Greek and Latin roots in English
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The following is an alphabetical list of '''[[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] roots''' commonly used in English.
Those used in medicine and medical terminology are not listed here but instead in Wikipedia's [[List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes]]. <!--Note that roots taken from Ancient Greek are shaded in blue background whereas roots taken from Latin are unshaded. (NOT YET) -->
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===A===
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! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
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| '''a-''', '''ab-''', '''abs-'''
| from, away from, away, different from, separated from
| Latin
| ''ab'' "away", from Greek ''apo'' "away"
| [abridged]], absorb, abnormal, abrasion, abstract
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''a-, an-''' (related cognate prefix '''un-''')
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> not, without
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek ''α-/αν-'' "a-/an" "not"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> atypical, ahistorical
|-
| '''ac-''', '''ak-''', '''acu-'''
| sharp
| Latin
| ''acutus'' past participle of ''acuere'' "to sharpen", from ''acus'' "needle"
| [[acid]], [[acupunture]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''acr-''', '''acro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> height, summit, tip
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek ''άκρος'' ''ákros'' "high", "extreme"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[acrophobia]] [[acrobat]], [[acronym]] [[acromegalia]]
|-
| '''ad-''' (related cognate prefixes '''a-''', '''ac-''', '''af-''', '''ag-''', '''al-''', '''ap-''', '''as-''', '''at-''')
| movement to or toward; in addition to
| Latin
| ''ad'' "to", "toward"
| '''ad'''apt, '''ad'''vance, '''a'''scend
|-
| '''adip-''' || fat || Latin || ''adeps'', ''adipis'' "fat" || [[adipose]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''aer-''', '''aero-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> air, atomsphere
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''aer'' "air"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[aeronautics]], aerosol,
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''aesth-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> feeling, sensation
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''aisthētikos'' "of sense perception" from ''aisthanesthai'' "to perceive"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[aesthetics]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''agr-''', '''agri-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> field
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek and Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''agros'' and Latin ''ager'', ''agr-'' "field"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[agriculture]], [[pilgrim]]
|-
| '''am-''', '''amor-'''
| love, loving
| Latin
| ''amor'' "love" from ''amāre "to love"
| [[amateur]], amorous
|-
| '''ambi-'''
| both, on both sides
| Latin
| ''ambi'' "on both sides"
| [[ambidextrous]], ambivalent
|-
| '''amic-''', '''-imic-''' || friend || Latin || ''amicus'' || amicable
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''amphi-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin from Greek ''amphi'' "on both sides"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[amphibian]]
|-
| '''ampl-''' || ample || Latin || ''amplus'' || amplification
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''ana-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> again, against
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek prefix ''ana-'' "again", "against"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[anaplylaxis]] [[anabaptist]]
|-
| '''anima-'''
| breath
| Latin
| ''anima'' "breath"
| [[animal]], animation
|-
| '''ann-''' '''anni-''', '''anno-''', '''-enn-'''
| year, yearly
| Latin
| ''annus'' "year"
| [[annual]], [[anniversary]], millennium
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''ant-''', '''anti-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> against, opposed to, preventive
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''anti'' "before" "against"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[antipodes]], antibiotic, antibody,
|-
| '''ante-''', '''anti-'''
| before, in front of, prior to
| Latin
| Latin from Greek ''anti'' "before", "against"
| [[antediluvian]], [[antebellum]], anticipate
|-
| '''ar-'''
| burn, dry
| Latin
| ''arere'' "be dry or parched"
| [[arid]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''' anth-''', '''antho-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> flower
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''anthos'' "flower"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[anther]], [[anthology]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''' anthropo-''', '''anthro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> human
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''anthropos'' "man"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[anthropology]], [[anthropomorphic]]
|-
| '''aqu-''' || water || Latin || ''aqua'' || aquarium
|-
| '''ar-''' || plow, till || Latin || ''arare'' || arable
|-
| '''ar-''' || dry || Latin || ''arere'' || arid
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''archaeo-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ancient
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''arkhaios'' "ancient" from ''arhkē'' "beginning"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[archeology]], archaic
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''' arct- ''', '''arcto-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Relating to the North Pole or the region near it; relating to cold; used as the scientific name of some bear species, e.g.[[Grizzly Bear|''ursus arctos horribilis'']]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''arktos'' "bear"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[Arctic Ocean]]
|-
| '''argent-''' || silver || Latin || ''argentum'' "silver" || argent, [[Argentina]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''' arthr- ''', '''arthro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> joint
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''arthon'' "joint"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[arthropod]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''astr-''', '''astro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> star, star shaped
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''astron'' "star"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[astronomy]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''' athl- '''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> prize
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''athlos'' "contest"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[Sportsperson|athlete]]
|-
| '''aud-''', '''audi-'''
| hearing, listening, sound
| Latin
| ''audire'' "to hear"
| [[auditorium]], auditory, audio
|-
| '''aug-'''
| grow, increase
| Latin
| ''augēre'' "to increase"
| [[augmentation]], [[inauguration]]
|-
| '''aur-'''
| relating to gold, or gold-colored
| Latin
| ''aurum'' "gold"
| [[aureole]], aure
|-
| '''auri-''' || Relating to the ear || Latin || ''auris'' "ear" || [[auricle]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''aut-''' '''auto-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> self; directed from within
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''autos'' ''αυτός'' "self", "same"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[automobile]], autonomy
|-
| '''avi-''' || bird || Latin || ''avis'' "bird" || aviary, aviation
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''axi-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> axis
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin from Greek axios "worth"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> axis, axiology
|}
===B===
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! Prefix !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bac-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> rod shaped
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">from baculum ''rod''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bacilla, bacteria
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''baro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[weight]], [[pressure]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek Root/Prefix
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[barometer]], barograph, baroreceptor
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''basi-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> at the bottom
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from βαίνω, ''to walk, march''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> basic, basis (βάσις "step")
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bel, belli-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> war
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bellum, belli - war
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> belligerent, Ante Bellum
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''ben-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> good, well
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bene (adverb)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> benefit, benign
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bi-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> two
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bis, "twice" / bini, "in twos"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> binocular, bigamy
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bibl-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[book]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βιβλίον
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bibliography, bible
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bi(o)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[life]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βίος
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> biology, biologist, biosphere
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''blast-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[germ]], embryo, bud, cell with nucleus
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βλαστάνω, "to put forth shoots"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> sideroblast
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bor-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[north]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek / Latin (''boreas'')
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βόρρας, "the north wind"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> borealis
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bot-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[plant]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> botany
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bov-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[ox]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bovis, bovis - ox
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bovine
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''brach-''', '''brachio-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[arm]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''brach-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> short
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''brad-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> slow
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βραδύς
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bradycardia
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''branch-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[gill]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''brev-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> short (time)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> brevis, breve - short, brief
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> brevity
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''briz-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> to nod
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''brom-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[oats]], [[broom]], [[shadow]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bronch-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[windpipe]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> βρόγχος
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bronchitis
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''buc-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[mouth]], cavity
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bucca
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bulb-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bulbous
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bulla-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[bubble]], [[flask]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ebullio, "to bubble, boil"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ebullient
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''bursa-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> pouch, purse
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bursary, disburse
|}
===C===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
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! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cac(o)-''' || bad || Greek || (kakos) || [[cacophony]]
|-
| '''cad-''', '''-cid-''', '''cas-''' || fall || Latin || ''cadere'' || accident, [[Cadence (music)|cadence]], [[Grammatical case|case]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''calc-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[Rock (geology)|stone]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin probably from Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Latin ''calx'' "lime", probably from Greek ''khalix'' "pebble" "limestone"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[calculus]], [[calcite]], [[calcium]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''calli-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[beautiful]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''kallos'' "beauty"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[calligraphy]]
|-
| '''calor-''' || heat || Latin || ''calor'' "heat" || [[calorie]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''calyp-''' || cover || Greek || (kaluptein) || [[apocalypse]]
|-
| '''camer-''' || vault || Latin || ''camera'' || bicameral, [[camera]]
|-
| '''camp-''' || field || Latin || ''campus'' "field", "level ground" || [[champion]], [[campaign]]
|-
| '''can(i)-''' || [[dog]] || Latin || ''canis'' "dog" || [[canine]], [[Canis Major]]
|-
| '''can-''', '''cant-''' || sing || Latin || ''canere'' "sing" || canto, [[cantata]], cantor
|-
| '''cand-'''
| glowing, iridescent
| Latin
| ''candere'' "to be white or glisten"
| candid, [[incandescent]], candle, [[candela]]
|-
| '''cap-''', '''-cip-''', '''capt-''', '''-cept-'''
| take, hold
