Week 15 Word Roots, Year 1
bio-
Greek bios A base word meaning:
life Word Examples: antibiotic, autobiography, biography, biologist, biology, biosphere, microbiologist, microbiology
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auto-, aut-
Greek autos A directional prefix meaning:
self (oneself, one's own) Word Examples: autism, autobiography, autgraph, automatic, automobile, automotive, autopsy, autopilot, autotroph,
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lun- / luna /-lune
Latin luna A base word meaning:
moon Word Examples: apolune, circumlunar, lunacy, lunar, lunatic, perilune, translunar
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