Greek and Latin Roots
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Trimester 1
Week 1:
Root Word: tele
Origin: Greek
Definition: far or distant
Examples: teleport, television, telepathy, telegram
Week 2:
Root Word: auto
Origin: Greek
Defintion: self, directed from within
Examples: automobile, automatic, autonomy, autoimmune
Week 3:
Root Word: bio
Origin: Greek
Defintion: life
Examples: autobiography, biochemist, biopsy
Week 4:
Root Word: graph/gram
Origin: Greek
Definition: write or draw
Examples: autograph, biography, telegraph, polygraph
Week 5:
Root Word: hydra/hydro
Origin: Greek
Definition: water
Examples: hydration, hydrophobia, hydroplane, hydraulics
Week 6:
Root Word: chron
Origin: Greek
Definition: time
Examples: chronically, chronometer, chronicle, chronology
Week 7:
Root Word: tra/tran/trans
Origin:Latin
Definition: across
Examples: transcend, transportation, transfer, tranists
Week 8:
Root Word: struct
Origin: Latin
Definition: to create, build, to make
Examples: construction, instruct, obstruct, reconstruct
Week 9:
Root Word:path
Origin: Greek
Definition: feeling, disease, suffering
Examples: sympathetic, apathetic, pathological, pathogen
Week 10:
Root Word: mem
Origin: Latin
Definition: to remember
Examples: remember, remembrance, memorize, memo
Trimester 2
Week 11:
Root Word: spec/spect
Origin: Latin
Definition: to see or look
Examples: expect, retrospective, inspector, spectrum
Week 12:
Root Word: phon
Origin: Greek
Definition: sound
Examples: megaphone, phonics, cacophony, telephone
Week13:
Root Word: ject
Origin: Latin
Definition: to throw
Examples: projection, inject, dejected, trajectory
Week 14:
Root Word: therm
Origin: Greek
Definition: heat, warm
Examples: thermal, thermostat, geothermal, hypothermia
Week 15:
Root Word: rupt
Origin: Latin
Definition: break, burst
Examples: rupture, disrupt, corrupt, abrupt
Week 16:
Root Word: scrib/script
Origin: Latin
Definition: write, written
Examples: subscription, transcript, scribble, precipitation
Week 17:
Root Word: mit/mis
Origin: Latin
Definition: sent, sent
Examples: missionary, transmit, admit, committee
Week 18:
Root Word: vac
Origin: Latin
Definition: empty
Examples: vacation, evacuate, vacate
Week 19:
Root Word: cycl
Origin: Greek
Definition: circular
Examples: cyclone, cyclist, cyclical, motorcycle
Week 20:
Root Word: geo
Origin: Greek
Definition: earth
Examples: geothermal, geographic, geocentric, geographer
Trimester 3
Week 21:
Root Word: ter/terra
Origin: Latin
Definition: earth, land, country
Examples: terrace, terrariums, terraform, Mediterranean
Week 22:
Root Word: astr/astro
Origin: Greek
Definition: stars, outer space
Examples: asterisk, asteroid, astronomical
Week 23:
Root Word: aud
Origin: Latin
Definition: to hear or listen
Examples: audible, auditory, auditorium
Week 24:
Root Word: tract
Origin: Latin
Definition: drag or pull
Examples: subtract, detract, protractor, contract
Week 25:
Root Word: grad/gred
Origin: Latin
Definition: step
Examples: graduate, gradual, centigrade
Week 26:
Root Word: jur/jud/jus
Origin: Latin
Definition: law, judge
Examples: jury, jurisdiction, prejudice, judgmental
Week 27:
Root Word: flect/ flex
Origin: Latin
Definition: bend
Examples: deflect, reflex, genuflect
Week 28:
Root Word: form
Origin: Latin
Definition: shape
Examples: deformity, conform. formula, format
Week 29:
Root Word: port
Origin: Latin
Definition: to carry
Examples: teleport, export, transport, report
Week 30:
Root Word: photo
Origin: Greek
Definition: light