| Latin
| ''capere'' "take or hold" (note the vowel change from ''a'' to ''i'' in compounds)
| capture, captive, conception, recipient
|-
| '''capit-''', '''-cipit-'''
| head
| Latin
| ''caput'', ''capitis'' "head"
| capital, chief, chef
|-
| '''capr-''' || goat || Latin || ''caper'', ''capri'' || [[Capricorn]], caprine
|-
| '''caps-''' || box, case || Latin || ''capsa'' || [[capsule]]
|-
| '''carbo-''' || coal || Latin || ''carbo'', ''carbonis'' || [[carbon]]
|-
| '''carcer-''' || jail || Latin || ''carcer'', ''carcerare'' || [[incarceration]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''carci-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> cancer (disease)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin from Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin from Greek ''karkinos'' "crab"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[carcinoma]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cardi(o)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating to the heart
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''kardia'' "heart"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[cardiology]], cardiograph
|-
| '''cardin-''' || hinge || Latin || ''cardo'', ''cardinis'' || cardinal
|-
| '''carn-''' || flesh || Latin || ''caro'', ''carnis'' || carnival, [[carnivore]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''carpo-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating to fruit
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''karpos'' "fruit"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[carpology]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''carp-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating to the wrist
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''karpos'' "wrist"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[carpal]], [[carpal tunnel syndrome]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cata-''' || down || Greek || ''kata'' "down" || catastrophe, [[catatonia]]
|-
| '''caten-''' || chain || Latin || ''catena'' || [[concatenation]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cathar-''' || pure || Greek || (katharos) || [[catharsis]]
|-
| '''caud-''' || tail || Latin || ''cauda'' || caudal
|-
| '''cav-''' || hollow || Latin || ''cavus'' "hollow" || [[cave]], cavity, excavation
|-
| '''ced-''', '''cess-''' || go || Latin || ''cedere'' || procession, recede
|-
| '''celer-''' || quick || Latin || ''celer'', ''celerare'' || [[acceleration]], celerity
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cen(o)-''' || new || Greek || (kainos) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cen(o)-''' || common || Greek || (koinos) ||
|-
| '''cens-''' || || Latin || ''censere'' || [[census]]
|-
| '''cent-''' || hundred || Latin || ''centum'' "hundred" || [[cent]], [[centennial]], [[centurion]]
|-
| '''centen-''' || hundred each || Latin || ''centeni'' || centenary
|-
| '''centesim-''' || hundredth || Latin || ''centesimus'' || centesimal, centesimation
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''centr-''' || center || Greek || (kentron) || eccentric
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cephalo-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> head
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''kephale'' "head"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[cephalopod]], [[encephalogram]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ceram-''' || clay || Greek || (keramos) || [[ceramic]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cerat-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[horn (anatomy)|horn]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''keras'' "horn"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ceratin, [[cornea]]
|-
| '''cern-''' || || Latin || ''cernere'' || discern
|-
| '''cervic-'''
| relating to the neck, relating to the [[cervix]]
| Latin
| ''cervix'', ''cervicis'' "neck"
| [[cervix]], [[cervical]]
|-
| '''ceter-''' || other || Latin || ''ceterus'' || [[et cetera]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''chiro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> of the hand or hands
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''kheir'' "hand"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[chiroptera]], [[chiropractic]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''chelo-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating to a [[turtle]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''khelone'' "tortoise"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[chelonia]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''chloro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[green]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''khlōros'' "green"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> chlorine, chlorophyll
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''choreo-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating to [[dance]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''khoreia "dancing in unison" from ''khoros'' "chorus"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[choreography]]
|-
| '''chord-'''
| [[cord]]
| Latin
| ''chorda'' "rope"
| [[chordata]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''chrom-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[color]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''khrōma'' "color"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[chromosome]], [[chromium]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''chryso-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> relating [[gold]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''khrusos'' "gold"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[chrysolite]]
|-
| '''cili-''' || [[eyelash]] || Latin || ''cilium'' || cilia
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cine-''' || motion || Greek || (kine-) || [[cinema]]
|-
| '''ciner-''' || ash || Latin || ''cinis'', ''cineris'' || [[incineration]]
|-
| '''cing-''', '''cinct-''' || gird || Latin || ''cingere'' || succinct
|-
| '''circ-''' || circle || Latin || ''circus'' || [[circus]]
|-
| '''circum-''' || around || Latin || ''circum'' "around" || [[circumference]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cirr-''' || orange || Greek || [[kirros]] || [[cirrhosis]]
|-
| '''cirr-''' || curl, [[tentacle]] || Latin || ''cirrus'' || [[cirrus]]
|-
| '''civ-''' || citizen || Latin || ''civis'' || civility
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''clad-''' || branch || Greek || (klados) ||
|-
| '''clar-''' || clear || Latin || ''clarus'' || clarity, declaration
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''clast-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> broken
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''klastos'' "broken"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[iconoclast]]
|-
| '''claud-''', '''-clud-''', '''claus-''', '''-clus-''' || close || Latin || ''claudere'' || clause, exclusion
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''clav-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> key
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> from Greek ''kleis'' "key" from ''kleiein'' "to close"
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[conclave]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cl(e)ist-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> closed
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cleithr-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bar, key
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| '''clement-''' || mild || Latin || ''clemens'', ''clementis'' || clemency, inclement
|-
| '''clin-'''
| [[bed]], lean, recline
| Latin
| ''-clinare''
| [[declination]], inclined
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cochl-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[Animal shell|shell]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''coel-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> hollow
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (koilos)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| '''cogn-''' || know || Latin || || cognitive
|-
| '''col-''' || strain || Latin || ''colare'', ''colum'' || [[colander]]
|-
| '''coll-''' || [[neck]] || Latin || ''collum'' || [[collar]]
|-
| '''color-''' || color || Latin || ''color'' || [[coloration]]
|-
| '''con-''', '''co-''', '''col-''', '''com-'''
| with, together, joined, against
| Latin
| ''cum''
| connect, collide, compress
|-
| '''condi-''' || season || Latin || ''condire'' || [[condiment]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cono-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[cone]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''konos''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> conic, conical
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cond(u)m-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> protective armor
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| '''contra-''' || against || Latin || ''contra'' ||
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''copro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[dung]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> coprolite
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cora(xlg)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[raven]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| '''cord-''' || heart || Latin || ''cor'', ''cordis'' || accord, cordial
|-
| '''corn-''' || horn || Latin || ''cornu'' || [[cornucopia]]
|-
| '''coron-''' || [[crown (headgear)|crown]] || Latin || ''corona'', ''coronare'' || corona, coronation
|-
| '''corpor-''' || [[body]] || Latin || ''corpus'', ''corporis'' || [[corporation]], corpse
|-
| '''cortic-''' || [[bark]] || Latin || ''cortex'', ''corticis'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cosmet-''' || || Greek || (kosmet-) || [[cosmetics]], [[cosmetology]]
|-
| '''cost-''' || [[rib]] || Latin || ''costa'' || costal
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cotyl-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[Drinkware|cup]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (kotul-)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[cotyledon]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''crani-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[skull]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> cranium
|-
| '''crass-''' || thick || Latin || ''crassus'' || crassitude
|-
| '''cre-''' || make || Latin || ''creare'' || [[creation]], [[creature]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''crep-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[shoe]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cribi-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[sieve]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cric-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[wiktionary:ring|ring]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cris-''', '''crit-''' || judge || Greek || || [[crisis]], [[critic]]
|-
| '''crisp-''' || curled || Latin || ''crispus'' ||
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''crist-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[crest (bird)|crest]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''crosso-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[fringe]], [[tassel]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cru(rals)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> shank
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|-
| '''cruc(i)-'''
| [[cross]]
| Latin
| ''crux'', ''crucis''
| crucial, [[crucifix]], crucify
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''crypt-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> hidden
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (kruptos)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> cryptic, [[cryptography]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cten-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[comb]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cub-''' || cube || Greek || (kubos) || cubic, [[cuboid]]
|-
| '''cub-''' || lie || Latin || ''cubare'' || [[incubation]]
|-
| '''culin-''' || kitchen || Latin || ''culina'' || culinary
|-
| '''culp-'''
| blame, fault
| Latin
| ''culpa''
| culpable, exculpate
|-
| '''cune-''' || [[wedge]] || Latin || ''cuneus'' || [[cuneiform]]
|-
| '''curr-''', '''curs-''' || run || Latin || ''currere'' || concurrent, [[recursion]]
|-
| '''curv-''' || bent || Latin || ''curvus'' || [[curvature]]
|-
| '''cusp-''' || [[lance]], point || Latin || ''cuspis'', ''cuspidis'' || bicuspid
|-
| '''cut(i)-''' || [[skin]] || Latin || ''cutis'' || [[cuticle]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cyan-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[blue]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> κυανός (kuanos)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[cyanide]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cycl-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[circular]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> κύκλος (kuklos)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> bicycle, cycle, [[cyclone]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cylind-''' || roll || Greek || (kulindros) || [[cylinder]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cyn-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[dog]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> cynosure
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''cyst-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[capsule]]
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> cystic
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''cyt-''' || cell || Greek || || [[cytoplasm]]
|}
===D===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! Prefix !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''dactyl-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> finger
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> δάχτυλο, finger
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> dactylology
|-
| '''damn-''', '''-demn-''' || || Latin || ''damnare'' || condemn, damnation
|-
| '''deb-''' || owe || Latin || ''debere'' || debit
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''deci-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> tenth part
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Latin
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''decimus'', tenth; from ''decem'', ten
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[decibel]], [[decimate]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''deca-''', '''dec-''', '''deka-''', '''dek-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ten
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''deka'', ten
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[decagram]], [[decahedron]]
|-
| bgcolor="CEDFF2" | '''delt-''' || || Greek || (delta) || [[deltoid]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''dem-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> people
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''demos'', people
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[demagogue]], [[democracy]]
|-
| '''den-''' || ten each || Latin || ''deni'' || denary
