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Roots
Prefix
Prefix2
Suffix
Mixture
100
-ped-
What is child or children ex. pediatrician, pedagogue, pedigree, pedantic
100
a-, an-
What is without? ex. achromatic, amoral, atypical, anaerobic
100
hyper-
What is excessive or excessively (too much)? ex. hyperactive, hypercritical, hypersensitive
100
- graph
What is something written or drawn; an instrument for writing, drawing, or recording? ex. monograph, phonograph, seismograph
100
chron-
What is time? ex. anachronism, chronic, chronicle, synchronize, chronometer, chronological
200
-morph-
What is form ex. amorphous, metamorphic, morphology, morphine
200
anti-, ant-
What is opposite, opposing? ex. anticrime, antipollution, antacid
200
micro-
What is small? ex. microcosm, micronucleus, microscope
200
- logy
What is science, theory or study of? ex. phraseology, biology, dermatology
200
-philo-, -phil-
What is having a strong love or affinity for? ex. philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy
300
-phon-
What is sound polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics, telephone
300
bio-, bi-
What is life, living organism? ex. biology, biophysics, biotechnology, biopsy
300
mono-
What is one, single, alone? ex. monochrome, monosyllable, monoxide, monorail
300
-oid
What is means “like, resembling” or “shape, form”? ex. humanoid, spheroid, trapezoid
300
- neo
What is new? ex. neonatal, neophyte, neoconservatism, neofascism, neodymium
400
-dem-
What is people? Ex. democracy, demography, demagogue, endemic, pandemic
400
ben-, bene-
What is good? ex. Beneficial, benefit, beneficiary, benediction
400
pan-
What is all? ex. panorama, panchromatic, pandemic, pantheism, pangea,
400
-ism
What is forms nouns and means “the act, state, or theory of”? ex. criticism, optimism, capitalism
400
- logue, log
What is speech or discourse? ex. monologue, dialogue, travelogue
500
-path-
What is feeling, suffering? ex. empathy, sympathy, apathy, apathetic, psychopathic
500
geo-
What is earth; geography? ex. geography, geomagnetism, geophysics, geopolitics
500
therm-, thermo-
What is heat? ex. thermal, thermometer, thermostat
500
-phobe, -phobia
What is intense fear of something? ex. agoraphobe, agoraphobia, xenophobe, xenophobia
500
-anthrop-
What is human? ex. misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic, anthropology