Greek and Latin Roots

Greek and Latin Roots

Graph

• To write

• examples: autograph- write about self

• Photograph- written light

• Graphic- written example

Bio

• Life

• Examples: biology- study of life

• biography- story about someone's life

• biosphere- the level of the atmosphere that life lives in

auto

• self

• Examples: autograph- writing your name

• autobiography- writing about your own life

• automatic- do on your own, by yourself

morph

• shape or form

• examples: metamorphosis: to change shape or form

• amorphous- having no shape or form

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lith

• stone

• examples: Paleolithic- the stone age

• lithograph- writing on stone

• lithium- a light metallic stone, the lightest metal element