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''dendr-''', '''dendro-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> resembling a tree
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ''dendron'': akin to ''drys'', tree
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[dendrite]]
|-
| '''dens-''' || thick || Latin || ''densus'' || condense, [[density]]
|-
| '''dent-''' || tooth || Latin || ''dens'', ''dentis'' || dental, [[dentures]]
|-
| '''derm-''' || skin || Greek || δέρμα (derma) skin || hypodermic
|-
| '''deuter-''' || second || Greek || δεύτερος (deuteros) "second" || [[Deuteronomy]]
|-
| '''dexter-''' || right || Latin || dexter || dexterity
|-
| dextro- || right || Greek || δεξ-, right ||
|-
| '''di-''' || two || Greek || ||
|-
| '''dia-''' || apart, through || Greek || δια || [[diameter]]
|-
| '''dict'''- || say, speak || Latin || || dictation
|-
| '''digit-''' || finger || Latin || ''digitus'' || digital
|-
| '''dino-''' || terrible, fearfully great || Greek || (deinos) || [[dinosaur]]
|-
| '''dipl-''' || || Greek || || [[diploid]], diplosis
|-
| '''doc-''', '''doct-''' || teach || Latin || ''docere'' || docile, doctor
|-
| '''dodec-''' || twelve || Greek || δωδεκα (dodeka) || dodecasyllabic
|-
| '''dog-'''/dox- || opinion, teaching || Greek || || dogmatic
|-
| '''dom-''' || || Latin || ''domus'' || [[dome]]
|-
| '''dorm-''' || sleep || Latin || ''dormire'' || dormant, [[dormitory]]
|-
| '''dors-''' || back || Latin || ''dorsum'' || dorsal
|-
| '''dub-''' || doubtful || || || dubious
|-
| '''du-''' || two || Latin || ''duo'' || dual
|-
| '''duc-''', '''duct-''' || lead || Latin || ''dux'' || abduction, [[Conductor (disambiguation)|conductor]], introduce
|-
| '''dulc-''' || sweet || Latin || ''dulcis'' ||
|-
| '''dur-''' || hard || Latin || ''durus'' || durable
|-
| '''dy-''' || two || Greek || (duo) || [[dyad]]
|-
| '''dys-''' || badly, ill || Greek || δυσ || [[dysentery]]
|-
| '''dues''' || god || Greek || ||
|}
===E===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Prefix !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ec-''' || out || Greek || (ek) || eccentric
|-
| '''[[eco-]]''' || house || Greek || (oikos) || [[ecology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ecto-''' || outside || Greek || (ektos) ||
|-
| '''ed-''' || eat || Latin || ''edere'' || edible
|-
| '''ego-''' || self || || ||
|-
| '''em-''', '''empt-''' || buy || Latin || ''emere'' || exemption, redeem
|-
| '''eme-''' || vomit || Greek || (emetos) || emetic
|-
| '''emul-''' || || Latin || ''aemulus'', ''aemulare'' || [[emulation]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''en-''', '''em-''' || in || Greek || (en) || emphasis
|-
| '''endo-''' || inside || Greek || (endo) ||
|-
| '''engy-''' || narrow || Greek || ||
|-
| '''ennea-''' || nine || Greek || (ennea) || [[ennead]], [[enneagon]]
|-
| ensi- || sword || || ||
|-
| eo- || dawn, east || Greek || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''epi-''', '''ep-''' || upon || Greek || (epi) || [[epicenter]], [[epoch]]
|-
| '''episteme-''' || knowledge or science || Greek || ||
|-
| '''equ-''', '''-iqu-''' || even, level || Latin || ''aequus'' || equal
|-
| '''equ-''' || horse || Latin || ''equus'' || [[equestrian]]
|-
| '''erg-''' || work || Greek || (ergon) || [[ergonomics]]
|-
| '''err-''' || stray || Latin || ''errare'' || aberration, errant
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''erythr(o)-''' || red || Greek || ''ερυθρος'' (eruthros) || [[Red blood cell|erythrocyte]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''eso-''' || within || Greek || (esō) || esoteric
|-
| '''eth-''' || || Greek || ''εθος'' (ethos) ||
|-
| '''ethm-''' || sieve || Greek || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ethn-''' || || Greek || (ethnos) || ethnic
|-
| '''etym(o)-''' || true || Greek || (etumos) || [[etymology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''eu-''' || well || Greek || (eu) || euphoria
|-
| '''eur-''' || wide || Greek || (eurus) ||
|-
| '''ex-''', '''e-''' || from, out of || Latin || ''ex'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''exo-''' || outside || Greek || || exothermic
|-
| '''exter-''', '''extra-''' || outer || Latin || || exterior
|-
| '''extrem-''' || || Latin || ''extremus'' || extremity
|}
===F===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Prefix !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''fab-''' || bean || Latin || ''faba'' ||
|-
| '''fac-''', '''-fic-''', '''fact''', '''-fect-''' || make || Latin || ''facere'', ''factus'' || defect, factory, manufacture
|-
| '''falc-''' || sickle || Latin || ''falx'', ''falcis'' ||
|-
| '''fall-''', '''-fell-''', '''fals-''' || || Latin || ''fallere'', ''falsus'' || falsity
|-
| '''fallac-''' || false || Latin || ''fallax'', ''fallacis'' || fallacy
|-
| '''famili-''' || || Latin || || familiarity
|-
| '''fant-''' || || Greek || || [[fantasy]]
|-
| '''fasc-''' || bundle || Latin || ''fascis'' || fascicle
|-
| '''fatu-''' || foolish, useless || Latin || ''fatuus'' || fatuous, infatuate
|-
| '''feder-''' || || Latin || ''foedus'', ''foederis'' || confederation, federal
|-
| '''fel-''' || cat || Latin || ''feles'' || feline
|-
| '''felic-''' || || Latin || ''felix'', ''felicis'' || felicity
|-
| '''fell-''' || suck || Latin || ''fellare'' || fellation
|-
| '''femin-''' || || Latin || ''femina'' || [[femininity]]
|-
| '''femor-''' || thigh || Latin || ''femur'', ''femoris'' || femoral
|-
| '''fend-''', '''fens-''' || || Latin || ''fendere'' || defend, offense
|-
| '''fenestr-''' || window || Latin || ''fenestra'' || [[fenestration]]
|-
| '''fer-''' || carry || Latin || ''ferre'' || reference, transfer
|-
| '''feroc-''' || fierce || Latin || ''ferox'', ''ferocis'' || ferocity
|-
| '''ferr-''' || iron || Latin || ''ferrum'' || ferrous
|-
| '''fet-''' || stink || Latin || ''fetere'' || fetid
|-
| '''fic-''' || fig || Latin || ''ficus'' ||
|-
| '''fid-''' || faith, trust || Latin || ''fides'' || confide
|-
| '''fil-''' || thread || Latin || ''filum'' || [[filament]]
|-
| '''fili-''' || || Latin || ''filius'' || affiliate
|-
| '''find-''', '''fiss-''' || split || Latin || ''findere'' || [[fission]]
|-
| '''firm-''' || || Latin || ''firmus'', ''firmare'' || confirmation
|-
| fistul- || hollow, tube || || ||
|-
| '''fl-''' || blow || Latin || ''flare'' || flatulence, inflation
|-
| '''flacc-''' || flabby || Latin || ''flaccus'' || flaccid
|-
| '''flav-''' || yellow || Latin || ''flavus'' || flavonoid
|-
| '''flect-''', '''flex-''' || bend || Latin || ''flectere'' || [[inflection]], [[flexor]]
|-
| '''flig-''', '''flict-''' || strike || Latin || ''fligere'' || inflict
|-
| '''flor-''' || flower || Latin || ''flos'', ''floris'' || floral, florid
|-
| '''flu-''', '''flux-''' || flow || Latin || ''fluere'', ''fluxus'' || [[effluent]], fluency
|-
| '''foc-''' || hearth || Latin || ''focus'' || focal
|-
| '''fod-''', '''foss-''' || dig || Latin || ''fodere'', ''fossus'' || [[fossil]]
|-
| foen- || hay || || ||
|-
| '''foli-''' || leaf || Latin || ''folium'' || defoliate
|-
| '''font-''' || spring || Latin || ''fons'', ''fontis'' ||
|-
| '''for-''' || bore || Latin || ''forare'' || perforation
|-
| '''form-''' || shape || Latin || ''forma'' || deformity, formation
|-
| '''fornic-''' || vault || Latin || ''fornix'' || [[fornication]]
|-
| '''fort-''' || strong || Latin || ''fortis'' || fortification
|-
| fovea- || shallow round depression || || ||
|-
| '''frang-''', '''-fring-''', '''fract-''', '''frag-''' || break || Latin || ''frangere'' || [[fracture]], fragment, infringe
|-
| '''frater-''' || brother || Latin || ''frater'' || [[fraternity]]
|-
| '''fric-''', '''frict-''' || rub || Latin || || [[friction]]
|-
| '''frig-''' || cold || Latin || ''frigere'' || frigid
|-
| '''front-''' || forehead || Latin || ''frons'', ''frontis'' || frontal
|-
| '''fruct-''', '''frug-''' || fruit || Latin || ''frux'', ''fructis'' || fructose
|-
| '''fug-''' || flee || Latin || ''fugere'' || [[centrifuge]], fugitive, refuge
|-
| '''fum-''' || smoke || Latin || ''fumus'' || fume, fumigate
|-
| '''fund-''' || bottom || Latin || ''fundus'', ''fundare'' ||
|-
| '''fund-''', '''fus-''' || pour || Latin || ''fundere'' || fundamental, profundity, profusion
|-
| '''fung-''', '''funct-''' || do || Latin || ''fungi'' || [[function]]
|-
| '''fur-''', '''furt-''' || steal || Latin || ''furare'' || furtive
|-
| '''furc-''' || fork || Latin || ''furca'' || [[bifurcation]]
|-
| '''fusc-''' || dark || Latin || ''fuscus'' || [[obfuscation]]
|}
===G===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''galact-''' || milk || Greek || (gala) || galactic
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''gastr-''' || stomach || Greek || (gaster) || gastric
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ge(o)-''' || earth || Greek || γη (gē) || [[geology]]
|-
| '''gel-''' || icy cold || Latin || ''gelum'' || [[gelatin]]
|-
| '''ger-''', '''gest-''' || bear, carry || Latin || ''gerere'' || digest, [[gestation]]
|-
| '''germin-''' || sprout || Latin || ''germen'', ''germinis'' || [[germination]]
|-
| '''glabr-''' || hairless || Latin || ''glaber'' || glabrous
|-
| '''glaci-''' || ice || Latin || ''glacies'' || [[glacier]]
|-
| '''gladi-''' || sword || Latin || ''gladius'' || [[gladiator]]
|-
| '''glob-''' || || Latin || ''globus'' || global, globule
|-
| '''glori-''' || glory || Latin || ''gloria'' || glorify
|-
| '''glutin-''' || glue || Latin || ''gluten'', ''glutinis'' || [[agglutination]]
|-
| '''grad-''', '''gress-''' || walk, step, go || Latin || ''gradus'', ''gradere'' || grade, regress
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''gramm-''' || letter || Greek || γραμμα (gramma) || grammatic
|-
| '''gran-''' || grain || Latin || ''granum'' || granary, granule
|-
| '''grand-''' || grand || Latin || ''grandis'' || grandiloquous
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''graph-''' || draw, write || Greek || (graphē) || graphic, [[graphology]]
|-
| '''grat-''' || thank, please || Latin || ''gratus'' || gratitude
|-
| '''grav-''' || heavy || Latin || ''gravis'' || [[gravity]]
|-
| '''greg-''' || flock || Latin || ''grex'', ''gregis'' || gregarious, [[segregation]]
|-
| '''gubern-''' || || Latin || ''gubernare'' || gubernatorial
|-
| '''gust-''' || taste || Latin || ''gustus'' || gusto
|-
| '''guttur-''' || throat || Latin || ''guttur'' || guttural
|}
===H===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''haem-''' || blood || Greek || (haima) || [[haemophilia]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''hal-''' || salt || Greek || (hals) || [[halogen]]
|-
| '''hal-''', '''-hel-''' || breathe || Latin || ''halare'' || anhelation, inhale
|-
| '''hapl-''' || simple || Greek || (haplos) || [[haploid]]
|-
| '''haur''', '''haust''' || draw || Latin || ''haurire'' || [[exhaust]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''heli-''' || sun || Greek || || [[helium]]
|-
| '''hemi-''' || half || Greek || ήμισυς (hemisus) || [[hemisphere]]
|-
| '''hen-''' || one || Greek || (hen) || henad, hyphen
|-
| '''hendec-''' || eleven || Greek || (hendeka) || [[hendecagon]]
|-
| '''hept-''' || seven || Greek || (hepta) || [[heptagon]]
|-
| '''her-''', '''hes-''' || cling || Latin || ''haerere'' || [[adhesive]], coherent
|-
| '''herb-''' || || Latin || ''herba'' || [[herbicide]]
|-
| '''herp-''' || creep || Greek || || [[herpetology]]
|-
| '''heter(o)-''' || different, other || Greek || (heteros) ||
|-
| '''heur-''' || find || Greek || || [[heuristic]]
|-
| '''hex-''' || six || Greek || (hex) || [[hexagon]]
|-
| '''hibern-''' || wintry || Latin || ''hibernus'' || [[hibernation]]
|-
| '''hiem-''' || winter || Latin || ''hiems'' || hiemal
|-
| '''hipp-''' || horse || Greek || (hippos) || [[hippodrome]]
|-
| '''hirsu[t]-''' || hairy || Latin || ''hirtus'', ''hirsutus'' ||
|-
| '''hispid-''' || bristly || Latin || ''hispidus'' ||
|-
| '''histri-''' || actor || || || histrionic
|-
| '''hod-''' || way || Greek || (hodos) || [[cathode]]
|-
| '''hol-''' || whole || Greek || (holos) || [[holistic]]
|-
| '''hom(o)-''' || same || Greek || (homos) ||
|-
| '''homeo-''' || like || Greek || (homoios) ||
|-
| '''homin-''' || human || Latin || ''homo'' || [[hominid]]
|-
| '''homal-''' || even, flat || Greek || (homalos) || anomalous
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''horm-''' || that which excites || Greek || || [[hormone]]
|-
| '''hort-''' || garden || Latin || ''hortus'' || [[horticulture]]
|-
| '''hum-''' || ground || Latin || ''humus'' || [[exhumation]]
|-
| '''hyal-''' || glass || Greek || (hualos) || [[hyaline]], hyaloid
|-
| '''hydr(o)-''' || water || Greek || || [[hydrology]]
|-
| '''hygr-''' || wet || Greek || (hugros) || hygrology
|-
| '''hyo-''' || U-shaped || Greek || ||
|-
| '''hyp(o)-''' || under || Greek || (hupo) || [[hyphen]]
|-
| '''hyper-''' || above, over || Greek || (huper) ||
|-
| '''hypn-''' || sleep || Greek || (hupnos) || [[hypnosis]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''hyster-''' || later || Greek || (husteros) || [[hysteresis]]
|}
===I===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ichth-''' || fish || Greek || (ichthus) || [[ichthyology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''icos-''' || twenty || Greek || (eikosi) || [[icosagon]], [[icosahedron]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''id(o)-''' || shape || Greek || (eidos) || [[idol]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''idi(o)''' || personal || Greek || (idios) || idiom, [[idiosyncrasy]], idiot
|-
| '''ign-''' || fire || Latin || ''ignis'' || [[Igneous rock|igneous]], [[ignition]]
|-
| '''in-''' (1), '''im-'''
| in, on
| Latin
| ''in''
| invite, incur, intend
|-
| '''in-''' (2), '''il-''', '''im-''', '''ir-'''
| in, un- (negation)
| Latin
| ''in-''
| '''il'''licit, '''im'''possible, '''in'''imical, '''ir'''rational
|-
| '''infra-'''
| under
| Latin
| ''infra''
| infrastructure
|-
| '''insul-''' || island || Latin || ''insula'' || insular, [[insulation]]
|-
| '''inter-'''
| among, between
| Latin
| ''inter'' (preposition) - among, between
| intermission, intercollegiate, intercourse
|-
| '''intra-''' || within || Latin || ''intra'' || intracollegiate
|-
| '''irasc-''', '''irat-''' || be angry || Latin || ''irasci'' || irascible, irate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''is(o)-'''
| equal, the same
| Greek
| (isos)
| isomorphic, isometric
|-
| '''-(i)tat-'''
| property of, quality of
| Latin
|
| quality, liberty
|-
| '''iter-''' || again || Latin || ''iterum'' || [[iteration]]
|-
| '''itin-'''
| route, way
| Latin
| iter, itinis - march, journey
| [[itinerary]]
|}
===J===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" <!-- Latin only -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| '''jac-''' || lie || Latin || ''jacēre'' "to be thrown" || adjacent
|-
| '''jac-''' (originally IAC), '''-ject-'''
| cast, throw
| Latin
| iacio, ''iacere'', ieci, ''iectus'' - "to throw" (and cognates thereof)
| eject, interject, ejaculate, [[trajectory]]
|-
| '''jan-''' || door || Latin || ''janua'' || [[janitor]]
|-
| '''joc-''' || joke || Latin || ''jocus'' || jocularity
|-
| '''jug-''' || yoke || Latin || ''jugare'', ''jugum'' || conjugal, subjugate
|-
| '''junct-''' || join || Latin || ''jungere'', ''junctus'' || [[conjunction]], juncture
|-
| '''junior-''' || younger || Latin || ''junior'' || juniority
|-
| '''jus-, jur, judic''' (originally IVS)
| law, justice
| Latin
| ius, iuris; ''iudex'', iudicis; iusticia, iusticiae, etc.
