7th Grade EL Root Words

Match the following root word with its meaning.

• to test

• assess

• water

• amo,  

  amatum

• tree

• aud

• love

• arbor,  

  arboris

• to hear

• aqua

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• good, well

• cred

• believe

• consist

• time

• bene,  

  boun, bon

• good

• chronos  

  (chron)

• adhering to the  

  same principles

• bonus

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• of a household

• effectivus

• people

• dem(os)

• practical

• familiaris

• make, do

• facio,  

  factum,  

  fy, fier

• tree

• dendron

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• attach

• figo, fixum

• create

• gen

• same

• identitas

• water

• habitare

• dwell, live

• hydros  

  (hydr)

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• movement

• logos

• fire

• ignis

• word, speech

• luna

• join

• kinesis,  

  cinema

• moon

• jungo,  

  junctum

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• fear

• narr

• large, big

• magnus

• love

• philia,  

  phile

• to say, to tell

• occupare

• to seize, take hold  of, make one’s  

  own

• phobos

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• know

• platea

• to write

• pono,  

  postum  

  (pos,  

  post)

• to carry

• scio,  

  scitum  

  (sci)

• place, street,  

  area

• scribe  

  (scrib),  

  scriptum  

  (script)

• put, place

• port

Match the following root word with its meaning.

• time

• sonus

• sound

• spectro,  

  spect,  

  spec

• to see, watch,  

  observe

• tech

• art and craft

• tempus,  

  temporis

• assert

• testis,  

  testari,  

  testor

Match the following root word with its meaning.

• word

• verbum

• heat

• thermos  

  (therm)

• empty

• vocare  

  (voc, vok)

• to call or summon

• vac