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       Greek Roots:
 Latin Roots:
     

   makros — Long, tall, high, large.

   malaxis — Softening.

   mastos — Breast, udder.

   megas, megale — Big, great, full-grown, vast, high.

   meion — Less.

   melas, melan- — Dark, black, murky.

   meninxMembrane.

   meros (1) share, portion, part; (2) thigh, femur.

   mesos — Middle, in the middle.

   meta — Among, between, after, later, along with.

   metopon — Brow, forehead.

   metraUterus.

   metron — Measure, rule.

   mikros — Small.

   misos — Hatred.

   mitos — Thread.

   mimeomai — To mimic, imitate, repressent.

   monos — Alone, solitary.

   morphe — Form, shape, kind, sort.

   myelosMarrow.

   myia — Fly.

   mykes — Mushroom, fungus.

   myon — Muscle.

   myxaMucus.


   nannos — Dwarf.

   nekros — Dead, dying person, corpse.

   nema, nemata — Thread.

   nephrosKidney.

   neuron — Nerve, sinew, cord.

   nipha — Snow.

   nitronNatron.

   noma — Distributing, ordering.

   nosos — Disease.

   nothos — Bastard, baseborn, spurious.

   notos — Back.

   nux, nyctos — Night.

   magnus, magna, magnum — Big, large, tall.

   major, majora, majorus — Bigger, larger, taller.

   mal — Bad, evil, wicked; ugly.

   maximus, -a, -um — Biggest, largest, tallest.

   medius — Middle, marrow, innermost part, neutral.

   melior, melior, melius — Better.

   metallum, metalli — Metal.

   mille, milis — Thousand.

   mons, montis — Mountain.

   mucus, muciMucus, snot.

   multus — Many.

   mus, muris — Mouse.

   musca, muscae — Fly (insect).

   musculus, musculi — (1) Small mouse; (2) muscle.

   mustela, mustela — weasel.


   nanus, nani — Dwarf.

   nasus, nasi — Nose.

   nervus, nervi — Muscle, nerve; cord, string.

   nidus, nidi — Nest.

   niger, nigra, nigrum — Black, dark.

   nitrum, nitriNatron.

   nix, nivis — Snow.

   nocere — Harm, hurt, injure.

   noctua, noctuae — Little owl.

   nodus, nodi — Node, knot.

   non- — Not.

   nonus — Ninth.

   normalis — Forming a right angle.

   novem, nonus -a -um — Nine.

   novus, nova, novum — New, fresh, young, unusual.

   nox, noctis — Night.

   nucleus, nuclei — Inside of a nut, nucleus.

   nudus, nuda, nudum — Naked, bare, stripped.

   nummus, nummi — Coin, cash, money.

   nutus, nutus — Nod, command.

   nux, nucis — Nut.



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