| justice, jury, judge
|-
| '''juv-''', '''jut-''' || help || Latin || ''juvare'' || adjutant
|-
| '''juven-''' || young, youth || Latin || ''juvenis'' || [[juvenile]], rejuvenate
|-
| '''juxta-''' || beside, near || Latin || ''juxta'' || [[juxtaposition]]
|}
===K===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''kil(o)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> thousand
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> chilioi
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> kilogram, kilometer, kilobyte
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''kine-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> movement, motion
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black">
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> telekinesis, kinetic energy, kinesthetic
|-
| '''klept-''' || steal || Greek || (kleptēs) || [[kleptomania]]
|-
| '''kudo-''' || glory || Greek || (kudos) || kudos
|}
===L===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''lab-''', '''laps-''' || slide, slip || Latin || ''labi'', ''lapsus'' || elapse, relapse
|-
| '''labi-''' || lip || Latin || ''labia'', labiae || bilabial, labial
|-
| '''labor-''' || toil || Latin || ''labor'' || collaboration, elaboration
|-
| '''lacer-''' || tear || Latin || ''lacer'' || laceration
|-
| '''lacrim-''' || cry, tears || Latin || ''lacrima'' "tear" || lacrimal, lacrimous
|-
| '''lact-''' || of or pertaining to milk || Latin || ''lac'', ''lactare'' || lactate, [[lactation]], [[lactose]]
|-
| '''lamin-''' || layer, slice || Latin || ''lamina'' || [[laminate]], lamination
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''lamp-''' || shine || Greek || ''lampas'' "torch" || lamp
|-
| '''lapid-''' || stone || Latin || ''lapis'' || [[lapidary]]
|-
| '''larg-''' || || Latin || ''largus'' || enlargement
|-
| '''larv-''' || ghost, mask || Latin || ''larva'' || [[larva]], [[larvae]], larval
|-
| '''lat(i)-''' || broad, wide || Latin || ''latus'' || [[latitude]]
|-
| '''later-''' || side || Latin || ''latus'' || bilateral
|-
| '''laud-''', '''laus-''' || praise || Latin || ''laudere'' || laud
|-
| '''lav-''' || wash || Latin || ''lavare'' || [[lavatory]]
|-
| '''lax-''' || || Latin || ''laxus'', ''laxare'' || [[laxative]], relaxation
|-
| '''led-''', '''les-''' || hurt || Latin || ''laedere'', ''laesus'' || [[lesion]]
|-
| '''leni-''' || gentle || Latin || ''lenis'', ''lenire'' || leniency
|-
| '''leon-''' || lion || Latin || ''leo'', ''leonis'' "lion" || [[Leo]], leonine, Leopold
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''lep-''' || flake, scale || Greek || ''lepis'' || [[Lepidoptera]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''leuc(o)-''', '''leuk(o)''' || white || Greek || ''leukos'' || [[leucocyte]]
|-
| '''lev-''' || lift, light || Latin || ''levis'' "light" (in weight), ''levare'' || [[elevator]], [[levitation]]
|-
| '''liber-''' || free || Latin || ''liber'', ''liberare'' || liberation
|-
| '''libr-''' || book || Latin || ''liber'' || library
|-
| '''lig-''' || bind || Latin || ''ligare'' || [[ligament]], [[ligature]]
|-
| '''lin-''' || line || Latin || ''linea'' || linearity, line
|-
| '''lingu-''' || language, tongue || Latin || ''lingua'' tongue, language || bilingual, linguistic
|-
| '''linqu-''', '''lict-''' || leave || Latin || ''linquere'' || [[relict]], relinquish
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''lip(o)-''' || fat || Greek || ''lipos'' || [[lipolysis]]
|-
| '''liter-''' || letter || Latin || ''littera'' || [[alliteration]], literal, obliterate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''lith(o)-''' || stone || Greek || ''lithos'' "stone" || [[monolith]], Neolithic Era, [[lithosphere]]
|-
| '''loc-''' || place || Latin || ''locus'' || local, [[location]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''log-''' || thought, word || Greek || ''logos'' "word" || monologue, [[logic]], morphological
|-
| '''long-''' || || Latin || ''longus'' || elongate, [[longitude]]
|-
| '''loqu-''', '''locut-''' || speak || Latin || ''loqui'' || [[allocution]], eloquent
|-
| '''luc-''' || bright, light || Latin || ''lux'', ''lucis'' light || Lucifer (bearer of light)
|-
| '''lud-''', '''lus-''' || play || Latin || ''ludere'' || allude, [[illusion]]
|-
| '''lumin-''' || light || Latin || ''lumen'' || [[illumination]], luminous
|-
| '''lun-''' || moon || Latin || ''luna'' "moon" || lunar, lunatic
|}
===M===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''macr-''' || long || Greek || μακρός (makros) || [[macron]]
|-
| '''magn-'''
| great, large
| Latin
| ''magnus'', magna, magnum
| magnificent, magnanimous
|-
| '''maj-''' || greater || Latin || ''major'', ''majus'' || majesty, majority, [[majuscule]]
|-
| '''mal-'''
| bad, wretched
| Latin
| ''malus'', mala, malum
| malicious, malign
|-
| '''mamm-''' || breast || Latin || ''mamma'' || mammary, [[mammal]]
|-
| '''man-''' || flow || Latin || ''manare'' || emanate
|-
| '''man-''' || stay || Latin || ''manere'' || permanent, remanent
|-
| '''mand-''' || hand || Latin || ''mandare'', mandavi, mandatus || mandate, remand
|-
| '''manu-''' || hand || Latin || ''manus'' || manual, [[manuscript]]
|-
| '''mar-''' || sea || Latin || ''mare'', ''maris'' || marine, maritime
|-
| '''mater-''', '''matr-''' || mother || Latin || ''mater'', ''matris'' || [[matrix]]
|-
| '''maxim-''' || greatest || Latin || ''maximus'' || maximal
|-
| '''medi-''', '''-midi-''' || middle || Latin || ''medius'' || [[median]], [[medieval]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''meg-''' || great, large || Greek || (megas) || [[megaphone]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mei-''' || || Greek || || [[meiosis]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''melan-''' || black, dark || Greek || μέλας (melas) || [[Melanesia]], [[melanoma]]
|-
| '''melior-''' || better || Latin || ''melior'' || [[amelioration]]
|-
| '''mell-''' || honey || Latin || ''mel'', ''mellis'' || mellifluous
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mening-''' || membrane || Greek || (meninx) ||
|-
| '''ment-''' || mind || Latin || ''mens'', ''mentis'' || demented, mentality
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mer-''' || part || Greek || (meros) || [[polymer]]
|-
| '''merc-''' || || Latin || ''merx'', ''mercis'' || mercantile, merchant
|-
| '''merg-''', '''mers-''' || dip, plunge || Latin || ''mergere'' || emerge, immersion
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mes-''' || middle || Greek || (mesos) || [[mesolithic]], [[mesozoic]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''meter-''', '''metr-'''
| measure
| Greek
| (metron)
| metric, [[thermometer]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''meta-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> above, among, beyond
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (meta)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> metaphysics
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''micr-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> small
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (mikros)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[microphone]], [[microscope]]
|-
| '''milit-''' || soldier || Latin || ''miles'', ''militis'' || military, [[militia]]
|-
| '''mill-''' || thousand || Latin || ''mille'' || [[Millennium|millennium]], [[million]]
|-
| '''millen-''' || thousand each || Latin || ''milleni'' || millenary
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mim-''' || || Greek || (mimos) || [[mime]], mimic
|-
| '''min-''' || jut || Latin || ''minari'' || prominent
|-
| '''min-''' || less, smaller || Latin || ''minor'', ''minus'' || minority, minuscule
|-
| '''mir-'''
| wonder, amazement
| Latin
| miror, ''mirari'', miratus sum
| [[miracle]], mirror, admire
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mis-''' || hate || Greek || (misos) || [[misandry]], [[misogyny]]
|-
| '''misce-''', '''mixt-''' || mix || Latin || ''miscere'' || miscellaneous, mixture
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mit-''' || thread || Greek || (mitos) || [[mitochondrion]]
|-
| '''mitt-''', '''miss-''' || send || Latin || ''mittere'' || intermittent, transmission
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''mne-''' || memory || Greek || || [[mnemonic]]
|-
| '''mol-''' || grind || Latin || ''mola'' || [[molar]]
|-
| '''moll-''' || soft || Latin || ''mollis'' || [[emollient]], mollify
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''mon(o)-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> one
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (monos)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[monolith]], monotone, monism
|-
| '''mont-''' || mountain || Latin || ''mons'', ''montis'' || [[Montana]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''morph-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> form, shape
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (morphe)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[morpheme]], anthropomorphic, morphology
|-
| '''mort-''' || death || Latin || ''mors'', ''mortis'' || immortal, mortality
|-
| '''mov-''', '''mot-'''
| move, motion
| Latin
| moveo, ''movere''
| move, motor, momentum
|-
| '''mulg-''', '''muls-''' || milk || Latin || ''mulgere'' || [[emulsion]]
|-
| '''mult(i)-''' || many, much || Latin || ''multus'' || multitude, multiple, multiplex
|-
| '''mur-''' || wall || Latin || ''murus'' || [[mural]]
|-
| '''mus-''' || thief || Latin || musca, muscae; mus, muris || mouse
|-
| '''mut-''' || change || Latin || ''mutare'' || [[mutation]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''my-''' || mouse || Greek || (mus) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''myri-''' || countless, ten thousand || Greek || (murios) || [[myriad]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''myth-''' || story || Greek || (muthos) || mythic, [[mythology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''myx-''' || slime || Greek || (muxa) ||
|}
meno- moon
mica- grain (Latin) e.g. 'micelle'
monil- string of beads
myz- sucker
===N===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''nar-''' || nostril || Latin || ''naris'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''narc-''' || numb || Greek || || [[narcosis]], narcotic
|-
| '''narr-''' || tell || Latin || ''narrare'' || [[narrative]]
|-
| '''nas-''' || nose || Latin || ''nasus'' || nasal
|-
| '''nasc-''', '''nat-''' || born || Latin || ''nascere'', ''natus'' || nascent, native
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''naut-''' || ship || Greek || (naus) || [[astronaut]]
|-
| '''nav-''' || ship || Latin || ''navis'' || naval
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ne(o)-''' || new || Greek || (neos) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''necr(o)-''' || dead || Greek || (nekros) ||
|-
| '''nect-''', '''nex-''' || join, tie || Latin || ''nectere'', ''nexus'' || connection
