Latin Roots
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "circle"
What is "circ"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "Earth"
What is "geo"?
This word means "the opposite of 'possible'"
What is "impossible"?
This word means "part of a system is not working"
What is "malfunction"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "move"
What is "mot" or "mov" or "mob"
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "life"
What is "bio"?
This word means "the story of someone's life"
What is "biography"?
This word means "not important"
What is "unimportant" or "immaterial"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "to see"
What is "vis"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "frost" or "icy cold."
What is "cryo"?
This word means "between nations"
What is "international"?
This word means "many different kinds of plants and animals in one place"
What is "biodiversity"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "to stick"
What is "her" or "hes"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "sound."
What is "phono"?
This word means "to say or do again"
What is "repeat"?
This word means "having many colors"
What is "multicolored"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "other"
What is "alter"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "book."
This word means "the study of the Earth"
What is "geography"?
This word means to keep or save something at very low temperatures.
What is "cryopreservation"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "to write"
What is "scrib" or "scrip"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "self"
What is "auto"?
This word means to make something new.
What is "renew"?
This word means to exchange something old for something new
What is "replace"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "thousand"
What is "mill" or "milli"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "bad," "hard," or "unlucky"
What is "dys"?
This word, with the prefix "mot" is a synonym for the word "inspire."
What is "motivate"?
This word means "not related to any government"
What is "nongovernmental"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "to follow"
What is "seq" or "sec"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "water"
What is "hydr"?
This word means "not suitable for a situation"
What is "unsuitable" or "inappropriate"?
This word means "the study of how a country's geography affects its foreign, economic, military policy and strategy."
What is "geopolitics"?
This prefix comes from the Latin word meaning "water"
What is "aqua"?
This prefix comes from the Greek word meaning "light."
What is "photo"?
This word means "not for financial gain."
What is "nonprofit"?
This word means "intending to do harm."
What is "malicious"?