1. Greek Roots/Prefixes

2. Introduction Why do we need to learn Greek roots?
Greek roots are important to learn because they make up the English language. Once you know 1 Greek root, you can instantly recognize at least 4 words.
Who decided Greek was important?
Greek and Latin are the base of countless languages around the world. English is made up of all these languages and America is made of European people.

3. Examples of Greek words you already know….
Biology
Geology
Philosophy
Community
Synonym, Antonym
Autobiography

4. Break down words… Words are essentially 2 to 3 parts
PREFIX ROOT SUFFIX

5. Greek Roots anthr (g) man anthropology, philanthropist arch (g) chief
monarch, archbishop, archenemy
primitive, ancient
archaeology, archaic, archive
auto (g)
self
automatic, autobiography
biblio (g)
book
bibliography, Bible
bio (g)
life
biology, biography, biochemistry, biopsy
chron (g)
time
chronological, synchronize, chronicle
cosm (g)
universe
cosmos, cosmopolitan, microcosm
crat (g)
rule
democrat, aristocrat, bureaucracy

6. Roots, continued… cycl (g) circle, ring bicycle, cycle, encyclopedia
dem (g)
people
democrat, epidemic, demography
gen (g)
birth, race
generation, genocide, genealogy
geo (g)
earth
geography, geometry, geology
gon (g)
angle
pentagon, octagon, diagonal
gram (g)
letter, written
telegram, diagram, grammar
graph (g)
write
telegraph, photograph, autograph
hydr (g)
water
hydrogen, hydrant, hydrate

7. Annnd….a few more… aster = star graph = to write path = feel, hurt
phon = sound
photo = light
tele = far, end
anthrop = human
morph = form, shape
ped = child