|-
| necto- bananas
|-
| '''neg-''' || say no || Latin || ''negare'' || negative
|-
| nema- || hair || Greek || ||
|-
| nemoral- in woods
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''nephr-''' || kidney || Greek || || [[nephritis]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''nes-''' || island || Greek || (nesos) || [[Polynesia]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''neur-''' || nerve || Greek || (neuron) ||
|-
| '''nict-''' || wink || Latin || ''nictari'' || nictation
|-
| '''nigr-''' || black || Latin || ''niger'' || denigrate
|-
| '''nihil-''' || nothing || Latin || ''nihilum'' || annihilation
|-
| '''noct-''' || night || Latin || ''nox'', ''noctis'' || nocturnal
|-
| '''nod-''' || knot || Latin || ''nodus'' || node, nodule
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''nom-''' || arrangement, law || Greek || (nomos) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''nomad-''' || || Greek || (nomas) || nomadic
|-
| '''nomin-''' || name || Latin || ''nomen'', ''nominis'' || [[nomination]]
|-
| '''non-''' || not || Latin || ''non'' ||
|-
| '''non-''' || ninth || Latin || ''nonus'' || nonary
|-
| '''nonagen-''' || ninety each || Latin || ''nonageni'' || nonagenary
|-
| '''nonagesim-''' || ninetieth || Latin || ''nonagesimus'' || nonagesimal
|-
| noth- || spurious
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''noto-''' || back, south || Greek || (noton) ||
|-
| '''nov-''' || nine || Latin || ''novem'' || novennial
|-
| '''nov-''' || new || Latin || ''novus'' || innovation, [[nova]]
|-
| '''noven-''' || nine each || Latin || ''noveni'' || [[novenary]]
|-
| '''novendec-''' || nineteen || Latin || ''novendecim'' ||
|-
| '''nu-''' || nod || Latin || || ||
|-
| '''nub-''' || || Latin || ''nubes'', ''nubis'' ||
|-
| '''nuc-''' || nut || Latin || ''nux'', ''nucis'' ||
|-
| nuch- back of neck
|-
| '''nud-''' || naked || Latin || ''nudus'' || denude, nudity
|-
| '''null(i)-''' || none || Latin || ''nullus'' || nullify
|-
| '''numer-''' || number || Latin || ''numerus'' || [[numeral]]
|-
| '''nunti-''' || || Latin || ''nuntius'' ||
|-
| '''nupti-''' || || Latin || ||
|-
| '''nutri-''' || nourish || Latin || || nutrient
|}
===O===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''oct-''' || eight || Greek || (oktō) || [[octagon]], [[octahedron]]
|-
| '''oct-''' || eight || Latin || ''octo'' || octangular, octennial, octovir
|-
| '''octav-''' || eighth || Latin || ''octavus'' || octaval
|-
| '''octogen-''' || eighty each || Latin || ''octogeni'' || octogenary
|-
| '''octogesim-''' || eightieth || Latin || ''octogesimus'' || octogesimal
|-
| '''octon-''' || eight each || Latin || ''octoni'' || octonary
|-
| '''ocul-''' || eye || Latin || ''oculus'' || ocular
|-
| '''od-''' || hate || Latin || ''odium'' || odious
|-
| '''-ode-''' || path, way || Greek || || [[anode]], [[odometer]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''odont-''' || tooth || Greek || (odous) || [[odontology]]
|-
| odor- || fragrant || || ||
|-
| oecious- || house of || Greek || (oikos) ||
|-
| '''oed-''' || swollen ||
|-
| '''oen-''' || wine || Greek || (oinos) ||
|-
| '''oesoph-''' || gullet || Greek || (oisophagos)
|-
| '''ogdo-''' || eighth || Greek || (ogdoos) ||
|-
| '''-oid''' || like || Greek || (-oeides) ||
|-
| olecran- || skull of elbow || || ||
|-
| '''ole-''' || oily || Latin || ||
|-
| '''olig-''' || few || Greek || (oligos) || [[oligarchy]]
|-
| '''oliv-''' || olive || Latin || ''oliva'' ||
|-
| -ology || study of || Greek || ||
|-
| -oma || cancer || Greek || ||
|-
| '''omas-''' || paunch || Latin || ''omasum'' ||
|-
| '''oment-''' || fat skin || Latin || ''omentum'' ||
|-
| '''omin-''' || || Latin || ''omen'', ''ominis'' || ominous
|-
| omm- || eye || || ||
|-
| '''omni-''' || all || Latin || ''omnis'' || omnipotence
|-
| omo- || shoulder || Latin || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''omphal-''' || navel || Greek || || omphalectomy
|-
| '''oner-''' || burden || Latin || ''onus'', ''oneris'' || onerous
|-
| '''onom-''' || name || Greek || όνομα (onoma) || [[onomatopoeia]]
|-
| '''ont-''' || existing || Greek || || [[ontology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''-onym''' || name || Greek || (-onum) || [[pseudonym]]
|-
| '''oo-''' || egg || Greek || (oion) ||
|-
| '''opac-''' || shady || Latin || ''opacus'' || [[opacity]]
|-
| '''oper-''' || work || Latin || ''opus'', ''operis'' || [[opera]]
|-
| '''opt-''' || choose || Latin || ''optare'' || optional
|-
| '''optim-''' || best || Latin || ''optimus'' || optimum
|-
| op(t)- || eye || Greek || optos || optical
|-
| operculum- || little cover || || ||
|-
| ophi- || snake || Greek || ophis ||
|-
| '''ophthalm-''' || eye || Greek || (ophthalmos) || [[ophthalmology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''opisth-''' || behind || Greek || ||
|-
| opoter- either
|-
| '''or-''' || mouth || Latin || ''os'', ''oris'' || oral, orator
|-
| '''orb-''' || circle || Latin || ''orbis'' || [[orbit]]
|-
| orch- testicle
|-
| '''ordin-''' || || Latin || ''ordo'', ''ordinis'' || ordinal, ordinary
|-
| '''ori-''' || Eastern || Latin || ''oriri'' || orient
|-
| '''orn-''' || || Latin || ''ornare'' || ornament, ornate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ornith-''' || bird || Greek || || [[ornithology]]
|-
| '''orth-''' || straight || Greek || (orthos) || [[orthosis]]
|-
| os(ti)- || mouth ||
|-
| os(s/t)- || bone || || || osteoporosis
|-
| '''oscill-''' || swing || Latin || || [[oscillation]]
|-
| '''ostrac-''' || shell || Greek || || ostracize
|-
| '''ot-''' || ear || Greek || || [[otology]]
|-
| '''ov-''' || egg || Latin || ''ovum'' || [[oval]], ovule
|-
| ovi- || sheep || Latin || ''ovis'' || ovine
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''oxy-''' || sharp, pointed || Greek || (oxus) || [[oxymoron]]
|}
===P===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''pac-''' || peace || Latin || ''pax'', ''pacis'' || pacify, pacifist
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pach-''' || thick || Greek || (pachus) || [[pachydermata]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''paed-''' || child || Greek || (pais, paidos) || paediatric
|-
| '''pagin-''' || page || Latin || ''pagina'' || [[pagination]]
|-
| '''pal-''' || stake || Latin || ''palus'' || impale
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''palae-''', '''pale-''' || ancient, old || Greek || (palaios) || [[paleontology]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''palin-''' || back || Greek || (palin) || [[palindrome]]
|-
| '''pall-''' || pale || Latin || ''pallere'' || pallid, pallor
|-
| '''palli-''' || mantle || Latin || ''pallium'' ||
|-
| palustri- in marshes
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pan-''', '''pam-''' || all || Greek || ''pas'' ||
|-
| '''pand-''', '''pans-''' || spread || Latin || ''pandere'', ''pansus'' || expand, expansion
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''par(a)-''' || beside, near || Greek || (para) || [[parallel]], [[parameter]]
|-
| '''pariet-''' || wall || Latin || ''paries'', ''parietis'' || parietal
|-
| '''part(i)-''' || part || Latin || ''pars'', ''partis'' || [[partition]]
|-
| '''parv-''' || little || Latin || ''parvus'' ||
|-
| '''pass-''' || pace, step || Latin || ''passus'' ||
|-
| '''pat-''' || be open || Latin || ''patere'' || [[patent]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''path-''' ||to feel, hurt || Greek || pathos || pathetic, [[pathology]]
|-
| '''patr-''' || father || Latin || ''pater'', ''patris'' ||
|-
| '''pauc-''' || || Latin || ''paucus'' || paucity
|-
| '''pav-''' || || Latin || || pavement
|-
| '''pecc-''' || sin || Latin || ''peccare'' || impeccable
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pect-''' || fixed || Greek || || [[pectin]]
|-
| '''pector-''' || chest || Latin || ''pectus'', ''pectoris'' || pectoral
|-
| pectin- || comb-like
|-
| '''pecun-''' || || Latin || ''pecunia'' || pecuniary
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ped-''' || child || Greek || (pais, paidos) || pedagogy
|-
| '''ped-''' || foot || Latin || ''pes'', ''pedis'' || [[pedal]]
|-
| '''pejor-''' || worse || Latin || ''pejor'' || [[pejorative]]
|-
| '''pel-''', '''puls-''' || drive || Latin || ''pellere'' || propellent, propulsion
|-
| '''pen-''' || almost || Latin || ''paene'' || [[peninsula]], penultimate, [[penumbra]]
|-
| '''pend-''', '''pens-''' || hang || Latin || ''pendere'' || suspend
|-
| penia- || deficiency || Latin || ||
|-
| '''penn-''', '''pinn-''' || feather || Latin || ''penna'' || pennate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pent-''' || five || Greek || (pente) || [[pentagon]]
|-
| '''pentecost-''' || fiftieth || Greek || (pentekostos) || [[pentecostalism]]
|-
| '''pept-''' || || Greek || || peptic
|-
| '''per-''' || thoroughly, through || Latin || ''per'' || perfect
|-
| '''peran-''' || across, beyond || Greek || ||
|-
| '''peri-''' || around || Greek || || [[perimeter]], [[periscope]]
|-
| persic- || peach
|-
| '''pessim-''' || worst || Latin || ||
|-
| '''pet-''' || || Latin || ''petere'' || appetite, competition
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''petr-''' || rock || Greek || (petra) || [[petroglyph]]
|-
| phaeo- dark
|-
| phag-|| eat|| Greek ||phagein || [[sarcophagus]]
|-
| phalan(g/x)- close formation of troops
|-
| phalar- shining
|-
| phanero- visible Greek
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pher-''' || bear, carry || Greek || || [[pheromone]]
|-
| '''philia-''' || love, friendship || Greek || ||
|-
| '''phleg-''' || || Greek || ||
|-
| phloe- tree bark
|-
| '''phob-''' || fear || Greek || (phobos) ||
|-
| '''phon-''' || sound || Greek || (phone) || microphone, [[phonograph]]
|-
| '''phor-''' || carry || Greek || (phoros) || metaphor
|-
| '''phos-''', '''phot-''' || light || Greek || || [[photograph]]
|-
| '''phragm-''' || fence || Greek || (phragma) || [[diaphragm]]
|-
| phren- diaphragm, mind
|-
| phryno- toad, toad-like
|-
| '''phyl-''' || tribe || || ||
|-
| '''phyll-''' || leaf || Greek || (phullon) ||
|-
| physa- bladder
|-
| '''phys-''' || nature || Greek || || [[physics]]
|-
| '''phyt-''' || plant || Greek || (phuton) || neophyte
|-
| '''pic-''' || pitch || Latin || ''pix'', ''picis'' ||
|-
| '''pil-''' || hair || Latin || ||
|-
| '''pin-''' || pine || Latin ||
|-
| '''ping-''', '''pict-''' || paint || Latin || ''pingere'' || picture
|-
| '''pino-''' || drink || Greek || || [[pinocytosis]]
|-
| '''pir-''' || pear || Latin || ||
|-
| '''pisc-''' || fish || Latin || ''piscis'' || [[Pisces]]
|-
| pisum- pea
|-
| plac- || plate, tablet || Greek
|-
| '''plac-''' || || Latin || ''placare'' || placate
|-
| '''plac-''' || || Latin || ''placere'' || placid
|-
| '''plagi-''' || oblique || Greek || (plagios) ||
|-
| '''plan-''' || flat || Latin || ''planus'' || explanation, planar
|-
| '''plang-''' || || Latin || ''plangere'' || plangent
