Greek and Latin Root Words

astro

• stars or outer space

• Earth

• shape

• foot

aud

• believe, trust

• step

• to carry

• to hear or listen

auto

• circular

• say, speak

• water

• self

graph/gram

• sound

• write or draw

• light

• law, judge

hydro/hydra

• hundred

• light

• water

• to throw or hurl

ject

• to throw or hurl

• stamp, form

• drag or pull

• see, look at, observe

jur/jud

• earth, land, country

• law, judge

• heat

• to build or create

bio

• Earth

• step

• write

• life

cent

• drag or pull

• to break or burst

• write

• hundred

chron

• across

• time

• far or distant

• to build or create