Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors

Understanding Scientific Terminology Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific Terms.

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Lesson 5 - Colors

Many words incorporate Greek and Latin words for colors. For example, the word for a red blood cell is erythrocyte. Erythro is a Greek root meaning red. Here are some more color roots that you may encounter.

	latin	greek
black	nigr/o	melan/o
grey		galuc/o
white	alb/a	leuc/o
red	rub/o	erythr/o rhodo (rosy)
green		chlor/o
blue		cyan/o
yellow		xanth/o
color		chrom/o

root

-some: body

How would you write the words with these meanings?

EXERCISE • Colors • Write the word

1. A colored body
2. A blue-ish bacteria

SOLUTION • Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors • Write the word

1. chromosome
2. cyanobacteria