Eu/onym/miso8TH GRADE

Word Roots B pp. 9-10

roots

Eu• Good, well

gen• Birth, produce, race

Hydro

•water

nom• Law, order

onym• Name, word

phon• sound

anthrop• Mankind, man

gam• United, joined

gyn• Woman, female

log• Word, reason

Mis/o• To hate

neo• New, recent

prefixes

an-• Not, without

ant-• Against, opposite

syn-• With, together

Suffixes

-ic• Like, related to

-ous• Having the quality of

-y• State, quality, act

-ism• Act, state, condition

-ist• One who

words

One who hates mankind

•misanthrope

One who hates reasoning

•misologist

One who hates marriage

•misogamist

Hatred of women

•misogyny

Hatred of innovation or change

•misoneism

Of good birth

•eugenic

Pleasing or sweet sound

•euphony

Civil order under good laws; good government

•eunomy

Well suited name

•euonym

Having the writer’s name

•onymous

Without a name

•anonymous

Naming or names of bodies of water

•hydronymy

Having similar meaning

•synonymous

Word that is opposite in meaning

•antonym

roots

Eu• Good, well

gen• Birth, produce, race

Hydro

•water

nom• Law, order

onym• Name, word

phon• sound

anthrop• Mankind, man

gam• United, joined

gyn• Woman, female

log• Word, reason

Mis/o• To hate

neo• New, recent

prefixes

an-• Not, without

ant-• Against, opposite

syn-• With, together

Suffixes

-ic• Like, related to

-ous• Having the quality of

-y• State, quality, act

-ism• Act, state, condition

-ist• One who

words

One who hates mankind

•misanthrope

One who hates reasoning

•misologist

One who hates marriage

•misogamist

Hatred of women

•misogyny

Hatred of innovation or change

•misoneism

Of good birth

•eugenic

Pleasing or sweet sound

•euphony

Civil order under good laws; good government

•eunomy

Well suited name

•euonym

Having the writer’s name

•onymous

Without a name

•anonymous

Naming or names of bodies of water

•hydronymy

Having similar meaning

•synonymous

Word that is opposite in meaning

•antonym