Language Arts 9—Root words
| Root word |
Origin
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Meaning | Examples |
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act
|
Latin
|
to do
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react, action, activate, counteract, interact
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bio
|
Greek
|
life
|
biography, biology, biochemistry, autobiography
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clud
|
Latin
|
close
|
exclude, include, preclude, exclusive, conclude
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fer
|
Latin
|
carry
|
transfer, infer, refer, defer, ferry, conifer
|
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fract
|
Latin
|
break
|
fracture, fraction, infraction
|
|
gram
|
Greek
|
writing
|
telegram, grammar, hologram
|
|
mar
|
Latin
|
sea
|
marine, marina, mariner, submarine
|
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mem
|
Latin
|
remember
|
memory, remember, memorial, memo, memoir
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nav
|
Latin
|
ship
|
navy, naval, navigate, navigable
|
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pop
|
Latin
|
people
|
popular, population, populate
|
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port
|
Greek
|
to carry
|
support, transport, import, report, deport, important
|
|
rupt
|
Latin
|
break
|
erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt, abrupt, corruptible
|
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scribe
|
Latin
|
write
|
scribble, inscribe, scribe, describe, transcribe
|
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sect
|
Latin
|
cut
|
section, dissect, intersection, bisect
|
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tele
|
Greek
|
far
|
television, telephone, telescope, telepathy, teleportation
|
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tort
|
Latin
|
twist
|
contort, torture, distort, tortilla
|
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uni
|
Latin
|
one
|
unicycle, universe, united, uniform, unison, unique, unicorn
|
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counter
|
Latin prefix
|
against
|
counterattack, counteract, counterpoint, counter, counterintelligence
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de
|
Latin prefix
|
down
|
deposit, descent, deplete, denounce, demolish
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sur
|
Latin prefix
|
over
|
surplus, surpass, surcharge, surface, surmount, surname
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