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Greek and Latin Roots 1
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Helios Greeksun
• Helios – sun god; also called Apollo or Phaethon
• Heliotrope – (tropos-turn) –plant which turns toward the sun
• Helium – light gas used in balloons• Heliocentric Theory – theory
discovered by Nicholas Copernicus, the sun is the center of the universe
• Aphelion – (apo-away from) – furthest point from the sun in earth’s orbit
• Helioscope – (skopeo-look) – telescope for looking at the sun
• Helicopter – machine that flies close to the sun
Sol Latinsun
• Solar – pertaining to the sun• Solar system – the sun with the
objects which revolve around it• Solarium – a sun dial; a glass
enclosed sun room• Solaster – (astron-star) – a star
fish with more than five rays; a sun-star fish
• Parasol – (Italian-parare-to ward off) – a light portable sunshade
• Solstice – (sisto, statum-set, cause to stand) – stopping or standing still of the sun
Luna Latinmoon
• Lunar – of or pertaining to the moon• Lunatic – mad; affected by the
moon• Lunacy – madness caused by the
moon; moonstruck• Lunambulist – (ambulo, ambulatum-
walk) – one whose sleep walking is supposedly caused by the moon
• Lunarium – instrument showing the phases and motions of the moon
• Interlunar – (inter-between) – time between old and new moon when the moon is invisible
Dia Greekthrough, between, across, apart
• Diadem – (desmos-bond) – bound across the forehead, a wreath or crown
• Diagram – (graph-write, draw) – a cross-section drawing
• Diagonal – (gony-knee) – line between two non-adjacent corners in a figure of four or more sides
• Diamond – (a-not+damas-tame) – hardest substance
• Diameter – line across the middle of a circle
Trans Latinacross, over, beyond, through
• Transport – (porto, portatum-carry) – carry across
• Translate – across languages• Transcript – (scribo, scriptum –
write) – speech put into writing• Transfer – (fero, latum – carry) –
carry across• Transform – (formo, formatum-
form, shape) - change over to a different form
• Transplant – (planta-sprout, plant) – move a plant
Geo Greekearth
• Geography – (graph-write, draw) – draw the earth (make maps) and write about it
• Geographer – one who makes maps and writes about it
• Geology – (logos-word, study) – study of the earth and its formations
• Geologist – one who studies the formations of the earth’s crust; rocks, minerals, oil, etc
• Geometry – (metron-measure) – branch of study on ways to measure the earth
Terra Latinland
• Territory – land under control of a government or owner
• Terrace – raised platform of earth• Terra cotta – (coquo, coctum-cook)
– cooked earth, fired clay pottery, tiles
• Terrarium – garden in a small glass container
• Terrestrial – pertaining to the earth• Extraterrestrial – (extra-outside) –
outside the earth’s atmosphere• Mediterranean Sea – (medius-
middle) – the sea in the middle of the land
Dormio, Dormitum Latinsleep
• Dormant – sleeping• Dormant spray – insecticide
for plants used in the non growing season
• Dormitory – place for sleeping• Dormer window – bedroom
window set into a roof• Dormouse – sleeping
(hibernating) mouse• Dormitive – something that
causes sleep• Dormition – act of sleeping
Hypnos Greeksleep
• Hypnosis – sleep-like state controlled by a hypnotizer
• Hypnotize – put into a hypbotic sleep or trance
• Hypnology – (logos-word, study) – study of sleep
• Hypnotic – tending to induce sleep
• Hypnotherapy - (therapeia-treatment) treatment of disease by hypnosis
• Hypnophobia – (phobos-fear) – fear of sleep
Annus Latinyear
• Annual – yearly• Anniversary – (verto,
versum-turn) clebration marking the turning of a year
• Centennial – (centum-hundred) – every hundred years
• Annals – historical events recorded year by year
• Annuity – amount of money paid yearly
Lithos Greekstone
• Lithograph – (graph-write, draw) – picture drawn on stone
• Monolith – (monos-one, alone) – lone stone
• Megalith – (megas-large) – large stone
• Paleolithic – (paleo-old, ancient) – ancient stone age after the eolithic era
• Neolithic – (neo-new) – new or late stone age
• Eolithic – (eo-dawn) – earliest stone age
Petros Greekrock, stone
• Petrified – (facio, factum – make, do) – made into stone
• Petrifaction – process of making into stone
• Petroleum – (oleum-olive, olive oil) – oil from rocks
• Petroglyph – (glyphein-carve) – rock carving
• Petrography – (graph-write, draw) – writing about rocks
• Petrous – hard, stone-like, rocky
Astron Greekstar
• Aster – star shaped flower• Astronomer – (onoma-name) – one
who names stars• Asteroid – (eidos-form) – in the form
of a star• Astrologer – (logos-study, knowledge)
– one who gets knowledge from stars• Astronaut (nauta-sailor) – star sailor• Disaster – (dis-separation or parting
from) – separation from the good influence of friendly stars
• Astral – pertaining to stars (astral navigastion – navigating by the stars)
• Astrodome – covered stadium where sports stars perform