o – skin entom – insect eu – good, well gam – united, joined gen/o – birth, produce, race geo – earth, ground graph/gram – write, written, record gyn/o – woman, female helio – sun hemat – blood hydro – water icono – image klept/o – to steal lith/o – stone log – word, reason macro – large, great mania – loss of reasoning meter/metr – measure micro – small miso – to hate mon/o - one morph – form myri – countless neo – new, recent nom – law, order onym – name, word opt – eye, vision pachy – thick paleo – ancient, old path/o – feeling, disease phil – love, loving phob – fear phon/o – sound pod/o – foot poly – many pseudo – false psycho – mind, spirit scop – look, view taph – tomb tele – from afar thanas – death the – god therap – treatment therm/o – heat	-ad – group -al – like, related to -cide – kill -esis – action, process -ia – condition -ic – like, related to -ism – act, state, condition -itis – inflammation -ology – study of, science of -osis – condition -ous – having the quality of -sis – action, process -y – state, quality, act