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Greek and Latin Roots Worksheet (Grade 8)

Free printable Grade 8 Greek and Latin roots worksheet. Students use each root's word family to work out what the secondary-level root means. Answer key included.

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Greek and Latin Roots

A root carries meaning across whole word families. Use the example words to work out what each root means, then choose the correct meaning.

  1. 1.
    The Greek root 'dem' appears in democracy, demographic, epidemic. What does 'dem' mean?
    • a) around
    • b) the people
    • c) new
    • d) to love
  2. 2.
    The Greek root 'log' appears in dialogue, monologue, logic. What does 'log' mean?
    • a) the people
    • b) color
    • c) word, reason, or study
    • d) form or shape
  3. 3.
    The Greek root 'morph' appears in metamorphosis, amorphous, morph. What does 'morph' mean?
    • a) form or shape
    • b) to love
    • c) chief or ruler
    • d) around
  4. 4.
    The Latin root 'omni' appears in omnivore, omniscient, omnipresent. What does 'omni' mean?
    • a) human
    • b) the people
    • c) god
    • d) all
  5. 5.
    The Greek root 'arch' appears in monarch, archenemy, anarchy. What does 'arch' mean?
    • a) around
    • b) the people
    • c) all
    • d) chief or ruler
  6. 6.
    The Greek root 'theo' appears in theology, monotheism, polytheism. What does 'theo' mean?
    • a) new
    • b) all
    • c) chief or ruler
    • d) god
  7. 7.
    The Greek root 'phil' appears in philosophy, philanthropist, bibliophile. What does 'phil' mean?
    • a) form or shape
    • b) god
    • c) new
    • d) to love
  8. 8.
    The Greek root 'chrom' appears in monochrome, chromatic, chromosome. What does 'chrom' mean?
    • a) all
    • b) god
    • c) chief or ruler
    • d) color
  9. 9.
    The Greek root 'anthrop' appears in anthropology, philanthropist, anthropoid. What does 'anthrop' mean?
    • a) to love
    • b) human
    • c) many
    • d) word, reason, or study
  10. 10.
    The Greek root 'poly' appears in polygon, polyglot, polygraph. What does 'poly' mean?
    • a) many
    • b) god
    • c) form or shape
    • d) human
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