Latin and Greek Root Words

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Latin and Greek Root Words

• 8th Grade Literature
• Mrs. Kerr

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et cetera
What does this term mean?
etc.
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et cetera
etc. is a Latin term that means and so
forth
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Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter by J. K.
Rowling
arma weapons, armour dens a tooth dormio I
sleep lumen light ludo I play nox night,
darkness nunquam (or numquam) never patronus
a protector or sponsor
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Sirius Black Draco Malfoy

Sirius is the Latin name for the bright dog star
and the title of the Cornhusker tunnel walk
song.
Draco is the Latin word for dragon.
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Greek letters are still used in math and science
today.
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th, ph, ch, and ps stand for Greek letters not
in our alphabet.
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Roots are word parts.

1. photo
2. graph
3. tele
4. meter
5. tropic

Build more words with root words.
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photos

• Definition light

Examples photograph, photosynthesis
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
photos
light
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graph
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graph

• Definition to write or draw

Example autograph
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
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tele
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tele

• Definition far away, distant

Examples telephone, telescope
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
tele
far away or distant
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metron
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metron

• Definition measure

Examples thermometer, meter stick,
geometry
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
tele
far away or distant
metron
measure
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tropos
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tropos

• Definition turning toward something
• such as the sun

Examples Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn,
Tropics
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
tele
far away or distant
metron
measure
tropos
turning toward something such as the sun
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HOMEWORK TREE EXAMPLE. USING YOUR NOTES, YOU
WILL GROW A TREE. YOU MUST HAVE 5 WORDS.
YOU MUST ALSO DEFINE THOSE WORDS USING A
DICTIONARY. EXAMPLE.
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Draw a word tree. Select a root. Grow words.
Write words that contain your root on the
branches of the tree. Include definitions.
television box to see distant things telethon
long fundraising event telephone sound
from far away telekinesis making things
move from a distance
telescope device for seeing distant objects
Write the root word on the bottom near the roots
of the tree.
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What is a derivation?(pronounced
dir-ah-va-tion)
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Derivation means drawing off water from a main
stream
From Latin de down from, away from rivus
brook, stream
English words may be derived or drawn off of
mainstream Greek or Latin roots. Roots may not be
spelled the same way all the time.
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
philia
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philia
Philadelphia -- city of brotherly love
Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philia (feel-ya)

• Definition love, friendship

Examples Philadelphia, philosopher, Philip,
philharmonic, philanthropist
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phobos
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phobos

• Definition unusual fear

Examples
claustrophobia fear of closed places acrophobia
fear of heights arachnophobia
fear of spiders myctophobia fear of
darkness suriphobia- fear of mice
testophobia- fear of
taking tests
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Syn (or sym)
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syn

• Definition with, together

Examples
synonyms words that go together symphony
sounds that go together synchronize do things at
the same time synagogue to bring people together
for
Jewish worship
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thesis
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Thesis (3 Ps)

• Definition put, place, position

Examples
thesis position taken in a persuasive argument
parentheses symbols
grouping words placed inside a sentence
synthesizer instrument that puts sounds together
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kinesis
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kinesis

• Definition movement

Examples
kinetic movement of bodies
cinema motion pictures
(movies) telekinesis moving things
without physical contact
Kinetic art a sculpture with moving parts.
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Name (first and last) Block
Reading
Date
Greek and Latin Roots
philia
love, friendship
phobos
unusual fear
syn
with together
thesis
put, place, position
kinesis
movement