Building Vocabulary from Word Roots

Lesson 10Latin and Greek Bases

pan(t) and omni

Omni and Pan(t)The Latin base omni

means “all or every.”

The Greek base pan(t) also means “all or every!”

These bases are found only at the beginning of words with a second base.

omni= “all or every”omni+ vor (eat) = omnivore— “eating” “everything” both plants and animals

omni+ sci(know) = omniscient— “all-knowing”

omni+ bus = omnibus—a vehicle for “all” (abbreviated bus)

omni+ present (to be at hand)= omnipresent—”being” “everywhere”

Pan(t)= “all or every”

pan + dem (the people)= pandemic—disease afflicting “all” of the people

pan + orama(view, see) = panorama— a “view” of “everything”

pan + acea(heal, cure) = panacea—a medicine used to cure “all” symptoms

Pan + demon (devil) = pandemonium—extreme chaos on a large scare; effecting “everyone”

The girl pantomimed (mine= imitate) the pandemic (dem= people) being cured by the panacea (acea=cure,heal). How do each of the bolded words mean “all

or every”?

The church teaches that an omnipotent (pot=power) and omnific (fic = make,create) God created animals to be omnivores (vor=eat), herbivores, or carnivores. How do each of the bolded words mean “all or

every”?

How do the bolded words mean “all” and “every”?With all the security cameras at Coy it seems as

if the principals can be omniscient about what goes on in their school. (The base sci means “know.”)

The panoramic view of the city from the airplane was breathtaking. (the base orama means “view.”)

We usually think of wolves as meat eaters, but in fact they are omnivores. (The base vor means “eat.”)