LATIN STEMS
| STEM | MEANING | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
| ac, ag | do | action, agenda |
| agr | farm | agriculture |
| aqua | water | aqueous |
| cad, cas | fall | acdence, casusal |
| cant | sing | canticle, chant |
| cap, cep | take | captive, accept |
| capit | head | capital |
| cede | go | precede |
| celer | speed | celerity |
| cide, cis | kill, cut | suicide, incision |
| cur, curs | run | incur, incursion |
| diet | say | diction |
| duct | lead | conduct, induce |
| fact, fect | make | factory, perfect |
| fer, lat | carry | refer, dilate |
| fring, fract | break | infringe, fracture |
| frater | brother | fraternal |
| fund, fus | pour | refund, confuse |
| greg | group, gather | gregarious |
| gress, grad | move (forward) | progress, degrade |
| homo | man | homocide |
| ject | throw | reject |
| jud | right, judge | judicial |
| junct | join | conjunction |
| lect, leg | read chooose | collect, legend |
| loq, loc | speak | loquacious |
| manu | hand | manuscript |
| mand | order | remand |
| mar | seaa | maritime |
| mater | mother | maternal |
| med | middle | intermediary |
| min | lessen | diminution |
| mis, mit | send | dismiss, remit |
| mort | death | mortician |
| mote, mov | move | remote, remove |
| naut | sailor | astronaut |
| nom | name | nomenclature |
| pater | father | paternity |
| ped,pod | foot | pedal, podiatrist |
| pend | hang | depend |
| plic | fold | implicate |
| port | carry | portable |
| pon, pos | put | component, depose |
| rect, reg | rule | direct, regicide |
| scrib, scrip | write | inscribe, conscription |
| sec | cut | dissect |
| sed | remain | sedentary |
| sequ | follow | sequential |
| spect | look | inspect |
| spir | breathe | conspire |
| stat | stand | status |
| tact, tang | touch | tactile, tangible |
| ten | hold | retentive |
| term | end | terminal |
| vent | come | prevent |
| vict | conquer | evict |
| vid, vis | see | video, revise |
| voc | call | convocation |
| volv | roll | devolve |
GREEK STEMS
| STEM | MEANING | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
| anthrop | man | anthropology |
| arch | chief, rule | archbishop |
| astron | star | astronomy |
| auto | self | automatic |
| biblio | book | bibliophile |
| bio | life | biology |
| chromo | color | chromosome |
| chron | time | chronology |
| cosmo | world | cosmic |
| crat | rule | autocrat |
| dent | tooth | dental, indent |
| eu | well, happy | eugenics |
| gamos | marriage | monogamous |
| ge | earth | geology |
| gen | origin, birth | progenitor |
| graph | write | graphic |
| gyn | women | gynecologist |
| homo | same | homogeneous |
| hydr | water | dehydrate |
| logy | study or, science | psychology |
| meter | measure | thermometer |
| micro | small | microscope |
| mono | one | monotomy |
| onomy | science | astronomy |
| onym | name | synonym |
| pathos | feeling | pathology |
| philo | love | philosophy |
| phobia | fear | Hydrophobia |
| phone | sound | telephone |
| pseudo | false | pseudonym |
| psych | mind | psychic |
| scope | see | telescope |
| soph | wisdom | sophmore |
| tele | far off | telepathic |
| theo | god | theology |
| thermo | heat | thermostat |