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Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples pac- peace Latin , appease, Pacific, pacify, pay pach- thick Greek (), () pachydermata, pachyglossia, pachynsis, Pachypodium pact- fasten Latin "to fix, fasten" compact, impact, impaction, impinge, page, propagate pact- agreement Latin pacisci "to covenant, to agree, make a treaty" pact pae- strike Greek (), (paistos) anapaest, anapaestic, anapest, anapestic paed-, ped- child Greek (), () orthopedic, paediatric, paedogenesis, paedomorphism, page, pedagogue, pedagogy, pedant, pedantic, pediatric, pedodontics, pedophilia pagin- page Latin pagination pal- stake Latin impale, impalement, pale, palisade, pole, travail, travel palae-, pale- ancient, old Greek () paleo diet, paleobiology, paleobotanic, Paleocene, Paleogene, Paleolithic, paleology, paleomagnetism, paleontology, paleopolyploidy, paleopsychology, Paleozoic palin-, palim- back Greek () palimpsest, palindrome, palingenesis, palinspastic pall- be pale Latin pallid, pallor palli- cloak Latin "to cover, cloak", from "cloak" pall, palliate, palliative, pallium palm- palm Latin palmate palp- touch Latin palp, palpable, palpate, palpation, palpitant, palpitation palustr- in marshes Latin palustral pan- Pan Greek , (), () panic pan-, pam- all Greek , (), (), , diapason, panacea, pandemic, pandemonium, panoply, panoptic, pantology, parrhesia pan- bread Latin accompaniment, accompany, appanage, companion, company, empanada, impanate, impanation, panelle, panetela, panetella, panettone, panivorous, pannier, pantry pand-, pans- spread Latin , / compass, dispand, dispansion, encompass, encompassment, expand, expanse, expansion, expansive, expansivity, impassable, impasse, pace, pandiculate, pandiculation, passus, repand, spawn, subrepand par-, para- beside, near Greek () parable, parabola, parallel, parallelepiped, parameter, parapagus, paradox, parody par- equal Latin compare, disparage, par, parity, peer, subpar par- order, prepare, provide, procure Latin apparat, apparatus, co-emperor, comprador, disparate, disrepair, dissever, disseverance, emperor, empery, empire, empress, imperant, imperative, imperator, imperious, inseparable, irreparable, parade, pare, parison, parry, parure, preparation, preparative, preparatory, prepare, repair, reparable, reparation, reparative, separability, separable, separate, separation, separative, separator, separatory, separatrix, sever, severability, severable, several, severance, vituperate parc-, pars- spare, save Latin , parcity, parsimonious, parsimony pariet- wall Latin , parietal part- part Latin , apart, , compartment, depart, impartial, parcel, part, partial, participate, particle, partisan, partition parthen- virgin Greek () parthenocarpy, parthenogenesis, Parthenon, Parthenope parv- little Latin parvovirus, parvorder pasc-, past- feed Latin , , antipasto, pabulum, pastel, pastern, pastiglia, pastille, pastor, pastorage, pastoral, pastorale, pastorate, pastorium, pasturable, pasturage, pastural, pasture, repast, repasture pass- sprinkle Greek (), () paste pass- pace, step Latin passer- sparrow Latin passeriform, passerine pat- path Greek (), (), , peripatetic, peripateticism pat- be open Latin impatent, patefaction, patella, patellar, patelliform, paten, patency, patent, patera, patin path- feeling, disease Greek (), (), () allopath, allopathy, antipathy, apathetic, apathy, empathy, etiopathogenesis, homeopathic, homeopathy, idiopathic, pathetic, pathoclisis, pathogen, pathogenesis, pathogenic, pathologist, pathology, pathos, psychopath, psychopathic, psychopathy, sympathectomy, sympathetic, sympathy pater-, patr- father Greek (), (), () allopatric, allopatry, eupatrides, patriarch, patriarchy, patriot, patriotic, patriotism, patrology, patronym, patronymic, sympatric, sympatry pater-, patr- father Latin (genitive ) compadre, compaternity, compère, impetrate, impetration, impetrative, impetrator, Jupiter, padre, padrone, paterfamilias, paternal, paternity, paternoster, patriate, patriation, Patricia, patrician, patriciate, patricidal, patricide, Patrick, patriclinous, patricliny, patrifocal, patrilateral, patrilineage, patrilineal, patrilineality, patrilinear, patrilocal, patrilocality, patrimonial, patrimony, patron, patronage, patronal, patronate, patroness, patroon, patter, pattern, père, perpetrable, perpetrate, perpetration, perpetrator, repatriate, repatriation pati-, pass- suffer, feel, endure, permit Latin , compassion, compassionate, compatibility, compatible, dispassion, dispassionate, impassible, impassion, impassive, impassivity, impatible, impatience, impatient, incompatibility, incompatible, interpatient, noncompatible, nonpassible, passibility, passible, passion, passional, passionary, passionate, passive, passivity, patible, patience, patient, patientive, perpession pauc- few Latin paucal, pauciloquent, paucity pav- beat Latin pavage, pave, pavement, pavior pecc- sin Latin "sin, fault, error", from "to miss, mistake" impeccable, peccadillo, peccant, peccavi pect- fixed Greek () pectic, pectin pector- chest Latin , pectoral, expectorate pecu- property Latin "property", from "cattle" peculiar, pecuniary, pecunious ped- foot Latin , biped, bipedal, centipedal, centipede, decempedal, expediency, expedient, expeditate, expedite, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, impeach, impeachable, impeachment, impede, impediment, impedition, impeditive, inexpedient, interpetiolar, intrapetiolar, millipede, multiped, multipede, octopede, oppidum, pawn, pedal, pedate, pedatifid, pedestal, pedestrian, pedicel, pedicle, pedicure, pediform, pedigerous, pedigree, peduncle, pedunculate, peon, peonage, petiolar, petiolate, petiole, petiolular, petiolulate, petiolule, piedfort, piedmont, pioneer, quadruped, quadrupedal, repedation, revamp, semiped, semipedal, sesquipedal, stapes, stapedius, subpetiolate, suppedaneum, tripedal, trivet, vamp, velocipede peg-, pect- fix Greek (), (), πηκτικός (), πῆξις (), πῆγμα (), πάγη (), πάγος (), πάγιος (), παγιότης (), πάσσαλος () hysteropexy, pagophobia, parapagus, pectic, pectin, rheopectic, rheopecty, rheopexy pejor- worse Latin pejorative pel- clay, mud Greek () pelite, pelitic pelag- sea Greek (), () abyssopelagic, allopelagic, archipelagic, archipelago, bathypelagic, epipelagic, hadopelagic, mesopelagic, pelagic, pelagonym pelarg- stork Greek (), pelargonic, Pelargonium pell-, puls- drive, push Latin , appulse, compel, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, impulse, propel, propellent, propulsion, propulsive, propulsor, pulsate, pulse, push, repel, repellent, repulsive pemp-, pomp- send Greek (), () apopemptic, hypnopompic, pomp, psychopomp pen- almost Latin peninsula, penultimate, penumbra pen-, poen-, puni- punish Latin "punish" (earlier ), from "punishment" impune, impunity, pain, penal, penalize, penalty, penance, penitence, penitent, penitentiary, pine, punish, punitive, repent, subpoena pend-, pens- hang Latin , frequentative of append, penchant, pendant, pending, pendulum, pensive, prepense, suspend, suspense penia- deficiency Greek () leukopenia penn-, pinn- feather Latin , pennate, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnule pent- five Greek (), (), () "five times", () "five-fold", diapente, pentachoric, pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentalpha, pentapolis, pentatonic, pentatope, pentode pentacosi- five hundred Greek () pentacosiomedimni pentecont- fifty Greek (), () pentecontad, pentecontagon pentecost- fiftieth Greek () Pentecost, pentecostalism peper- pepper Greek , paprika, pepper pepon- ripe Greek () pumpkin pept- digest Greek (), (), (), () dipeptide, dyspepsia, dyspeptic, eupepsia, eupeptic, monopeptide, oligopeptide, pepsin, peptic, peptide, peptone, polypeptide, tetrapeptide, tripeptide per-, pel- thoroughly, through Latin pellucid, perfection, permeate, pernicious, persistence, peruse, pervade peri- pouch, wallet Greek (), () peridium peran- across, beyond Greek () Perates perdic- partridge Greek () Melanoperdix, partridge peri- around Greek () Pericles, pericope, perigee, perihelion, perimeter, period, periphery, periscope