Root Matching
Latin Phrases
Word Definitions
Word Definitions
Root Matching
100

What is the Latin root for mother?

What is mater?

100

This latin phrase means "And so on".

What is et cetera?

100

This is a two footed creature.

What is a biped?

100

This is a structure that honors the memory of something.

What is memorial?

100

What is the Latin root for see?

What is vis?

200

What is the Latin root for foot?

What is ped?

200
This Latin phrase means to the point of naseua.

What is ad nauseum?

200

This word means the underlying framework for a building or system.

What is infrastructure?

200

This word means talents and skills you were born with.

What is innate?

200

What is the Greek root for circle?

What is cycl?

300

What is the Greek root for life?

What is photo?

300

This Latin phrase means "I think, therefore I am."

What is cogito ergo sum?

300

This word describes your sense of touch.

What is tactile?

300

This word means to disturb the arrangement or position of something (typically in the body).

What is dislocated?

300

What is the Greek root for birth or race?

What is gen?

400

What is the Latin root for write?

What is graph?

400

This Latin phrase means "out of many, one."

What is e pluribus unum?
400

This is a doctor that specializes in ears/hearing.

What is an audiologist?

400

This word means a descendant (ex. parents). 

What is progeny?

400

What is the Latin root for born?

What is nat?

500

What is the Latin root for mark?

What is sign?

500

This Latin phrase means "my fault". 

What is mea culpa?

500

This is a person who watches something, such as a sporting event.

What is a spectator?

500

This word means related to motherhood, kind, caring, in a protective, motherly way. 

What is maternal?

500

What is the Greek root for heat?

What is therm?

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