Greek Roots 1-4
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90 terms
Dutch | English |
|---|---|
 anthrop | man; mankind |
| phil | love |
| miso | hate |
| biblio, bibl | book |
| phon | sound |
| graph, gram | write; draw; describe; record |
| scop, scept, skept | look at; examine |
| eu- | good; well |
| caco- | bad; ill |
| mega-, megalo- | large |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large; long |
| tele-, tel-, telo- | far; distant |
| teleo-, tel-, telio-, telo- | end; result; completion |
| -mania | madness for; excessive fondness for |
| -maniac | one who has a madness for |
| -maniacal, -maniac, -manic | affected with madness for |
| -phobia | dread of; morbid fear of |
| -phobiac, -phobe, -phobist | one who has a morbid fear of |
| -phobic | fearful of; dreading |
| arch, archi | rule; govern |
| dem | people |
| gen, gon | kind; race; origin |
| gon | angle |
| gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec | woman |
| log | idea; word; speech; discussion; reason; study |
| archae-, archa- | ancient |
| hetero- | various; unlike |
| homo- | same |
| olig- | few |
| pan-, panto- | all |
| poly- | many |
| theo | god |
| geo | earth |
| helio | sun |
| dyn, dynam | power; force |
| chron | time |
| chrom, chromat, chro | color |
| meter, metr | measure |
| center, centr | center |
| cycl | circle |
| mono- | one |
| bi- | two |
| dis-, di- | two; twice |
| iso- | equal |
| ortho- | correct; right; straight |
| -latry | worship |
| -later | worshipper |
| -latrous | worshipping |
| -mancy | divination; prophecy |
| -mancer | one who divines or prophesies |
| -mantic | prophesying; having to do with divination |
| path | feeling; disease |
| batho, bathy | depth |
| therap | cure |
| haem, hem, -aem, -em | blood |
| rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag | flow; gush; burst |
| stat, stas | stand; stop |
| erg, urg | work |
| gno, gnos | know |
| hemi- | half |
| a-, an- | without; not |
| amphi-, amph- | both; around |
| anti-, ant- | against |
| dia- | through; across |
| ec-, ex- | out |
| en-, em- | in |
| epi-, ep- | upon; at; in addition |
| hyper- | over; excessively |
| hypo-, hyp- | under; less than; too little |
| para-, par- | beside; contrary; amiss; astray |
| peri- | around |
| pro- | before |
| syn-, syl-, sym-, sy- | with; together |
| ana- | up; upon; again; back |
| apo-, ap-, aph- | off; away from |
| cata-, cat-, cath- | down; completely; according to; against |
| ecto- | outside of |
| endo-, ento- | within |
| meta-, met-, meth- | among; with; after; beyond; completely; differently |
| pros- | toward; in addition |
| -ac | makes a noun, or an adjective |
| -ia | makes an abstract noun |
| -ic | makes a noun, or an adjective |
| -ics | makes a noun |
| -ist | makes a noun designating a person |
| -ism | makes an abstract noun, indicating condition or action |
| -sis | makes an abstract noun, indicating condition |
| -y | make an abstract noun |
| -e | makes a noun |
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