persic- peach Greek () pessim- worst Latin pessimal, pessimistic pet- strive toward Latin appetite, compete, competition, impetus, petition, petulant, propitiate, repeat, repetition petr- rock Greek () epipetric, petrify, petroglyph, petrographic, petrography, petroleum, petrology, petrosomatoglyph phac- lens Greek () Phacochoerus, phacoemulsification phae-, phe- dark Greek () phaeohyphomycosis, phaeomelanin, pheochrome, pheochromocytoma phag- eat Greek (), () autophagosome, autophagy, bacteriophage, dysphagia, esophagitis, geophagia, hematophagy, macrophage, odynophagia, phagocyte, phagocytosis, phagolysosome, phagophilia, phagophobia, phagosome, phagy, polyphagia, pseudodysphagia, sarcophagus phalang- close formation of troops, finger bones Greek , () aphalangia, phalanges, phalanx phalar- having a patch of white Greek ()"phalaros" in LSJ phalarope pharmac- drug, medicine Greek () alexipharmic, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomic, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, pharmacophobia, pharmacy phan-, phen- to show, visible Greek (), (), (), () diaphanous, emphasis, epiphany, fantasy, phanerozoic, phantasm, phantom, phase, phene, phenetic, phenology, phenomenon, phenotype, photic, prophase, sycophant, telophase, theophany, tryptophan pheb-, phob- fear Greek (), (), autophobia, hydrophobia, panphobia, phobophobia pher-, phor- bear, carry Greek (), (), () adiaphora, adiaphorism, anaphor, metaphor, pheromone, phoresis, phoresy, phosphor, prosphora, pyrophoric pheug-, phyg- (ΦΥΓ) flee Greek (), , () "fugitive", apophyge, hypophyge phil-, -phile love, friendship Greek (), (), (), (), () bibliophile, heterophil, hydrophile, paraphilia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philophobia, philosophy, philter, philtre, philtrum phim- muzzle Greek (), (), , () paraphimosis, phimosis, phimotic phleb- vein Greek (), phlebitis, phlebography, phlebosclerosis, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomy, thrombophlebitis phleg-, phlog- burn, heat, inflammation Greek (), (), () "flame" phlegm, phlegmasia, phlegmatic, phlegmon, phlegmonous, phlogistic, phlogiston, Phlox phloe- tree bark Greek () hypophloeodic, phlobaphene, phloem, phloeophagy phlog-fire, flameGreek phob- fear Greek () acrophobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, ergophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, zeusophobia phon- sound Greek (), (), () acrophonic, acrophony, allophone, antiphon, antiphony, aphonia, aphonic, apophony, archiphoneme, cacophony, diaphony, diplophonia, dysphonia, euphonic, euphonious, euphonize, euphony, heterophonic, heterophony, homophone, homophonous, homophony, hypophonesis, ideophone, idiophone, isophone, logophonetic, megaphone, microphone, misophonia, monophonic, monophony, morphophonology, phonaesthesia, phonaesthetics, phone, phonemic, phonesthemic, phonetic, phonetics, phonics, phonogram, phonograph, phonology, phonophobia, phonosemantics, phonotactics, polyphonic, polyphony, stereophonic, symphonic, symphony, telephonic, telephony phos-, phot- light Greek , () aphotic, biophoton, cataphote, diphoton, euphotic, microphotograph, phosphor, phosphorus, photic, photo, photobiology, photocatalysis, photochromism, photoelectric, photogenic, photogram, photograph, photography, photolysis, photometer, photometric, photometry, photon, photoperiod, photophobia, photophone, photophore, photopic, photoptarmosis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, phototherapy, phototroph, telephoto phrag- (ΦΡΑΓ) fence Greek (), (), () diaphragm phren-, phron- mind Greek () euneirophrenia, euphrasy, Euphrosyne, frantic, frenetic, frenzy, oneirophrenia, phrenetic, -phrenia, phrenic, phrenitis, phrenology, phronema, phronesis, phronetic, schizophrenia, sophrosyne phryn- toad, toad-like Greek () Phrynobatrachus phtheg- utter Greek (), , (), , (), apophthegm, apophthegmatic, diphthong, diphthongize, monophthong, monophthongize phyc- seaweed Greek () phycology, Phycomyces, 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