Root Words Study

chrono

• Root word meaning 'time'.

• Root word meaning 'light'.

• Root word meaning 'space'.

• Root word meaning 'life'.

dict

• Root word meaning 'to say' or 'speak'.

• Root word meaning 'to write'.

• Root word meaning 'to read'.

• Root word meaning 'to listen'.

act

• Root word meaning 'to do' or 'to act'.

• A term used in legal contexts.

• A synonym for 'perform'.

• A type of theatrical performance.

ped

• Root word meaning 'foot'.

• Root word meaning 'hand'.

• Root word meaning 'head'.

• Root word meaning 'leg'.

vis/vid

• Root word meaning 'to hear'.

• Root word meaning 'to see'.

• Root word meaning 'to touch'.

• Root word meaning 'to smell'.

port

• Root word meaning 'to carry'.

• Root word meaning 'to build'.

• Root word meaning 'to destroy'.

• Root word meaning 'to create'.

gen

• Root word meaning 'birth' or 'origin'.

• Root word meaning 'death' or 'end'.

• Root word meaning 'growth' or 'development'.

• Root word meaning 'destruction' or 'decay'.

legal

• Root word meaning 'related to law'.

• Root word meaning 'related to ethics'.

• Root word meaning 'related to finance'.

• Root word meaning 'related to medicine'.

bio

• Root word meaning 'life'.

• Root word meaning 'death'.

• Root word meaning 'earth'.

• Root word meaning 'water'.

voc

• Root word meaning 'voice' or 'call'.

• Root word meaning 'light'.

• Root word meaning 'water'.

• Root word meaning 'earth'.