Greek and Latin Roots Unit 2: We Are Family

This root word means "father" and is of Latin origin

• mater/matri

• dem

• pater/patri

• pop

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Of or relating to a mother; motherly

• maternal

• benevolent

• dynamic

• paternal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Of, relating to, or involving genes, which is the part of a cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc., of a living thing

• dysfunction

• speculate

• emigrate

• genetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A person who is a member of the highest social class

• matron

• victor

• patrician

• reflective

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A group of people born and living during the same time

• malcontent

• nationality

• generation

• native

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This root word means "mother" and is of Latin origin

• bene/bon

• mater/matri

• pater/patri

• mal

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Pleasant, enjoyable, or friendly

• congenial

• benevolent

• captivate

• benign

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A man who controls a family, group, or government

• democracy

• tangible

• immigrant

• patriarch

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

This root word means "birth, race, kind", and is of Greek origin

• hydr

• circ/circum

• onym

• gen

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Of or relating to a mother; motherly

• congenial

• maternal

• matron

• generate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4