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''plas-''' || mould || Greek || || [[plasma]], [[plastic]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''platy-''' || flat, broad || Greek || (platus) || [[platypus]]
|-
| '''plaud-''', '''plaus-''' || clap || Latin || ''plaudere'', ''plausus'' || applaud
|-
| '''ple-''', '''plet-''' || fill || Latin || ''plere'' || complete, suppletive
|-
| '''pleb-''' || || Latin || ''plebs'', ''plebis'' || plebian
|-
| '''plect-''', '''plex-''' || plait || Latin || ''plectere'' ||
|-
| '''plen-''' || full || Latin || ''plenus'' || plenary
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''plesi-''' || near || Greek || (plēsios) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pleth-''' || full || Greek || (plēthos) || [[plethora]]
|-
| '''pleur-''' || side || Greek || ''pleura'' ||
|-
| '''plex-''' || interwoven || Greek || (plexis)
|-
| '''plic-''' || fold || Latin || ''plicare'' || duplication, replicate
|-
| '''plinth-''' || brick || Greek || (plinthos) ||
|-
| '''plor-''' || || Latin || ''plorare'' || implore
|-
| '''plu-''' || rain || Latin || ||
|-
| '''plum-''' || feather || Latin || ''pluma'' || plumage
|-
| '''plumb-''' || lead || Latin || ''plumbum'' ||
|-
| '''plur-''' || || Latin || || plural
|-
| '''plurim-''' || most || Latin || ''plurimus''
|-
| '''plus-''' || more || Latin || ''plus'' ||
|-
| '''pluvi-''' || rain || Latin || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pneu-''' || air, lung || Greek || || pneumatic
|-
| '''pod-''' || foot || Greek || (pous, podos) || [[podiatry]], [[tripod]]
|-
| pogo- beard
|-
| '''poie-''' || make || Greek || || poiesis
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pol-''' || city || Greek || (polis) || metropolis, politics
|-
| '''pol-''' || pole || Greek || (polos) || [[dipole]]
|-
| '''pol-''' || pole || Latin || ''polus'' || polar
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''polem-''' || war || Greek || (polemos) || polemic
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''poli(o)-''' || grey || Greek || (polios) ||
|-
| '''pollic-''' || thumb || Latin || ''pollex'', ''pollicis'' ||
|-
| '''pollin-''' || || Latin ||''pollen'', ''pollinis'' || pollinate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''poly-''' || many || Greek || (polus) || [[polygon]]
|-
| '''pon-''', '''posit-''' || put || Latin || ''ponere'' || position, postpone
|-
| '''ponder-''' || weight || Latin || ''pondus'', ''ponderis'' || ponderable
|-
| '''pont-''' || bridge || Latin || ''pons'', ''pontis'' ||
|-
| '''popul-''' || people || Latin || ''populus'' || population
|-
| '''por-''' || passage || Greek || (poros) || pore
|-
| '''porc-''' || pig || Latin || ''porcus'' || porcine, [[pork]]
|-
| porphyr- || purple || Greek || ||
|-
| '''port-''' || gate || Latin || ''porta'' || portal
|-
| '''port-''' || carry || Latin || ''portare'' || export, [[transportation]]
|-
| '''post-''' || after, behind || Latin || ''post'' ||
|-
| '''pot-''' || drink || Latin || ''potare'' || potable
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''potam-''' || river || Greek || (potamos) ||
|-
| praeco- || early
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''prasin-''' || leek-green || Greek || (prasinos) || prasinous
|-
| '''prat-''' || meadow || Latin || ''pratum'' ||
|-
| '''prav-''' || crooked || Latin || ''pravus'' || depravity
|-
| '''pre-''' || before || Latin || ''prae'' ||
|-
| '''prec-''' || pray || Latin || ''prex'', ''precare'' || [[deprecation]]
|-
| '''pred-''' || || Latin || ''praedari'' || [[predator]]
|-
| '''prehend-''', '''prend-''' || grasp || Latin || ''prehendere'' || comprehend
|-
| '''prem-''', '''-prim-''', '''press-''' || press || Latin || ''premere'' || pressure
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''presb-''' || old || Greek || (presbus) || [[Presbyterianism]]
|-
| '''preter-''' || past || Latin || ''praeter'' ||
|-
| '''preti-''' || price || Latin || ''pretium'' ||
|-
| '''prim-''' || first || Latin || ''primus'' || primary, primitive
|-
| '''prior-''' || former || Latin || ''prior'' || priority
|-
| '''priv-''' || || Latin || ''privare'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pro-''' || before, in front of || Greek || (pro) ||
|-
| '''pro-''' || for, forward || Latin || ''pro'' || propulsion
|-
| '''prob-''' || try || Latin || ''probare'' || [[probation]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''proct-''' || anus || Greek || (proktos) || [[proctology]]
|-
| '''propri-''' || || Latin || ''proprius'' || appropriate
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pros(o)-''' || forward || Greek || (pros) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''prot(o)-''' || first || Greek || (protos) || [[protoplasm]]
|-
| '''proxim-''' || nearest || Latin || ''proximus'' || proximity
|-
| '''prun-''' || plum || Latin || ''prunus'' || [[prune]]
|-
| '''psamma-''' || sand || Greek || (psammos) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pseud(o)-''' || false || Greek || (pseudos) || [[pseudonym]]
|-
| '''psil(o)-''' || bare || Greek || (psilos) || [[epsilon]]
|-
| '''psych(o)-''' || mind || Greek || (psychē) ||
|-
| '''psychr(o)-''' || cold || Greek || (psuchros) ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pter-''' || wing, fern || Greek || (pteron) || [[helicopter]]
|-
| '''pto-''' || fall || Greek || || [[ptosis]]
|-
| ptyal- sahva
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ptych-''' || fold, layer || Greek || (ptuchē) || [[triptych]]
|-
| pubi- sexually mature
|-
| '''public-''' || || Latin || ''publicus'' || publication
|-
| '''pude-''' || || Latin || ''pudere'' || impudent
|-
| '''pugn-''' || fight || Latin || ''pugnare'' || pugnacious
|-
| '''pulchr-''' || beautiful || Latin || ''pulcher'', ''pulchri'' || pulchritude
|-
| '''pulmon-''' || lung || Latin || ''pulmo'', ''pulmonis'' || pulmonary
|-
| '''pulver-''' || dust || Latin || ''pulvis'', ''pulveris'' || pulverize
|-
| '''pung-''', '''punct-''' || prick || Latin || ''pungere'' || puncture, pungent
|-
| '''puni-''' || punish || Latin || ''punire'' || punitive
|-
| '''pup-''' || doll || Latin || ''pupa'' || [[pupa]], puppet
|-
| '''pur-''' || pure || Latin || ''purus'' || impure, purity
|-
| '''purg-''' || || Latin || ''purgare'' || expurgate, [[purgatory]]
|-
| '''purpur-''' || purple || Latin || ''purpura'' ||
|-
| '''put-''' || || Latin || ''putare'' || compute, putative
|-
| pygo- || rump
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pyl-''' || gate || Greek || (pulon) || [[pylon]]
|-
| pyo- || pus || || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''pyr-''' || heat, fire || Greek || ||
|-
| pyrus- || pear || ||
|}
===Q===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" <!-- Latin only -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''quadr-''' || four || Latin || ''quattuor'' || quadrangle
|-
| '''quadragen-''' || forty each || Latin || ''quadrageni'' || quadragenary
|-
| '''quadragesim-''' || fortieth || Latin || ''quadragesimus'' || quadragesimal
|-
| '''quart-''' || fourth || Latin || ''quartus'' || quartary, [[quartile]]
|-
| '''quasi-''' || as if || Latin || ''quasi'' ||
|-
| '''quatern-''' || four each || Latin || ''quaterni'' || [[quaternary]], [[quaternion]]
|-
| '''quati-''', '''quass-''' || shake || Latin || ''quatere'' ||
|-
| '''quer-''', '''-quir-''', '''quesit-''', '''-quisit-''' || search, seek || Latin || ''quaerere'' || [[Inquisition]], query
|-
| '''qui-''' || || Latin || ''quies'' || quiet
|-
| '''quin-''' || five each || Latin || ''quini'' || [[quinary]]
|-
| '''quindecim-''' || fifteenth || Latin || ''quindecimus'' || quindecimal
|-
| '''quinden-''' || fifteen each || Latin || ''quindeni'' || quindenary
|-
| '''quinque-''' || five || Latin || ''quinque'' || quinquennium
|-
| '''quint-''' || fifth || Latin || ''quintus'' || quintary, [[quintile]]
|-
| '''quo-''' || || Latin || || [[quota]], [[quotient]]
|}
===R===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| '''rach-''' || spine || Greek || (rhachis) ||
|-
| '''rad-''', '''ras-''' || scrape, shave || Latin || ''radere'' || abrasion
|-
| '''radi-''' || beam || Latin || ''radius'' || [[radiation]]
|-
| '''radic-''' || root || Latin || ''radix'' || radical
|-
| '''ram-''' || branch || Latin || ''ramus'' || ramification, ramose
|-
| '''ran-''' || frog || Latin || ''rana'' ||
|-
| '''ranc-''' || || Latin || || rancid
|-
| '''rap-''' || turnip || Latin || ''rapum'' ||
|-
| '''raph-''' || seam || Greek || ||
|-
| '''rar-''' || || Latin || ''rarus'' || rarity
|-
| '''re-''', '''red-''' || again, back || Latin || || recede, redact
|-
| '''rect-''' || straight || Latin || || erect
|-
| '''reg-''', '''-rig-''', '''rect-''' || straight || Latin || || [[dirigible]]
|-
| '''rem-''' || oar || Latin || ''remus'' ||
|-
| '''ren-''' || kidney || Latin || ''renes'' || renal
|-
| '''rep-''', '''rept-''' || crawl, creep || Latin || ''repere'' || [[reptile]]
|-
| '''ret-''' || net || Latin || ''rete'' ||
|-
| retic- network
|-
| retina- little net
|-
| '''retro-''' || behind, backward || Latin || ||
|-
| '''rhabd-''' || rod || Greek || (rhabdos) ||
|-
| '''rhach-''' || spine || Greek || (rhachis) ||
|-
| rhage- || tear, rent
|-
| '''rhe-''' || flow || Greek || || [[rheostat]]
|-
| '''rhin-''' || nose, snout || Greek || || [[rhinoplasty]]
|-
| '''rhiz-''' || root || Greek || (rhiza) || [[rhizome]]
|-
| '''rhod-''' || red || Greek || || [[rhododendron]]
|-
| '''rhomb-''' || || Greek || || [[rhombus]]
|-
| rhynch- || snout
|-
| -rrh- flow
|-
| '''rid-''', '''ris-''' || laugh || Latin || ''ridere'' || derision, ridicule
|-
| '''roborem-''' oak tree, strength
|-
| '''rod-''', '''ros-''' || gnaw || Latin || ''rodere'' || corrode, [[erosion]], [[rodent]]
|-
| '''rog-''' || ask || Latin || ''rogare'' || [[interrogation]]
|-
| rogos- || wrinkled || || ||
|-
| '''rostr-''' || beak, prow || Latin || || ''rostrum''
|-
| '''rot-''' || wheel || Latin || ''rota'' || [[rotation]]
|-
| rub(e)r- || red || Latin || ''ruber'' ||
|-
| '''rug-''' || wrinkle || Latin || ''ruga'' || corrugation
|-
| '''rumin-''' || throat || Latin || ''rumen'' || rumination
|-
| '''rump-''', '''rupt-''' || break || Latin || ''rumpere'' || rupture
|-
| '''rur-''' || || Latin || ''rus'' || rural
|}
===S===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| sacchar- || sugar || || ||
|-
| '''sacr-''', '''secr-''' || sacred || Latin || ''sacer'', ''sacrare'' || consecrate, [[sacrament]]
|-
| '''sagac-''' || || Latin || ''sagax'', ''sagacis'' ||
|-
| '''sagitt-''' || arrow || Latin || ''sagitta'' || [[Sagittarius]]
|-
| '''sal-''' || salt || Latin || ''sal'', ''salis'', ''salere'' || salinity
|-
| '''sali-''', '''-sili-''', '''salt-''' || jump || Latin || ''salire'' || resilient, salient, saltus
|-
| '''salv-''' || save || Latin || ''salvare'' || [[salvation]]
|-
| '''san-''' || || Latin || ''sanus'' || insane, sanity
|-
| '''sanct-''' || holy || Latin || ''sancire'' || sanctify
