Greek Roots



Take notes when you see the pencil.
Greek Roots
• Greece is a country in the
  Mediterranean part of the world.
• The Greek civilization is thousands
  of years old.
• Many of the words in modern
  languages come from Greek words.
Greek Roots

• Greek roots are word
  parts that have meaning.
• For example...
photo = light
graph = picture
photograph
picture made from
       light
bio = life
ology = the study of
biology = the study
  of living things
cracy = type of
  government
democracy
bureaucracy
  autocracy
technocracy
 aristocracy
Pyro = fire




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pyrometer
pyromaniac
 pyromania
pyrotechnics
 pyrogenic
cine/kine = motion
cinema
cinematography
   cinematic
     kinetic
  kinesiology
   kinesthetic
hyper = too much




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hyperspace
  hyperactive
 hypercritical
hypersensitive
 hyperactivity
empathy
 sympathy
   apathy
  apathetic
psychopathic
path= feeling




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empathy
 sympathy
   apathy
  apathetic
psychopathic
pyromania
bibliomania
   maniac
kleptomania
megalomania
mania = madness, obsessed with,
         addiction to


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theo = belief in god/religion




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monotheism
polytheism
  atheism
 theology
   theist
 theology
gon = angle or corner




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octagon
hexagon
septagon
polygon
pentagon
pentathalon
 pentagon
pentagram
pentameter
  pentane
penta = five




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GREEK ROOTS
• If you know the meaning of 50
  Greek roots, you will know the
  meaning of thousands of English
  words.
Greek Roots Art Book Project
• Create one art image for each Greek root.
Materials
• Composition Book or 21 pieces of paper,
   folded in half.
• Pencil
3. Colored pencils or crayons or markers.
• Handout: The 42 Most Common Greek
   Roots on 1 Page
Greek Roots Art Book
           Guidelines
• The Root, big.
• A picture that represents the
  meaning of the root.
• 5 words that use the root.
anti   antichrist
       antibacterial
       antibiotic
       antisocial
       antibodies
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