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Volume I Roots

The document is a list of Greek and Latin roots along with their meanings, compiled in 'English from the Roots Up' by Joegil Lundquist, Volume I. It includes roots related to various concepts such as light, sound, time, and elements of nature. The roots are organized numerically and cover a wide range of vocabulary building blocks for English language learners.

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Volume I Roots

The document is a list of Greek and Latin roots along with their meanings, compiled in 'English from the Roots Up' by Joegil Lundquist, Volume I. It includes roots related to various concepts such as light, sound, time, and elements of nature. The roots are organized numerically and cover a wide range of vocabulary building blocks for English language learners.

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English from the Roots Up​, by Joegil Lundquist

Volume I
1 PHOTOS – light 51 HELIOS – sun
2 GRAPH – write, draw 52 SOL – sun
3 TELE – far away 53 LUNA – moon
4 METRON – measure 54 DIA – across
5 TROPOS – turn 55 TRANS – across
6 PHILIA – love, friendship 56 GEO – earth
7 PHOBOS – fear 57 TERRA – earth, land
8 SYN – with, together 58 DORMIO, DORMITUM – sleep
9 THESIS – put, place 59 HYPNOS – sleep
10 KINESIS – movement 60 ANNUS – year
11 PHONE – sound 61 LITHOS – stone
12 SONUS – sound 62 PETROS – stone, rock
13 SKOPEO – see 63 ASTRON – star
14 VIDEO, VISUM – see 64 STELLA – star
15 LOGOS – word, study 65 DENDRON – tree
16 VERBUM – word 66 ARBOR, ARBORIS – tree
17 NOMEN, NOMINIS – name 67 CHRONOS – time
18 PRO – before, for 68 TEMPUS, TEMPORIS – time
19 PRAE – before 69 PARA – beside
20 AD – to, toward 70 INTER – between
21 JACIO, JACTUM – throw 71 TECHNE – art, skill
22 PONO, POSITUM – put 72 ARS, ARTIS – art, skill
23 CUM – with, together 73 BIOS – life
24 FIGO, FIXUM – attach 74 VIVO, VICTUM – live
25 JUNGO, JUNCTUM – join 75 MIKROS – small
26 DIGITUS – finger 76 MEGAS – large, big
27 CAPUT, CAPITIS – head 77 MAGNUS – large, big
28 MANUS – hand 78 PATER, PATRIS – father
29 PES, PEDIS – foot 79 MATER, MATRIS – mother
30 BRACCHIUM – arm 80 FRATER, FRATRIS – brother
31 DENS, DENTIS – tooth 81 DEMOS – people
32 CORPUS, CORPORIS – body 82 POPULUS – people
33 UNUS – one 83 POLIS – city
34 DUO – two 84 URBS, URBIS – city
35 TRES – three 85 PATHOS – feeling
36 QUATTUOR – four 86 AUTOS – self
37 QUINQUE – five 87 THERMOS – heat
38 SEX – six 88 CURRO, CURSUM – run
39 SEPTEM – seven 89 ZOON – animal
40 OCTO – eight 90 VERTO, VERSUM – turn
41 NOVEM – nine 91 FACIO, FACTUM – make, do
42 DECEM – ten 92 SCRIBO, SCRIPTUM – write
43 CENTUM – hundred 93 PLICO, PLICATUM – fold
44 MILLE – thousand 94 DICO, DICTUM – speak
45 PYRO – fire 95 BIBLOS – book
46 IGNIS – fire 96 LIBER, LIBRI – book
47 VULCANUS – god of fire 97 SCIO, SCITUM – know
48 HYDROS – water 98 DISCIPULUS – student
49 AQUA – water 99 SAUROS – lizard
50 BONUS – good 100 AMO, AMATUM – love

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