|-
| '''sanguin-''' || blood || Latin || ''sanguis'', ''sanguinis'' || sanguine
|-
| '''sapi-''', '''sipi-''' || || Latin || ''sapere'' || sapient
|-
| '''sapon-''' || soap || Latin || ''sapo'', ''saponis'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''sarc(o)-''' || flesh || Greek || (sarx) || [[sarcophagus]]
|-
| sativus- || cultivated || || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''saur-''' || lizard, reptile || Greek || || [[dinosaur]]
|-
| saxum- || rock || || ||
|-
| '''scab-''' || scratch || Latin || ''scabere'' ||
|-
| '''scal-''' || ladder, stairs || Latin || ''scala'' || scale
|-
| scalene- || uneven || Greek || ||
|-
| '''scand-''', '''-scend-''', '''scans-''', '''-scens-''' || climb || Latin || ''scandere'' || ascend
|-
| scaph- || anything hollow, bowl, ship || Greek || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''schem-''' || || Greek || (schema) || [[schematic]]
|-
| '''schis-''' || split || Greek || || [[schism]]
|-
| '''sci-''' || know || Latin || ''scire'' || prescient, [[science]]
|-
| '''scind-''', '''sciss-''' || split || Latin || ''scindere'' || [[scissors]]
|- style="backgroung:#CEDFF2"
|'''scler-''' || hard || Greek || (skler-) || [[scleroderma]]
|-
| '''scoli-''' || crooked || Greek || (skolios) || [[scoliosis]]
|-
| '''scop-''', scopy, scept- || look at, examine, view, observe || Greek || ||
|-
| '''scrib-''', '''script-''' || write || Latin || ''scribere'' || inscribe, [[scripture]]
|-
| '''sculp-''' || carve || Latin || ''sculpere'' || sculpture
|-
| scut- || shield || || ||
|-
| scyph- || cup || || ||
|-
| '''seba-''' || tallow, wax || || ||
|-
| '''sec-''', '''sect-''', '''seg-''' || cut || Latin || ''secare'' || [[secant]], section, segment
|-
| '''sed-''' || || Latin || ''sedare'' || sedative
|-
| '''sed-''', '''-sid-''', '''sess-''' || sit || Latin || ''sedere'' || sediment, session, supersede
|-
| '''sedec-''' || sixteen || Latin || ''sedecim'' || sedecimal
|-
| segetum- || in cornfields
|-
| '''sei-''' || shake || Greek || (seismos) || [[seismograph]]
|-
| '''selen-''' ||moon || Greek || ||
|-
| sella- || saddle, seat ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''sema-''' || || Greek || (sema) || [[semantics]], [[semaphore]]
|-
| '''semi-''' || half ||Latin || ''semis'' ||
|-
| '''semin-''' || seed || Latin || ''semen'', ''seminis'' || insemination
|-
| '''sen-''' || old man || Latin || ''senex'', ''senis'' || senator, senility
|-
| '''sen-''' || six each || Latin || ''seni'' || [[senary]]
|-
| '''senti-''', '''sens-''' || feel || Latin || ''sentire'', ''sensus'' || [[consensus]]
|-
| '''sept-''' || || Latin || ''saeptum'' ||
|-
| '''sept-''' || seven || Latin || ''septem'' || septennium
|-
| '''septen-''' || seven each || Latin || ''septeni'' || [[septenary]]
|-
| '''septim-''' || seventh || Latin || ''septimus'' ||
|-
| '''septuagen-''' || seventy each || Latin || ''septuageni'' || septuagenary
|-
| '''septuagesim-''' || seventieth || Latin || ''septuagesimus'' || septuagesimal
|-
| '''septuagint-''' || seventy || Latin || ''septuaginta'' || [[Septuagint]]
|-
| '''sequ-''', '''secut-''' || follow || Latin || ''sequere'' || consecutive, [[sequence]]
|-
| ser(olu)- || any body fluid
|-
| ser- || late || Latin || ||
|-
| '''serp-''' || crawl || Latin || ''serpere'' || serpent
|-
| '''serr-''' || saw, saw-toothed || Latin || ''serra'', ''serrare'' || serration
|-
| '''serv-''' || || Latin || ''servare'' || conservation
|-
| '''sesqui-''' || || Latin || ''sesqui'' ||
|-
| set- || hair ||
|-
| '''sever-''' || || Latin || ''severus'' || severity
|-
| '''sex-''', '''se-''' || six || Latin || ''sex'' || [[semester]], sexangle, sexennium
|-
| '''sexagen-''' || sixty each || Latin || ''sexageni'' || sexagenary
|-
| '''sexagesim-''' || sixtieth || Latin || ''sexagesimus'' || [[sexagesimal]]
|-
| '''sext-''' || sixth || Latin || ''sextus'' || [[sextant]]
|-
| '''sibil-''' || hiss || Latin || ''sibilus'', ''sibilare'' || [[sibilance]]
|-
| '''sicc-''' || dry || Latin || ''siccus'' || desiccate
|-
| '''sider-''' || || Latin || ''sidus'', ''sideris'' ||
|-
| '''sign-''' || || Latin || ''signum'' || signal
|-
| '''sil-''' || || Latin || ''silere'' || silent
|-
| '''silv-''' || forest || Latin || ''silva'' || [[silviculture]]
|-
| '''simi-''' || ape, monkey || Latin || ''simia'' || [[simian]]
|-
| '''simil-''' || || Latin || ''similis'' || assimilate, similarity
|-
| '''simul-''' || || Latin || ''simulare'' || simulation
|-
| '''singul-''' || one each || Latin || ''singuli'' || singular
|-
| '''sinistr-''' || left || Latin || ''sinister'', ''sinistri'' ||
|-
| '''sinu-''' || || Latin || ''sinuare'' || insinuate
|-
| sinus- || hollow, bay
|-
| sipho- || tube || || ||
|-
| '''sist-''' || cause to stand || Latin || ''sistere'' ||
|-
| '''soci-''' || || Latin || ''socius'', ''sociare'' ||
|-
| '''sol-''' || sun || Latin || ''sol'' || solar
|-
| '''sol-''' || || Latin || ''solare'' || consolation
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''solen-''' || pipe, channel || Greek || || solenoid
|-
| '''solv-''', '''solut-''' || || Latin || ''solvere'' || solution
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''soma-''' || body || Greek || (soma) || somatic
|-
| '''somn-''' || sleep || Latin || ''somnus'' || [[insomnia]]
|-
| '''somni-''' || dream || Latin || ''somnium'' ||
|-
| '''son-''' || sound || Latin || ''sonus'' || [[resonance]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''soph-''' || || Greek || (sophos) ||sophist
|-
| '''sorb-''', '''sorpt-''' || suck || Latin || ''sorbere'' || absorb, absorption
|-
| '''sord-''' || dirt || Latin || ''sordes'', ''sordere'' || sordid
|-
| '''soror-''' || sister || Latin || ''soror'' || [[sorority]]
|-
| '''spati-''' || space || Latin || ''spatium'' || spatial
|-
| '''spec-''', '''-spic-''', '''spect-''' || look || Latin || ''specere'' || conspicuous, inspection, specimen
|-
| '''spect-''' || watch, look at || Latin || ''spectare'' || spectator
|-
| '''specul-''' || || Latin || ''speculari'' || speculation
|-
| '''sper-''' || hope || Latin || ''spes'', ''sperare'' || desperation
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''sperm-''' || seed || Greek || (sperma) ||
|-
| sphen- || wedge || || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''spher-''' || || Greek || (sphaira) || spheroid
|-
| '''sphinct-''' || closing ||
|-
| '''spic-''' || spike || Latin || ''spica'' ||
|-
| '''spin-''' || thorn || Latin || ''spina'' ||
|-
| '''spir-''' || breathe || Latin || ''spirare'' || respiration
|-
| '''spond-''', '''spons-''' || || Latin || ''spondere'', ''sponsus'' ||
|-
| spondyl- || vertebra
|-
| '''spu-''', '''sput-''' || spew, spit || Latin || ''spuere'' || [[sputum]]
|-
| '''squal-''' || || Latin || ''squalere'' || squalid, squalor
|-
| squam- || scale || || ||
|-
| squarros- spreading at tips
|-
| '''st-''' || stand || Latin || ''stare'' || stable, station, status
|-
| '''stalact-''' || || Greek || (stalaktites) || [[stalactite]]
|-
| '''stalagm-''' || || Greek || (stalagmos) || [[stalagmite]]
|-
| stae(rlt)- || fat ||
|-
| '''stagn-''' || || Latin || ''stagnare'' || stagnant
|-
| '''stann-''' || tin || Latin || ''stannum'' || stannous
|-
| '''statu-''', '''-stitu-''' || || Latin || ''statuere'' || institution, statute
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''steg-''' || covering || Greek || || [[steganography]]
|-
| '''stell-''' || star || Latin || ''stella'' || [[constellation]], stellar
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''sten-''' || narrow || Greek || (stenos) || [[stenography]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''stere-''' || solid || Greek ||(stereos) ||
|-
| steril- sterile
|-
| '''stern-''', '''strat-''' || spread, strew || Latin || ''sternere'', ''stratus'' || stratify
|-
| stern- || breastbone ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''stich-''' || line, row || Greek || (stichos) ||
|-
| '''stig-''' || || Greek || || [[stigma]]
|-
| '''still-''' || drip || Latin || ''stillare'' || distillation
|-
| '''stingu-''', '''stinct-''' || || Latin || ''stinguere'' || distinction, distinguish
|-
| '''stoch-''' || aim || Greek || ||
|-
| '''stom-''' || mouth || Greek || ||
|-
| strept- || twisted ||
|-
| '''string-''', strict- || upright, stiff || Latin || ''stringere'' || stringent
|-
| strigos- || having stiff bristles ||
|-
| stroph- || turning || Greek || ||
|-
| '''stru-''', '''struct-''' || || Latin || ''struere'' || construction
|-
| '''stud-''' || || Latin || ''studere'' ||
|-
| '''stup-''' || wonder || Latin || ''stupere'' ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''styl-''' || column || Greek || ||
|-
| '''su-''', '''sut-''' || sew || Latin || ''suere'' || suture
|-
| '''suad-''', '''suas-''' || || Latin || ''suadere'', ''suasus'' || persuasion
|-
| '''suav-''' || sweet || Latin || ''suavis'' || suave
|-
| '''sub-''', '''su-''', '''sus-''' || below || Latin || ''sub'' ||
|-
| '''subter-''' || || Latin || ''subter'' || subterfuge
|-
| '''sucr-''' || sugar || ||
|-
| '''sud-''' || sweat || Latin || ''sudare'' ||
|-
| '''sulc-''' || furrow || Latin || ''sulcus'' ||
|-
| '''sum-''', '''sumpt-''' || take || Latin || ''sumere'' || assumption, consume
|-
| '''super-''' || above, over || Latin || ''super'' ||
|-
| supin- || lying back || Latin || supinus
|-
| '''supra-''' || above, over || Latin || ||
|-
| '''surd-''' || deaf || Latin || ''surdus'' || absurdity
|-
| '''surg-''' || rise || Latin || ''surgere'' || resurgent
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''syn-''', '''sy-''', '''syl-''', '''sym-''' || with || Greek || (sum) || [[symbol]], [[system]]
|-
| syrin(glx)- || pipe || Greek || ||
|-
| '''sys-''' || with || Greek || ||
|}
===T===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''tac-''', '''-tic-''' || be silent || Latin || ''tacere'' || reticent, tacit
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''tach-''' || swift || Greek || ταχυς (tachus) || [[tachometer]]
|-
| taenia- || ribbon || || ||
|-
| '''tal-''' || ankle || Latin || ''talus'' ||
|-
| '''tang-''', '''-ting-''', '''tact-''', '''tag-''' || touch || Latin || ''tangere'' || [[tangent]]
|-
| tapetum- || carpet || || ||
|-
| '''tard-''' || slow || Latin || ''tardus'' || retard, tardy
|-
| '''tars-''' || ankle || || || tarsal
|-
| '''taur-''' || bull || Greek || (tauros) || [[Minotaur]]
|-
| '''taur-''' || bull || Latin || ''taurus'' || [[Taurus]]
|-
| '''tax-''' || arrangement, order || Greek || (taxis) || [[taxonomy]]
|-
| '''techn-''' || || Greek || (techne) || [[technology]]
|-
| '''teg-''', '''tect-''' || cover || Latin || ''tegere'' || protection
|-
| '''tel-''' || far, end || Greek || || [[telephone]]
|-
| teleo- || complete
|-
| temno- cut Greek
|-
| '''tempor-''' || time || Latin || ''tempus'', ''temporis'' || temporary
|-
| '''ten-''', '''-tin-''', '''tent-''' || hold || Latin || ''tenere'' || continent, tenacious
|-
