What to read after Dictionary of Root Words: Greek and Latin Roots?

What are “Root Words”?

A root or root word is a word that is used to form another word. It is also called a base word. A root does not have a prefix (a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word) or a suffix (a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word).

The root is the primary lexical unit of a word, and of a word family.

For example, pure is a root. By adding prefixes and suffixes, the following words could be made:

impure, purity, pureness

Similarly, play and move are root words. By adding prefixes and suffixes, the following words could be made:

plays, played, playing, player

moving, movement, moved, movable, mover, movingly

In this book, I have given the most common Greek and Latin roots which are used in English language.

Sample This:

Root Words -- A

AGG

Origin: Latin | Meaning: collected

Examples:

agglomerate -- to collect things and form them into a mass or group | related word: agglomeration

aggrandize -- to increase your importance or power | related word: aggrandizement

aggregate -- to put together different items, amounts, etc. into a single total | related words: aggregation, aggregator

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ALTR/ALTER

Origin: Latin | Meaning: other

Examples:

altruism -- caring about the needs of other people | related word: altruistic

alterable -- that can be changed | related word: unalterable

altercation -- noisy argument

alternate -- to follow one after other | related words: alternately, alternation, alternative

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ANIM

Origin: Latin | Meaning: breath; life; soul

Examples:

animal -- a living creature

animate -- having life; to make something full of liveliness | related words: animated, animatedly, animation, animato, animator, inanimate

animateur -- a person who promotes social activities

animism -- the belief that natural objects have a living soul | related words: animist, animistic

animosity -- a strong feeling of opposition

equanimity -- calm state of mind

magnanimous -- kind, forgiving, generous | related words: magnanimity, magnanimously

pusillanimous -- lack of courage

unanimous -- agreeing with others | related word: unanimously

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Some More Root Words -- A

Root Word [Origin] -- Meaning | Example(s) (Related Words in Bracket)

a [Greek] -- not | atheism, apolitical, atypical

ablat [Latin] -- remove | ablation

ablut [Latin] -- wash | ablutions

abort [Latin] -- born too soon | abortion

abras [Latin] -- rub off | abrasion (abrasive, abrasively, abrasiveness)

abstemi [Latin] -- controlled; moderate | abstemious

abund [Latin] -- overflow | abundance (abundant, abundantly)

ac [Latin] -- to, toward | accept (acceptability, acceptable, acceptably, acceptance, acceptation)

acanth [Greek] -- thorn | acanthus

acet [Latin] -- vinegar | acetate, acetic, acetone

achr [Greek] -- colorless | achromic

acid [Latin] -- sour | acidic, acidify, acidosis, acidulate (acidulation, acidulous)

acm [Greek] -- summit | acme

aco [Greek] -- relief | aconite

acous [Greek] -- hear | acoustic (acoustical, acoustically, acoustician, acoustics)

adama [Greek] -- invincible | adamant (adamantly)

ade [Greek] -- enough | adequate (adequacy, adequately)

adip [Latin] -- fat | adipose

adolesc [Latin] -- growing up | adolescent (adolescence)

aer [Greek] -- air or atmosphere | aerate (aeration), aerial, aerialist, aerobic (aerobics, anaerobic)

agr [Latin] -- field | agrarian, agriculture (agriculturist, agricultural)

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Other Root Words -- A

Root Word [Origin] -- Meaning

aapt [Greek] -- indomitable, unfriendly

abact [Latin] -- driven away

abdit [Latin] -- secret/hidden

ablep [Greek] -- loss of sight

abr [Greek] -- delicate

abscis [Latin] -- cutoff

absit [Latin] -- distant

aca [Greek] -- a point; silence

acar [Greek] -- tiny

accip [Latin] -- allow, snatch

accliv [Latin] -- steep; up-hill

accresc [Latin] -- increase

ace [Greek] -- heal

acer [Latin] -- sharp

acerv [Latin] -- pile

acest [Greek] -- healing; remedy