Greek and Latin Roots: Lists 1-10

bene-/bon-

• sweet

• good, well

• bad

• medical, of a doctor

mal-

• bad, wretched

• good, well

• not smart or intelligent

• dealing with the earth

dys-

• removable, take apart

• insulting

• badly, ill

• good, well

pater-/patri-

• father

• mother

• brother

• sister

mater-/matri-

• father

• mother

• sister

• dealing with science, earth's materials

gen-

• repeated

• family, relation

• make

• birth, race, kind

geo-

• air

• earth

• fire

• sun

aer-

• earth

• fire

• air, atmosphere

• water

pyr-

• heat, fire

• earth, land

• trianglular

• air, atmosphere

viv-/vit-

• healthy

• life, alive

• minerals

• born, birth