Greek and Latin Roots List 1

corp

• body

• mind

• spirit

• soul

cur

• to care for

• to run

• to jump

• to sing

chrom

• color, pigment

• shape, form

• light, brightness

• texture, surface

grat

• thank, please

• happy, joyful

• sad, unhappy

• angry, mad

auto

• self, same

• different

• other

• foreign

equ

• equal; uniform

• unequal; diverse

• similar; different

• constant; variable

hes, her

• stick

• glue

• tape

• attach

claim, clam

• cry out, shout

• whisper softly

• scream in silence

• murmur quietly

gen

• birth, kind, formation

• creation, destruction, evolution

• growth, decay, transformation

• type, class, category

gen

• birth, kind, formation

• creation, destruction, alteration

• growth, decay, transformation

• type, category, classification