Examples: photogenic, photography, photographer
Week 1:
Root Word: tele
Origin: Greek
Definition: far or distant
Examples: teleport, television, telepathy, telegram
Week 2:
Root Word: auto
Origin: Greek
Defintion: self, directed from within
Examples: automobile, automatic, autonomy, autoimmune
Week 3:
Root Word: bio
Origin: Greek
Defintion: life
Examples: autobiography, biochemist, biopsy
Week 4:
Root Word: graph/gram
Origin: Greek
Definition: write or draw
Examples: autograph, biography, telegraph, polygraph
Week 5:
Root Word: hydra/hydro
Origin: Greek
Definition: water
Examples: hydration, hydrophobia, hydroplane, hydraulics
Week 6:
Root Word: chron
Origin: Greek
Definition: time
Examples: chronically, chronometer, chronicle, chronology
Week 7:
Root Word: tra/tran/trans
Origin:Latin
Definition: across
Examples: transcend, transportation, transfer, tranists
Week 8:
Root Word: struct
Origin: Latin
Definition: to create, build, to make
Examples: construction, instruct, obstruct, reconstruct
Week 9:
Root Word:path
Origin: Greek
Definition: feeling, disease, suffering
Examples: sympathetic, apathetic, pathological, pathogen
Week 10:
Root Word: mem
Origin: Latin
Definition: to remember
Examples: remember, remembrance, memorize, memo
Trimester 2
Week 11:
Root Word: spec/spect
Origin: Latin
Definition: to see or look
Examples: expect, retrospective, inspector, spectrum
Week 12:
Root Word: phon
Origin: Greek
Definition: sound
Examples: megaphone, phonics, cacophony, telephone
Week13:
Root Word: ject
Origin: Latin
Definition: to throw
Examples: projection, inject, dejected, trajectory
Week 14:
Root Word: therm
Origin: Greek
Definition: heat, warm
Examples: thermal, thermostat, geothermal, hypothermia
Week 15:
Root Word: rupt
Origin: Latin
Definition: break, burst
Examples: rupture, disrupt, corrupt, abrupt
Week 16:
Root Word: scrib/script
Origin: Latin
Definition: write, written
Examples: subscription, transcript, scribble, precipitation
Week 17:
Root Word: mit/mis
Origin: Latin
Definition: sent, sent
Examples: missionary, transmit, admit, committee
Week 18:
Root Word: vac
Origin: Latin
Definition: empty
Examples: vacation, evacuate, vacate
Week 19:
Root Word: cycl
Origin: Greek
Definition: circular
Examples: cyclone, cyclist, cyclical, motorcycle
Week 20:
Root Word: geo
Origin: Greek
Definition: earth
Examples: geothermal, geographic, geocentric, geographer
Trimester 3
Week 21:
Root Word: ter/terra
Origin: Latin
Definition: earth, land, country
Examples: terrace, terrariums, terraform, Mediterranean
Week 22:
Root Word: astr/astro
Origin: Greek
Definition: stars, outer space
Examples: asterisk, asteroid, astronomical
Week 23:
Root Word: aud
Origin: Latin
Definition: to hear or listen
Examples: audible, auditory, auditorium
Week 24:
Root Word: tract
Origin: Latin
Definition: drag or pull
Examples: subtract, detract, protractor, contract
Week 25:
Root Word: grad/gred
Origin: Latin
Definition: step
Examples: graduate, gradual, centigrade
Week 26:
Root Word: jur/jud/jus
Origin: Latin
Definition: law, judge
Examples: jury, jurisdiction, prejudice, judgmental
Week 27:
Root Word: flect/ flex
Origin: Latin
Definition: bend
Examples: deflect, reflex, genuflect
Week 28:
Root Word: form
Origin: Latin
Definition: shape
Examples: deformity, conform. formula, format
Week 29:
Root Word: port
Origin: Latin
Definition: to carry
Examples: teleport, export, transport, report
Week 30:
Root Word: photo
Origin: Greek
Definition: light
Examples: photogenic, photography, photographer