Greek and Latin Roots

Latin Roots

100

aqua

water

200

voc

voice or call

300

temp

time or weather

400

sect

divide or separate

500

mis or mit

send

Greek Roots

100

auto

self

200

bio

life

300

dyna

power

400

graph

write

500

hydr

water

True or False

100

Today, millions of people speak Latin.

False

200

Today, millions of people speak Greek.

True.

300

About 60% of English words have Greek or Latin origin.

 True

400

100% of science and technology words in English have a Greek or Latin origin.

False (90%)

500

In English, there are more words with Greek roots than Latin roots.

False  (There are more Latin roots)

prefixes and suffixes

100

contra

against

200

re

again

300

able or ible

capable of/ can 

400

trans

across

500

sub

under

parts of speech

100

Words that end in "ment" or "tion"

nouns

200

words that end in "ic" or "ous"

adjectives

300

words that end in "ly"

adverbs

400

words that show action

verbs

500

change this verb to a noun:

visualize

visualization