Roots List 7
school - (n.) a place of education; a group of fish swimming together; (v.) to teach or educate
scholastic - of our pertaining to schools or school education
scholar - a student who is taught, especially one who is learned in classical (greek or latin) languages and literature
scholarly - pertaining to, or characterizing a scholar; learned, erudite
scholarship - the attainments of a scholar in learning; a grant-in-aid to a student at a school or university
schole
[SKOH lay]
leisure, free time
allude (ad L. - to toward) - make indirect reference to; refer to
elude, elusive (e, ex L. - out of) - to avoid cleverly; to escape
delude (v.) (de. L -down, away from) - to play falsely, deceive
collude (v.) (con L. - with, together) - to conspire or plot
illusion (n.) (in L. - not) - the creation of a false impression of reality
illusory (adj.) - misleading, unreal
ludicrous - laughable, ridiculous, absurd
�interlude (interlude L. - between) - music between parts of a longer performance
prelude (prae L. - before) - music played before the big event
postlude (post L. - after) - music played after the main performance
ludo
lusus
[LOO do, LOO soos]
play, mock
psychiatrist (psychos G. - soul) - doctor for the mind and soul
podiatrist (podes G. - foot) - foot doctor
hippiatrist (hippos G. - horse) - a doctor for horses; a veterinarian
iatrology (logos G. - word, study) - the science of healing, a study of medical arts
pediatrician (paidos G. - child) - a children’s physician
iatrogenic (genesis G. - origin, source) - illness or injury
caused by doctor’s mistakes
geriatrics (geron G. -old age) - field of medicine dealing with older people
iatros
[yah TROSS]
doctor, physician, comforter
medicine - any substance used in treatment of disease or illness
medicinal - having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial
medical - pertaining to the science or practice of medicine
medication - use or application of medicine
medicine man - person believed to possess magical curative powers, especially among North American Indians; a shaman
medicine ball - a solid, heavy, leather-covered ball tossed for exercise
Medicare - a U.S. government program of medical insurance for aged or disabled persons
medicus
[MEH di koos]
physician
sane - of sound or healthy mind
sanity - mental health or soundness
insane (in L. - not) - mentally ill or abnormal, not of healthy mind
insanity (in L. - not) - condition of mental illness
sanitarium - institution for treating the ill or insane; a health resort
sanitary - clean and healthy
sanitation - state of clean, healthy conditions
sanus
[SAH noos]
healthy, not diseased or injured