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9th grade Root Words

Following are the root words for each month

Fall Semester

Month: September (test on 10/4)

astr: star auto: self bio: life anthrop: man
bibli: book chrom: color chron: time cosm: universe
crypt: secret cycl: wheel dem: people derm: skin
dyn: power/force gen: race geo: earth gram: letter/measure

Month: October (test on 10/28)

graph: writing hem: blood hetero: different homo: same
hydr: water iso: same/equal log: speech mega: big
metr: measure micr: small mon: one necr: death/dead
nom: name ortho: straighten pan: all path: suffering

Month: November (test on 12 /6)

ped: child

phil: love

phon: sound

phot: light

pod: feet

poly: many

psych: mind

pyr: fire

techn: skill

the: god

therm: heat

zo: animal

agog: to lead/leader

arch: ancient

dox: beliefs

erg: energy

Month: December/January ()

gam: to marry

 gon: angle

 heli: sun

lith: rock

 morph: change

 neo: new

 soph: wise

 phor: to bear / carry

 proto: first

 scop: to see

 tele: far

 tom: cut

 urg: to work

 tax: arrange

 iatr: to heal

 onym: to name

Spring Semester

Month: FEBRUARY ( test MARCH 11)

ac,acr - sharp  annu, enni - year  aur - gold  cid, cis - cut, kill
 agr - field  agu, aqu - water  bel, bell - war  civ - citizen
 ali - other  apt, ept - adjust, fit  cand - white, glowing  
 alter,altr - other,change  audit - hear  carn - flesh  
 am, amic - love, friend  arm - weapon, arm  cent - hundred  
 anim - mind, soul, spirit  art - skill, craft, art  cern, cert - decide, perceive, make certain  

Month: March /April (test and packet due on April 5)

 clar - clear  clin - bend  cogn - know, be aquainted  cruc - cross
 culp - fault, blame  dec - ten  dent - tooth  doc, doct - teach, prove
 du - two  ego - I, self  equa - equal  firm - strong
 flor - flower  jud - judge  jur - swear  labor - work
 leg - law  lev - light, rise  liter - letter  loc - place

 

Month: May (test on May 11)

 magn - large

 mal - bad

 mater, matr - mother

 mar - sea

 medi - middle

 min - less, little

 mor, mort - death

 multi - many

 mut - change

 nav - ship, sail

 nov - new

 ocul -eye

 omni - all

 ora - speak

 ped - foot

 pet - seek

 pot - power  prime - first  rid, ris - laugh  man , manu - hand

 

 

 

 


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