Transcript LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS

LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS
WORD FORMATION
LATIN DERIVATIVES
GREEK DEROVATIVES
GREEK DERIVATIVES
 English has built largely on the old Greek
roots and still continues to utilize them as
foundations upon which to construct new
terms.
 In the following table are some words
which were derived from the old-time
Greek roots
Greek Roots:
ROOT
DEFINITION
DERIVATIVE
aer
agon
allos
angelos
anthos
anthropos
air
contest
another
messenger
flower
man
aerostat
antagonist
allegory
evangelist
anthology
anthropology
GREEK:
arche
aristos
aster
atmos
autos
ballo
bapto
rule
best
star
vapor
self
throw
dip
monarch
aristocracy
asteroid
atmosphere
automobile
symbol
baptism
GREEK ROOTS:
biblos
bios
cheir
chronos
daklulos
deka
demos
book
life
hand
time
finger
ten
people
bibliomania
amphibious
chirography
chronicle
dactylic
decade
epidemic