Latin Roots
This root means “build” and is the key part of both construction and destruction.
What is stru, struct?
This word combines the Greek root for “self” with the root for “a writing.”
What is auto + graph?
This word combines the Greek root for “many” with the root for “a writing.”
What is poly + graph?
The aggregation of marginal gains explains how tiny 1% daily improvements compound into massive results which originated from which team?
What is the British cycling team?
The prefix meaning “back, again,”
What is re?
This word combines the Greek root for “distant” with the root for “sound.”
What is tele + phone?
This word combines the Latin prefix for “back, again,” the prefix for “with, together,” and the root for “build.”
What is re + con + struct?
Habits are called the "compound interest" of this.
What is self-improvement? (or personal growth)
Prefix meaning “before”
What is pre?
This word combines the Greek root for “life” with the root for “study of”
What is bio + logy?
This word combines the Greek root for “little,” the root for “life,” and the root for “a word.”
What is micro + bio + logy?
In the first year of getting 1% better daily, your results improve by approximately this much.
What is 37 times better?
This root means “see” and is in evident and vision.
What is vid?
This word combines the Greek root for “little, small” with the root for “sound.”
What is micro + phone?
This word combines the Latin prefix for “before” with the root for “speak.”
What is pre + dict?
This plant grows almost nothing visible for years while building strong roots, then shoots up rapidly—illustrating how habits work before a breakthrough.
What is bamboo?
Name a word with the base word meaning “broken”.
Examples: interrupt, erupt, and rupture
This word combines the Greek root for “heat” with the root for “measure.”
What is thermo + meter?
This word combines the Latin prefixes for “between” and the suffix for “the act of” with the root for “broken.”
What is inter + rupt + ion?
There are three layers of behavior change: outcomes, processes, and this deepest layer.
What is identity?