Roots Part V

                                  Roots

            The following is a list of some of the most important roots of English words.

ROOT                         MEANING                        SAMPLE WORDS

ORARE	speak, pray	oral, oracle, orator, oratory
OSS, OSTEO	bone	ossify, osteopath, osteomyelitis, osteotomy
OV	egg	oval, ovum, •ovary, oviparous
PAED, PED	child, teach	encyclopedia, pedantic, pedagogue, pediatrician
PAR	give birth	parent, parentage, biparous, viviparous
PAR	equal, compare	compare, comparable, parable, parity
PAST	shepherd	pastor, pastoral, pasture
PATER, PATR	father	paternal, patriarch, patriot, repatriation
PATH	feel, suffer	sympathy, empathy, pathos, antipathy
PED	foot	pedal, pedestrian, biped, centipede
PEL	drive	repel, dispel, expel, propel
PEN, PUN	punishment	penal, penitentiary, penalize, punitive
PEND, PENS	hang _	pendulum, appendage, suspend, appendix
PETR	rock	petrify, petroleum, petrification, petrol
PHAG	eat	esophagus, dysphagia, sarcophagus, anthropophagi
PHIL	love	philharmonic, philosopher, philatelist, Philadelphia
PHOBOS	fear	Phobos, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia
PHON	sound	phone, symphony, phonics, telephone
PHOR	to carry	euphoria, dysphoria, metaphor, semaphore
PHOTO	light	photocell, photosynthesis, .photography, photostatic
PLAC	please	placate, placid, complacent, placebo
PNE	air, lung, breathe	pneumatic, pneumonia, apnea,
PD, PUS	foot	bipod, tripod, chiropodist, octopus
POLI, POLIT	city	acropolis, metropolis, politics, politician
PORT	carry	transport, import, export, deport
PORTA	gate	port, seaport, portal, Puerto [Porto] Rico
POS	place, set	depose, deposit, preposition, apposition
PTER	wing, feather	helicopter, pterodactyl, pterosaur, lepidopterous
PULS	drive, push	repulse, expulsioh, compulsory, propulsion
QUER, QUEST, QUIR	.seel   ask	query, questionnaire, inquest,     inquire
RECT	straight, right	correct, rectify, erect, rectangle
REFERRE	carry back	refer, reference, referendum, referent
REG, REGN	rule	regal, regime, regency, interregnum
RID, RIS	laugh	deride, ridiculous, ridicule, derision
ROD, ROS	gnaw	rodent, erode, corrode, erosion
ROGARE	ask, request	interrogate, interrogative, prerogative, abrogate
ROTA	wheel, round	rotate, rotary, rotunda, rotor
RUPT	to break	rupture, erupt, interrupt, disrupt
SACR	holy	sacrifice, sacrament, sacred, sacrilege
SAN '	healthy, sound	sane, sanity, sanitation, sanitarium
SANCT	holy	sanctuary, sanctity, sanctify, sanctimonious
SAT, SATIS	enough	satiety, saturate, insatiable, satisfy
SAUR	lizard	dinosaur, tyrannosaurus, sauropod, brontosaurus
SCEND, SCEN	climb	descend, ascend, transcend, ascension
SCHOLE	leisure, school	school, scholastic,. scholarship, scholar
SCI	know	science, conscious, scientific, omniscient
SCOPE	to watch	telescope, microscope, periscope, kaleidoscope
SCRIB, SCRIPT	write	describe, inscribe, manuscript, inscription
SEC, SECT	cut	dissect, bisect, insect, intersect
SED, SESS, SID	sit, settle	sedative, sedentary, session, preside
SEMIN	seed	seminary, disseminate, seminarian, seminar
SEN	old	senator, senior, seniority, senile
SENS, SENT	feel	sensitive, sensation, assent, dissent
SEPS, SEPT	decay	antiseptic, septic, aseptic, septicemia