Greek Root Review

1. Roots 7, 8, 9, and 10 Greek Root Review

2. phobos Root #7:

3. fear Meaning:

4. Derivatives • phobia • hydrophobia • arachnophobia

5. Derivatives • phobia: irrational fear

6. Derivatives 2. hydrophobia: (hydro-water)-disease which makes it hard to swallow; thought to be fear of water

7. Derivatives • 3. arachnophobia (arachn(id)- spider) fear of spiders

8. syn/sym Root #8:

9. together, with Meaning:

10. Derivatives • sympathy • symphony • synthesis • synchronize

11. Derivatives • sympathy: (pathos - feeling)- to feel w/ someone else

12. Derivatives 2. symphony: (phone - sound)- sounds that go well together

13. Derivatives 3. synthesis: (thesis – put, place)- putting together

14. Derivatives 4. synchronize: (syn- together, chronos- time) doing something at the same time

15. thesis Root #9:

16. put, place, position Meaning:

17. Derivatives • thesis • parenthesis • synthesizer

18. Derivatives • thesis: a position taken in an argument supported by a set of reasons

19. Derivatives 2. parenthesis: (para - beside)- a statement beside (or inside) a main sentence

20. Derivatives 3. synthesizer: (syn - together)- instrument which puts sounds together like real musical instruments

21. phone Root #10:

22. sound Meaning:

23. Derivatives • euphony • megaphone • phonograph

24. Derivatives • euphony: (eu – good, well)- good or pleasant sound

25. Derivatives 2. megaphone: (mega - big)- device to make sounds bigger

26. Derivatives 3. phonograph (graph – write, draw)- writing with sound