Body & life
Roots that name parts of the body and the idea of being alive.
12 roots in this category · Built for grades 4 through 8
Greek roots
Latin roots
- pedrootLatin
foot
pedal, pedestrian, biped
- manurootLatin
hand
manual, manuscript, manufacture
- dentrootLatin
tooth
dentist, dental, indent
- vitrootLatin
to live
vital, vitamin, survive
- corprootLatin
body
corporation, corpse, corporal
- capitrootLatin
head
capital, captain, decapitate
- animrootLatin
life, breath, mind
animal, animate, animation
- fortrootLatin
strength, strong
fortress, fortify, fortitude
Where to start
Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
- Level 1 · most common · 3 roots in this category
- Level 2 · expanding · 6 roots in this category
- Level 3 · challenge · 3 roots in this category