Greek and Latin roots in English
- Greek and Latin roots in English
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots commonly used in English.
Those used in medicine and medical terminology are not listed here but instead in Wikipedia's List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes. AlphanumericTOC
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V
See also
* Interlingua
* International Scientific Vocabulary
* List of Latin words with English derivatives
* List of Greek words with English derivatives
* List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070823220828/http://cdsjcl.f2g.net/derivatives.html List of Latin Derivatives]
* [http://www.latin-dictionary.org/ Latin Dictionary] Latin terms, Latin phrases, Latin expressions and Latin words
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