Word Roots Level 3 Lesson 8

Root: aut

• auto
• auth
• autumn
• self

Root: bio

• biology
• life
• biome
• biography

suffix: y

• having the quality of

• state of, quality, act; body, group

• universe, harmony

• government, rule

suffix: ous

• possessing the attribute of

• having the quality of

• characterized by

• state of, quality, act; boy, group

Root: nom

• noun
• name, law, custom, order

• write, written

• self

Root: graph

• graph
• write, written

• edge
• tree

Root: gen

• beginning
• start
• cause, birth, race, produce

• origin

Root: crac

• government, rule

• law

• cause, birth, race, produce

• write, written

Root: cosm

• self

• life

• universe, harmony

• government, rule

produced from within; self- governing

• exogenous
• autogenous

• autonomous
• external