| '''tend-''', '''tens-''' || stretch || Latin || ''tendere'' || extend, extension
|-
| '''tenu-''' || slender, thin || Latin || ''tenuis'' || attenuate, tenuous
|-
| '''tep-''' || be warm || Latin || ''tepere'' || tepid
|-
| '''ter-''', '''trit-''' || rub || Latin || ''terere'' || attrition
|-
| teres- || round
|-
| '''terg-''' || wipe || Latin || ''tergere'' || detergent
|-
| '''termin-''' || || Latin || ''terminus'' || termination
|-
| '''tern-''' || three each || Latin || ''terni'' || [[ternary]]
|-
| '''terr-''' || dry land || Latin || ''terra'' ||
|-
| ''terti-'' || third || Latin || ''tertius'' || tertiary
|-
| '''test-''' || witness || Latin || ''testis'' || testimony
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''tetr-''' || four || Greek || (tetra-) || [[tetrahedron]]
|-
| '''tex-''', '''text-''' || weave || Latin || ''texere'' || texture
|-
| thalam- || chamber, bed || || ||
|-
| '''thalass-''' || sea || Greek || ||
|-
| '''than-''' || death || Greek || || [[euthanasia]]
|-
| '''the-''' || put || Greek || (tithemi) || theme, [[thesis]]
|-
| theca- || case || Greek || ||
|-
| thel- nipple, female
|-
| the- god
|-
| theor- || || Greek || || [[theorem]], [[theory]]
|- style="backgroung:#CEDFF2"
| '''therm-''' || heat || Greek || (thermos) || [[thermometer]]
|-
| thero- breast, mammal
|-
| '''thus-''' || || Greek || || enthusiasm
|-
| thyreo- large shield
|-
| '''tim-''' || be afraid || Latin || ''timere'' || timid
|-
| '''ting-''', '''tinct-''' || moisten || Latin || ''tingere'' || tincture
|-
| tom- || cut || Greek || ectomy
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ton-''' || stretch || Greek || ||
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''top-''' || place || Greek || (topos) || topic, [[topography]]
|-
| torn- cut
|-
| torpe- numb
|-
| '''torqu-''', '''tort-''' || twist || Latin || ''torquere'' || [[extortion]], [[torque]], torture
|-
| '''tot-''' || all, whole || Latin || ''totus'' || total
|-
| toxo- || arrow, dart
|-
| trab- || beam
|-
| trachy- rough
|-
| trago- || goat
|-
| '''trah-''', '''tract-''' || pull || Latin || ''trahere'' || [[subtrahend|subtrahend]], [[tractor]]
|-
| '''trans-''', '''tra-''', '''tran-''' || across || Latin || ''trans'' || [[tradition|'''tra'''dition]], '''tran'''scend, '''trans'''portation
|-
| '''trapez-''' || four-sided, table || Greek || (trapeza) || [[trapezoid]]
|-
| traum- || || Greek || || traumatic
|-
| '''trecent-''' || three hundred || Latin || ''trecenti'' || trecentennial
|-
| '''tredec-''' || thirteen || Latin || ''tredecim'' ||
|-
| '''treiskaidek-''' || thirteen || Greek || || [[triskaidekaphobia]]
|-
| '''trem-''' || tremble || Latin || ''tremere'' || tremor
|-
| trema- hole
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''tri-''' || three || Greek || (treis, tria) || [[triad]], [[trigon]]
|-
| '''tri-''' || three || Latin || ''tres'' || [[triangle]], trivia
|-
| '''tricen-''' || thirty each || Latin || ''triceni'' || tricenary
|-
| '''tricesim-''' || thirtieth || Latin || ''tricesimus'' ||
|-
| '''trich-''' || hair || Greek || (thrix) ||
|-
| '''trin-''' || three each || Latin || ''trini'' || trinity
|-
| troch- || wheel || || ||
|-
| trop- || turning || Greek || || tropic
|-
| troph- || feed || Greek || ||
|-
| '''trud-''', '''trus-''' || thrust || Latin || ''trudere'' || [[extrusion]], intrude
|-
| '''tuss-''' || cough || Latin || ''tussis'', ''tussire'' || [[pertussis]]
|-
| '''tympan-''' || drum || Greek || (tumpan-) || [[Timpani|tympani]]
|}
===U===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Greek and Latin -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''uber-''' || udder || Latin || ''uber'', ''uberare'' || exuberant
|-
| '''ulig-''' || in marshes || Latin || ||
|-
| '''ulo-''' || wooly || Greek || ||
|-
| '''ultim-''' || farthest || Latin || ''ultimus'' || ultimate
|-
| '''ultra-''' || beyond || Latin || ''ultra'' ||
|-
| '''umbilic-''' || navel || Latin || ''umbilicus'' || umbilical
|-
| '''umbr-''' || shade, shadow || Latin || ''umbra'' || [[penumbra]], [[umbrella]]
|-
| '''un-''', '''uni-''' || one || Latin || ''unus'', ''unius'' || [[unary]], union
|-
| '''unc-''' || hooked || Latin || ''uncus'' ||
|-
| '''unci-''' || ounce, twelfth || Latin || ''uncia'' || uncial
|-
| '''und-''' || wave || Latin || ''unda'' || abundant, undulate
|-
| '''undecim-''' || eleventh || Latin || ''undecimus'' || [[undecimal]]
|-
| '''unden-''' || eleven each || Latin || ''undeni'' || [[undenary]]
|-
| '''ungui-''' || claw, nail || Latin || ''unguis'' ||
|-
| '''ungul-''' || claw, hoof || Latin || ''ungula'' || [[ungulate]]
|- style="background:#CEDFF2"
| '''ur-''', '''uro-''' || tail || Greek || (oura) || uroid
|-
| '''urb-''' || city || Latin || ''urbs'', ''urbis'' || urban
|-
| '''urg-''' || || Latin || ''urgere'' || urgent
|-
| '''urs-''' || bear || Latin || ''ursus'' || [[Ursa Major]], ursine
|-
| '''ut-''', '''us-''' || use || Latin || ''uti'', ''usus'' || utility
|-
| '''uv-''' || grape || Latin || ''uva'' ||
|-
| '''uxor-''' || wife || Latin || ''uxor'' ||
|}
===V===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" <!-- Latin only -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''vac-''' || empty || Latin || ''vacare'' || vacancy, vacation, [[vacuum]]
|-
| '''vad-''', '''vas-''' || go || Latin || ''vadere'' || evade, pervasive
|-
| '''vag-''' || wander || Latin || ''vagus'', ''vagare'' || vague
|-
| '''van-''' || || Latin || ''vanus'' || vanity
|-
| '''vap-''' || || Latin || || [[evaporation]], vapid
|-
| '''veh-''', '''vect-''' || carry || Latin || ''vehere'', ''vectus'' || vehicle, [[vector]]
|-
| '''vel-''' || veil || Latin || ''velum'' || [[revelation]], velate
|-
| '''vell-''', '''vuls-''' || pull || Latin || ''vellere'', ''vulsus'' || [[convulsion]]
|-
| '''veloc-''' || quick || Latin || ''velox'', ''velocis'' || [[velocity]]
|-
| '''ven-''' || vein || Latin || ''vena'' || venosity
|-
| '''ven-''' || hunt || Latin || ''venari'' || [[venison]]
|-
| '''ven-''', '''vent-''' || come || Latin || ''venire'' || advent, [[convention]]
|-
| '''vend-''' || sell || Latin || ''vendere'' || vendor
|-
| '''vener-''' || || Latin || ''venus'' || veneration, venereal
|-
| '''vent-''' || wind || Latin || ''ventus'' || [[ventilation]]
|-
| '''ventr-''' || belly || Latin || ''venter'' || ventral
|-
| '''ver-''' || true || Latin || ''verus'' || verify, verity
|-
| '''verb-''' || word || Latin || ''verbum'' || verbal, verbosity
|-
| '''verber-''' || whip || Latin || ''verber'' || [[reverberation]]
|-
| '''verm-''' || worm || Latin || ''vermis'' || vermiform
|-
| '''vern-''' || spring || Latin || ''ver'', ''vernus'' || vernal
|-
| '''vert-''', '''vers-''' || turn || Latin || ''vertere'', ''versus'' || convert, inversion
|-
| '''vesic-''' || bladder || Latin || ''vesica'' || vesical
|-
| '''vesper-''' || evening, western || Latin || ||
|-
| '''vest-''' || clothe, garment || Latin || ''vestis'' || divest, [[vest]]
|-
| '''vestig-''' || || Latin || ''vestigium'' || investigate
|-
| '''vet-''' || forbid || Latin || ''vetare'' || [[veto]]
|-
| '''veter-''' || old || Latin || ''vetus'' || veteran
|-
| '''vi-''' || way || Latin || ''via'' || deviate, obvious
|-
| '''vic-''' || change || Latin || ''vicis'' || [[vice versa]], vicissitude
|-
| '''vicen-''', '''vigen-''' || twenty each || Latin || ''viceni'' || vicenary
|-
| '''vicesim-''', '''vigesim-''' || twentieth || Latin || ''vecesimus'' || vicesimary, [[vigesimal]]
|-
| '''vid-''', '''vis-''' || see || Latin || ''videre'' || video, [[vision]]
|-
| '''vil-''' || cheap || Latin || ''vilis'' || vile, vilify
|-
| '''vill-''' || shaggy hair, velvet || Latin || ''villus'' || villiform
|-
| '''vin-''' || wine || Latin || ''vinum'' || vinous
|-
| '''vinc-''', '''vict-''' || conquer || Latin || ''vincere'', ''victus'' || invincible, victory
|-
| '''vir-''' || man || Latin || ''vir'' || virility
|-
| '''vir-''' || green || Latin || ''virere'' || virid
|-
| '''visc-''' || || Latin || ''viscum'' || [[viscosity]]
|-
| '''viscer-''' || organs of body cavity || Latin || ''viscus'', ''visceris'' || visceral
|-
| '''vit-''' || life || Latin || ''vita'' || vital
|-
| '''vitell-''' || yolk || Latin || ''vitellus'' ||
|-
| '''viti-''' || || Latin || ''vitium'' || [[vice]], vitiate
|-
| '''vitr-''' || glass || Latin || ''vitrum'' || vitreous
|-
| '''viv-''' || live || Latin || ''vivere'' || revive, survive, vivid
|-
| '''voc-''' || voice || Latin || ''vox'' || vocal
|-
| '''vol-''' || fly || Latin || ''[[volare]]'' || [[volatility]]
|-
| '''vol-''' || wish || Latin || ''velle'' || [[volition]]
|-
| '''volv-''', '''volut-''' || roll || Latin || ''volvere'', ''volutus'' || [[convolution]], revolve
|-
| '''vom-''' || || Latin || ''vomere'' || vomit
|-
| '''vor-''', '''vorac-''' || swallow || Latin || ''vorare'', ''vorax'' || devour, voracious
|-
| '''vov-''', '''vot-''' || vow || Latin || ''vovere'', ''votus'' || votive
|-
| '''vulg-''' || common, crowd || Latin || ''vulgus'' || divulge, [[vulgarity]], [[vulgate]]
|-
| '''vulner-''' || wound || Latin || ''vulnus'' || vulnerable
|-
| '''vulp-''' || fox || Latin || ''[[vulpes]]'' || vulpine
|}
===X===
{| class="wikitable" style="background:#CEDFF2; color:black; width:100%" <!-- Greek only -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning in English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Examples
|-
| '''xanth-''' || yellow || Greek || (xanthos) || xanthogenic
|-
| '''xen-''' || foreign || Greek || (xenos) || [[xenophobia]]
|-
| '''xer-''' || dry || Greek || (xeros) || [[xerography]]
|-
| '''xiph-''' || sword || Greek || (xiphos) || xiphoid
|-
| '''xyl-''' || wood || Greek || (xulon) || [[xylophone]]
|}
<span id="Y" />
==Z==
{| class="wikitable" style="background:#CEDFF2; color:black; width:100%" <!-- Greek only -->
|-
! Root !! Meaning In English !! Origin Language !! Etymology (Root Origin) !! English Example
|-
| '''-zo-'''
| animal, living being
| Greek
| (zōion)
| [[protozoa]], zoo, [[zoology]]
|-
| '''zon-''' || belt, girdle || Greek || ζωνη (zōnē) || zone
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''zyg-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> yoke, joined, paired
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (zugon)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> heterozygous, [[zygote]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> '''zym-'''
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> ferment
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> Greek
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> (zumē)
| bgcolor="#cedff2" | <font color="black"> [[enzyme]], [[lysozyme]]
|}
== See also ==
* [[Interlingua]]
* [[International Scientific Vocabulary]]
* [[List of Latin words with English derivatives]]
* [[List of Greek words with English derivatives]]
* [[List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070823220828/http://cdsjcl.f2g.net/derivatives.html List of Latin Derivatives]
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