List of Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Word	Root	Origin	Root Meaning	Word Meaning
bicycle	bi-	Latin	two	a vehicle with two wheels
triangle	tri-	Latin	three	a shape with three angles
telescope	tele-	Greek	far	a device to see distant objects
microphone	micro-	Greek	small	device to make small sounds louder
microscope	micro-	Greek	small	device to see tiny objects
telephone	tele-	Greek	far	device to talk over long distances
aquarium	aqua-	Latin	water	a tank for water animals
audience	aud-	Latin	hear	people who listen at an event
autograph	auto-	Greek	self	a person’s own signature
automobile	auto-	Greek	self	a self-moving vehicle
biology	bio-	Greek	life	study of life
biography	bio-	Greek	life	a story of a person’s life
geography	geo-	Greek	earth	study of the earth
geology	geo-	Greek	earth	study of rocks and earth
visible	vis-	Latin	see	able to be seen
vision	vis-	Latin	see	ability to see
transport	port-	Latin	carry	to carry something from one place to another
import	port-	Latin	carry	to bring in from another country
export	port-	Latin	carry	to send out to another country
thermometer	therm-	Greek	heat	tool to measure temperature
thermal	therm-	Greek	heat	related to heat
cycle	cycl-	Greek	circle	a repeating series or circle
cyclone	cycl-	Greek	circle	a circular storm
predict	dict-	Latin	say	to say before it happens
dictate	dict-	Latin	say	to say out loud to be written
conductor	duct-	Latin	lead	someone who leads or guides
reduce	duc-	Latin	lead	to lead back, to make less
erupt	rupt-	Latin	break	to burst or break out
interrupt	rupt-	Latin	break	to break into something
structure	struct-	Latin	build	something built
construct	struct-	Latin	build	to build something
photograph	photo-	Greek	light	a picture made by light
photosynthesis	photo-	Greek	light	plants making food using light
telescope	scope-	Greek	look	tool to look far
microscope	scope-	Greek	look	tool to look at small things
manual	man-	Latin	hand	done by hand
manuscript	man-	Latin	hand	written by hand
inspector	spect-	Latin	look	someone who looks at things closely
respect	spect-	Latin	look	to look at with honor
thermometer	meter-	Greek	measure	measures temperature
diameter	meter-	Greek	measure	distance across a circle
unicorn	uni-	Latin	one	a creature with one horn
unicycle	uni-	Latin	one	a one-wheeled cycle
revisit	vis-	Latin	see	to see again
portable	port-	Latin	carry	able to be carried
insect	sect-	Latin	cut	a small creature (cut into body parts)
dissect	sect-	Latin	cut	to cut apart
report	port-	Latin	carry	something carried back (information)
admit	mit-	Latin	send	to send in
submit	mit-	Latin	send	to send under or to
permit	mit-	Latin	send	to allow or send through
fracture	fract-	Latin	break	a broken bone
fragment	frag-	Latin	break	a broken piece
contact	tact-	Latin	touch	touching or reaching out
intact	tact-	Latin	touch	untouched or whole
dentist	dent-	Latin	tooth	a tooth doctor
dental	dent-	Latin	tooth	related to teeth
terrain	terr-	Latin	earth	land or ground
territory	terr-	Latin	earth	an area of land
biology	-logy	Greek	study	study of life
zoology	-logy	Greek	study	study of animals
astronaut	naut-	Greek	sailor	space traveler
nautical	naut-	Greek	sailor	related to sailing
chronicle	chron-	Greek	time	a record of time
synchronize	chron-	Greek	time	to happen at the same time
erupt	rupt-	Latin	break	to burst out
bankrupt	rupt-	Latin	break	broken in money
circle	circ-	Latin	around	a round shape
circuit	circ-	Latin	around	a path that goes around
dictation	dict-	Latin	say	words to be written as said
dictionary	dict-	Latin	say	a book of word meanings
pedal	ped-	Latin	foot	part moved by foot
pedestrian	ped-	Latin	foot	person who walks
export	port-	Latin	carry	to send goods out
deport	port-	Latin	carry	to carry away
revisit	re-	Latin	again	to visit again
renew	re-	Latin	again	to make new again
superhero	super-	Latin	above	a hero with powers beyond normal
supervise	super-	Latin	above	to watch over
subway	sub-	Latin	under	a train under the ground
submarine	sub-	Latin	under	a vehicle under the sea
interject	inter-	Latin	between	to throw in between
international	inter-	Latin	between	between nations
predict	pre-	Latin	before	to say before it happens
preview	pre-	Latin	before	to see before
benefit	bene-	Latin	good	a good result
benign	bene-	Latin	good	gentle, not harmful
factory	fac-	Latin	make or do	a place where things are made
manufacture	fac-	Latin	make or do	to make by hand or machine
reject	ject-	Latin	throw	to throw out
inject	ject-	Latin	throw	to force into something
telescope	scope	Greek	look	instrument to see far
kaleidoscope	scope	Greek	look	a tube for seeing patterns

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