Latin and Greek Roots

Latin and Greek Roots

For a complete listing of all the roots
and all the words available for learning using the roots,
consult The Patterns of English Spelling

Root	From	Meaning	A Few Samples
act	Latin	do	action activate active actor acting
acu	Latin	sharpen	acute accurate acupuncture
aero	Greek	wind	aeroplane aeronautics aeronautical
aesth	Greek	feel	aesthetics anaesthesia anaesthesiologist
agrie	Latin	field	agriculture agronomy agronomist
alt	Latin	high	altitude altimeter
alter	Latin	change	alternate alternative alterations altering
ambul	Latin	walk	ambulance ambulate ambulatory amble
amo, ami	Latin	love	amour amiable amorous amateur amity
andr	Greek	man	Andrew android androgynous polyandry
ang	Latin	bend	angle angular triangle triangular mangle
anima	Latin	life	animal animated inanimate animosity
ann, enn	Latin	year	annual perennial biennial anniversary
anthr	Greek	man	anthropology philanthropy anthropoid
apt, ept	Latin	suitable	apt aptitude adapt inept ineptitude
aqua	Latin	water	aquarium Aquarius aqueous aquamarine
arch	Greek	chief	monarch architect architecture archbishop
archae	Greek	old	archaeology archaeologist archaic archives
art	Latin	skill	artist artifice artificial article artistry
ast	Greek	star	aster asterisk asteroid disaster astronaut
aud	Latin	hear	audible auditorium audience audio audit
auto	Latin	self	automatic automobile autograph automate

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The Patterns of English Spelling

The Patterns of English Spelling
Includes side-by-side pages from Word Families in Sentence Context for Vols. 1-8

• Index for Volumes 1-10
• Volume 1 has all the short vowel CVC words such as dad, get, tin.
• Volume 2 has all the short vowel CVCC words such as band, went, itch.
• Volume 3 has all the long vowel (CV and VCe) words such as go, nice, tube.
• Volume 4 has all the long vowel digraph words such as raid, seem, roam.
• Volume 5 has all the -R and W- controlled words plus the only listing of all the insane, crazy, outlaw words from the simple was, does, and says to the less frequently used lingerie, solder, and colonel.
• Volume 6 has the Basic Suffixes with words such as battle, dreadful, batter.
• Volume 7 has the ending Y words such as destiny, simplify, tricky.
• Volume 8 has the power suffixes. Example words are precious, partial, permission.
• Volume 9 has the Advanced Patterns. Example words are technique, chauvinism, rendezvous.
• Volume 10 has all the prefixes, suffixes, Latin and Greek roots.

How Can You Use This Book?

• Quickly find all of the words in a word family.
• Find additional words in a word family for additional practice or substituting out words that are already known.
• Find the spelling rules for the word families currently being studied in your spelling program.
• Find all of the words that follow the same syllable patterns (syllabication; e.g., CVC, CVVC) in the same volume.
• Create your own spelling program with the help of Individualized Spelling's pre-tests. See Sequential Spelling.
• Use the pages from Word Families in Sentence Context to give a sentence context for your spelling program.
• Note: Volumes 9 and 10 do not yet have completed contextual sentences.
• Use the contextual sentences as preview or review exercises for dictation, choral reading, or individual reading.
• Teach advanced vocabulary for college preparation or preparation for standardized tests or spelling bees.

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