Greek Roots

An Introduction

Take notes when you see the pencil.

Greek Roots

• Greece is a country in the Mediterranean region.

• The Greek civilization is thousands of years old.

• Many of the words in modern languages come from Greek words.

The Greek Language

Greek Roots

• Greek roots are word parts that have meaning.

• For example...

photo = light

graph = write

photograph picture written

with light

bio = life

ology = the study of

biology = the study of living things

cracy = type of government

democracybureaucracyautocracy

technocracyaristocracy

pyro = fire

pyrometerpyromaniacpyromania

pyrotechnicspyrogenic

cine/kine = motion

cinemacinematography

cinematickinetic

kinesiologykinesthetic

hyper = over

hyperspacehyperactivehypercritical

hypersensitivehyperactivity

path/pathos = feeling

empathysympathy

apathyapathetic

psychopathic

mania = madness

pyromaniabibliomania

maniackleptomaniamegalomania

theo = god

monotheismpolytheism

atheismtheology

theist

gon = figure having angles

octagonhexagonseptagonpolygonpentagon

penta= five

pentathalonpentagon

pentagrampentameter

pentane

GREEK ROOTS

• If you know the meaning of 42 Greek roots, you will know the meaning of thousands of English words.

Greek Roots Art Book Project

• Create one hand-drawn, color art image for each Greek root.

• Find five words that contain that root.

• Combine them into one page.

• DUE Friday, Sept. 21

Materials

1. Composition Book or 21 pieces of paper, folded in half.

2. Pencil

3. Colored pencils or crayons or markers.

4. Handout: The 42 Most Common Greek Roots

Greek Roots Art Book Guidelines

1. The root: big.

2. A picture that represents the meaning of the root.

3. Five words that use the root.

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