Greek & Latin Roots - Unit 15: Nine, Ten, Hundred

deci/deca

Greek root meaning ten

cent

Latin root meaning hundred

non/nov

Latin root meaning nine

decimal

adjective - based on the number 10

centigrade

adjective - relating to the temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is at 100 degrees and the freezing point of water is at 0 degrees

centimeter

noun - a length equal to 1/100 meter; ten millimetres

nonagon

noun - a nine-sided polygon

century

noun - a period of 100 years

decade

noun - a period of ten years

centurion

noun - an officer in the ancient Roman army, which originally had one hundred men

percent

noun - one part in a hundred; an amount that is equal to one one-hundredth of something

decimeter

noun - one-tenth of a meter; ten centimeters

November

noun - the eleventh month of the year, formerly the ninth