Common Root Words List 3

Front

meter, metr/y

Back

measure (metric, centimeter)

Front

mis, mit

Back

send, let go (permission, transmit)

Front

path

Back

feeling, emotion (sympathy, psychopath)

Front

ped/i/e

Back

foot, feet (pedal, pedestrian)

Front

phil/o

Back

love, friend (philosophy, Philadelphia)

Front

phon/o/e/y

Back

sound (telephone, phonetic)

Front

phot/o

Back

light (photograph, photosynthesis)

Front

port

Back

carry (transport, portable)

Front

rupt

Back

break, burst (disrupt, corrupt)