Word Parts for 2018-2019
American Fork English Department Word Roots
Common Latin Roots
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audi
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hear
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auditory, audience, audit, auditorium, audible, inaudible, audition
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dict
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speak
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dictate, predict, dictator, edict, contradict, dictation, indict, prediction
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ject
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throw
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reject, inject, projection, interjection, eject, objection, dejection
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port
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carry
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transport, transportation, import, export, porter, portable, report, support
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rupt
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break
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rupture, erupt, eruption, interrupt, interruption, disruption
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scrib/script
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write
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scribe, describe, manuscript, inscription, transcript, description, prescription
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spect
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see, look
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spectator, inspect, inspector, respect, spectacle, spectacular
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struct
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build
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structure, construct, construction, instruct, destruction, reconstruction
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tract
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pull
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tractor, traction, attract, subtraction, extract, retract, attractive
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vis, vid
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see
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vision, visual, visit, supervisor, invisible, vista, visualize, visionary
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Common Greek Roots
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auto
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self
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automatic, autograph, autobiography, automobile, autocracy
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bio
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life
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biology, biosphere, biography, biochemistry, biometrics, biophysics
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graph
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write
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graphite, geography, graphic, photograph, phonograph
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hydro
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water
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anhydrous, dehydration, hydrogen, hydrant, hydrostatic, hydrophobia, hydrotherapy, hydroplane
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meter
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measure
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speedometer, odometer, metronome, thermometer, chronometer, perimeter, hydrometer
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ology
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study of
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geology, theology, zoology, meteorology, phonology
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photo
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light
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photography, photocopy, photosynthesis, phototropism, photostat, photogenic
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scope
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examine
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periscope, stethoscope, telescope, microscope, microscopic
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tele
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far
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telephone, telepathy, telegraph, television
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therm
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heat
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thermos, thermodynamics, thermostat, thermophysics
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tele = far
vis or vid = see
"John Baird coined the word TELEVISION by uniting the Greek word tele (“distant” or “far”) with the Latin word vision (“to see”). Had the word been all Greek or all Latin, we might be complaining that there’s nothing to watch on the teleopsis or the proculvision." from Brian P. Cleary
What other words can you think of that include the word parts "tele-" or "vid" or "vis"?
meter = measure
Projection
project = throw forward
Interjection
Inter = between
ject = throw
Auditorium
audi = hear
-tory = a place for
pre = before
dict = speak
What other words can you think of that include
the word parts "pre-" or "dict"?
auto = self
bio = life
graph = write
What words can you think of that include
the word parts "auto" or "bio" or "graph"?
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| Since "micro" means "extremely small," what does microscope mean? |
