| Latin | Ped | foot or feet | Centipede, quadruped, biped, pedestrian, expedition, pedal, pedestal, pedicure |
| Latin | Sect | to cut | bisect, trisect, dissect, insect, insecticide, insectivore, intersection, sectional, C-section |
| Latin | Test / Testi | one who stands by, a witness | attest, contest, contestant, detest, intestate, protest, protestant, testify, testimony, testament |
| Greek | Press | to bear down on or against | oppress, depresssion, impress, compress, pressure, repress, express |
| Greek | Nym | name | synonym, antonym, pseudonym, anonymous, acronym, hydronym, mononym, homonym |
| Latin | Cur /Curr | to run or running | concur, reoccur, occur, current, currency, curriculum, cursive |
| Latin | Liber | to free | liberate, liberator, liberation, liberal, liberally, liberty, libertine, libertarian |
| Latin | Vis/vid | to see | visit, visible, invisible, vision, vista, video, supervisor, revise |
| Latin | Verb | word | verbal, verbalize, nonverbal, proverb, verbatim, verbose, adverbs, verbophobia |
| Latin | Numer | to count, reckon, or number | alphanumeric, numeral, numerator, numerous, numerophobia, numerology, innumerable, enumerate |
| Greek | Sign | sign, token, or mark | signature, signal, significant, designate, assignment, signify, design, insignia |
| Greek | Therm | heat | thermometer, thermostat, geothermal. thermos, thermal, thermography, hypothermia, hyperthermia |
| Latin | Cide | to kill | insecticide, homicide, matricide, patricide, regicide, herbicide, suicide, genocide, pesticide, infanticide |
| Latin | Flex of flect | to bend, curve, or turn | flexible, reflex, genuflect, reflect, reflections, inflection, reflector, reflexive, deflect, flexatarian |
| Latin | Mort, mori, mor | death | mortal, mortician, mortify, mortuary,post mortem, morgue, immortal, immortality mortgage |
| Latin | Vert, vers | to bend or turn | conversation, revert, diverse, divert, extrovert, introvert, invert, universe, versatile, anniversary |
| Greek | Graph | to write, draw, scratch, record | autograph, biography, autobiography, graphite, bibliography, calligraphy, choreographer, cryptography, graphic, oceanography |
| Latin | Port | to carry or bring | port, portable, export, import, passport, export, airport, transport, support, report |
| Latin | Spir | breath or to breathe | respirator, expire, respiration,conspire, inspire, transpire, conspiracy, respiratory, expiration, aspire |
| Latin | Spec | to watch, look, or see | spectators, spectacles, spectacular, inspector, respect, circumspect, prospector, perspective, expect, suspect |
| Latin | Scrib, script | to write or record | describe, prescription, scribe, scribble, inscribe, description, subscription, post script, transcribe, scripture |
| Latin | Dict | tp speak, say, or tell | dictionary, predict, contradict, dictate, diction, dictator, verdict, benediction, valedictorian |
| Latin | Tract | to pull, draw together, or drag | tractor, extract, attract, contract, retract, distract, subtract, protractor, contraction, retractible |
| Latin | Fer | to bear, carry, produce, or bring | ferry, fertile, transfer, conifer, infer, refer, reference, defer, different, circumference, referee, suffer |
| Latin | Mit, miss | to send, let go | admit, committee, intermission, mission, permission, admission, missile, missionary, transmit, dismiss |
| Greek | Meter | to measure | thermometer, pedometer, speedometer, perimeter, barometer, audiometer, altimeter, diameter, magnetometer |