Root Words and Their Meanings

jud

• judge (Latin) - judgment, misjudge

• judge (Greek) - decision, verdict

• judge (French) - assess, evaluate

• judge (Spanish) - consider, regard

psych

• mind (Greek) - psychology, psychedelic

• soul (Latin) - psyche, psychosis

• body (Latin) - somatic, somatic therapy

• spirit (Greek) - pneuma, spiritualism

auto

• self (Greek) - autobiography, autograph

• car (Latin) - automobile

• machine (French) - automation

• self (Latin) - automatic

mis/miso

• love (Greek) - philanthropy

• hate (Greek) - misanthrope, misogyny

• friendship (Greek) - philia

• fear (Greek) - phobia

multi

• many (Latin) - multimedia, multitask

• few (Latin) - singular

• some (Latin) - solus

• none (Latin) - nullus

hydr

• water (Greek) - hydration, dehydrate

• fire (Latin) - ignis

• earth (Greek) - geo

• air (Latin) - aer

scrib/scribe

• to write (Latin) - scribble, script

• to draw (Latin) - sketch, outline

• to read (Latin) - interpret, analyze

• to speak (Latin) - verbalize, articulate

hypo

• under, beneath (Greek) - hypothermia, hypodermic

• above, over (Latin) - hyperactive, hyperbole

• around, about (Latin) - circumstantial, circumference

• between, among (Latin) - interject, interlude

dys

• good, easy (Greek) - euphoria, euphemism

• bad, difficult (Greek) - dysfunction, dyslexia

• neutral, average (Greek) - apathy, apolitical

• happy, joyful (Greek) - eudaimonia, euphoria

geo

• earth (Greek) - geography, geology

• water (Greek) - hydrology, hydroelectric

• sky (Greek) - meteorology, astronomy

• fire (Greek) - pyrology, thermodynamics