Root words 1
Prefixes
Root Words 2
Example Words
Define
100

Light

What is photo?

100

One

What is mono-?  -uni?

100

writing

What is graph y?

100

a word with "marine"

submarine

100

Latin

Where does medical terms come from?

200

Self

What is auto?

200

Two

What is bi-?

200

See

What is vid, vis?

200

A word with "aqua-"


(fish tank?)

Aquarium

200

astro

star

300

Life

What is bio?

300

Three

What is tri-?

300

Hear

What is aud?

300

The study of life

What is Biology?

300

naut

sailor

400

Sea

What is marine?

400

Four

quadri-, quartet

quadrilateral, quartet

400

Hot, heat, warm

What is therma?

400

The study of the Earth

What is Geography?

400

tele

far

500

water

What is hydro , aqua?

500

Five

What is pent-?

500

Carry

What is port?

500

You cannot see it

What is invisible?

500

audi

hear

600

build

What is struct?

600

Six

What is hexa-?

600

Far

tele

600

Across + carry

to carry across, to take something somewhere

trans + port

Transport

600

photo

light

700

Star

What is astro-?

700

Small

What is micro-?

700

meat

carne

700

Far + See

Something that enables you to see far off things!

Tele + scope

telescope

700

saur

lizard

800

sailor

What is naut - ?

800

Many

What is poly- or multi

800

all

omni

800

Adjective for hot, warm


Think of vents below the sea!

Thermal

800

Scope

see

900

word, study of

What is logos / logy?

900

Between

What is Inter-?

900

Sound

Phono


900

Tiny + see

Something that enables you to see tiny things!

micro + scope

microscope!

900

Therma

heat

1000

Earth

What is geo? terra?

1000

Across

What is trans-?

1000

Lizard

saur

1000

Far + sound

Something that enables you to hear and speak to some one far off!

tele + phone

telephone

1000

Phono

Sound