Hello every body,
This is a first list of root words shared
Please use this list to identify these root words from various words we use daily.
Root
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Meaning
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Examples
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| acer, acid, acri | bitter, sour, sharp | acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony |
| acu | sharp | acute, acupuncture, accurate |
| ag, agi, ig, act | do, move, go | agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action |
| ali, allo, alter | other | alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism |
| alt(us) | high, deep | altimeter, altitude |
| am, amor | love, liking | amiable, amorous, enamoured |
| Anni, annu, enni | year | anniversary, annually, centennial |
| anthrop | man | anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy |
| anti(co) | old | antique, antiquated, antiquity |
| arch | chief, first, rule | archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era |
| aster, astr | star | aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut |
| aud, aus | hear, listen | audiology, auditorium, audio, audition, ausculate |
| aug, auc | increase | augur, augment, auction |
| auto, aut | self | automobile, autograph, automatic |
| belli | war | rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose |
| bibl | book | Bible, bibliography, bibliomania |
| bio | life | biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere |
| brev | short | abbreviate, brief |
| cad, cas | to fall | cadaver, cadence, cascade |
| calor | heat | calorie, caloric, calorimeter |
| cap, cip, cept | take | capable, intercept, forceps, capture, except, reciprocate |
| capit, capt | head | decapitate, capital, captain, caption |
| carn | flesh | carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal |
| caus, caut | burn, heat | caustic, cauldron, cauterize |
| cause, cuse, cus | cause, motive | because, excuse, accusation |
| ced, ceed, cede, cess | move, yield, go, surrender | procedure, proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, success |
| cenetri | center | concentric, centrifugal, centripetal, eccentric |
| chrom | color | chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic |
| chron | time | chronology, chronometer, synchronize |
| cide, cise | cut down, kill | homicide, exorcise, germicide, incision, |