6th Grade Greek and Latin Roots 5 per week for 20 weeks (given on Monday) Interdisciplinary (history, math, science) Test every 4th Friday Root and vocabulary card ring Practice during the week and turn in cards for check-up
Greek and latin roots Week 1
-(o)logy study, science of
andro, anthro male, mankind
dem, pop people
polis, polit, cit, civ, urb, metro city, government
mono, uni one
Greek and latin roots Week 2
bi, di, du two
geo, terr earth, land
pre, fore, ante before, in front
hom same, equal
ped, pod foot
Greek and latin roots Week 3
neo, nov new
paleo old, ancient
tri three
crat, cracy, arch power, rule, ruler
aqua, hydr water
Greek and latin roots Week 4
tetra, quad, quar four
chron, temp time
the, theo religion
gen birth, origin
poly, multi many
Greek and latin roots Week 5
penta, quint five
hemi, semi half, part
matri, mater mother
meso, medi, mid, cent middle, center
graph, gram, scrib, script to write
Greek and latin roots Week 6
prim, proto first
fin end
phil to love, lover of
helios, sol sun
biblio, libr book
Greek and latin roots Week 7
patr, pater father
act to do, driven to do
bene, bon good, well
dec ten
mal, dys bad
Greek and latin roots Week 8
tech art, craft, skill
sol alone
hecto, cent hundred
inter between, among
ped child
Greek and latin roots Week 9
dict, log, voc speak, speech, voice
equa, equi equal, even
co, com, con, syn, sym with, together
mega, maxi, macro, magni big, great
quer, ques, quir, quis to question, to seek
Greek and latin roots Week 10
hyper, super, sur over, above, beyond
cide, cise, mort kill, death
im, in, il, ir not, without
tele from afar
kilo, mil thousand
Greek and latin roots Week 11
liber free
meter to measure
ex, dis, diff, de, non, un away, out, different, not
sci, cogn to know
auto self
Greek and latin roots Week 12
bio, vit, viv life
chrom color
phobia fear of
port carry
dia through, across
Greek and latin roots Week 13
-ium chemical element
astr, aster, stell star
anti, contra, counter against, opposite
photo, luc, lum light
re, retro back, backward, again
Greek and latin roots Week 14
hypo, sub under, below, beneath
corp, phys body, nature, medicine
derm(a) skin
juv young
manu hand
Greek and latin roots Week 15
intra, intro inward, within
jur, jus, leg law
cycl, circ, orb, sphere round, circle
psych(o) mind, spirit, soul
vis, vid, spec, scope see, look, observe
Greek and latin roots Week 16
phon(o), aud sound, hear
post after, behind
vert, rota to turn
jet, ject to throw
mech machine
Greek and latin roots Week 17
serv save, serve, protect
-sion, -tion state or quality of being
cephal, cap head, brain
doc, doct teach
morph, alter change
Greek and latin roots Week 18
mob, mot, mov to move
extra, exter outside, excessive
im, in, en, em in, into, cause of
frac, frag, rupt to break
trans across, over
Greek and latin roots Week 19
micro, min small, little
miss, mitt, mit to send
therm, ignis, pyro heat, fire
stru, struct build
use, uti to use
Greek and latin roots Week 20
noct night
dorm, hypn sleep
oper work
tox poison
mem to remember