Etymology Pt. 1
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90 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anthrop | man, mankind |
| phil | love |
| miso | hate |
| biblio/bibl | book |
| phon | sound |
| graph, gram | write |
| scop, scept, skept | look at, examine |
| eu | good |
| caco | bad |
| mega, megalo | large |
| micro | small |
| macro | large, long |
| tele, tel, telo | distant, far |
| teleo, tel, telio, telo | end, result |
| mania | madness of |
| phobia | fear of |
| arch, archi | rule |
| dem | people |
| gen, gon | origin |
| gon | angle |
| gyn, gyne, gynaec | women |
| log | idea, word |
| archae, archa | ancient |
| hetero | various, unlike |
| homo | same |
| olig | few |
| pan, panto, | all |
| poly | many |
| theo | god |
| geo | earth |
| helio | sun |
| dyn, dynam | powerful, force |
| chron | time |
| chrom, chromat, chro | color |
| meter, metr | measure |
| center, cent | center |
| cycl | circle |
| mono | one |
| bi | two |
| dis, di | two, twice |
| iso | equal |
| ortho | correct, straight |
| -latry | worship |
| mancy | divination, prophesy |
| path | feeling, disease |
| batho | depth |
| therap | cure |
| hema, hem | blood |
| rhea, rheo | flow, gush |
| stat, stas | stand, stop |
| erg, urg | work |
| gno, gnos | know |
| tom | cut |
| ton, ten | stretch, tone |
| chir | hand |
| pod | foot |
| cephal | head |
| dactyl | finger, toe |
| gloss, glott, glot | tongue, language |
| osteo | bone |
| derm, dermat | skin |
| plas, plasm, plast | mold, shape |
| pachy- | think |
| tauto | same |
| algia | pain |
| itis | inflammation |
| machy | war, fight |
| bio | life |
| phys | nature, growth |
| soma, somat | body |
| light, lite | stone |
| petr, peter | rock |
| glyph, glypt | carving |
| icon | image, idol |
| astr | star |
| nom | arrangement, law |
| onoma | name |
| onoma, onym | name |
| ethn | nation |
| paleo | ancient |
| neo | new |
| hier | sacred |
| clasm | breakage |
| lysis | a loossening, solution |
| iatry | a healing |
| crat, cras | mix |
| cosm | order, world |
| polit, polis | city |
| crit, cris | separate, judge |
| top | place |
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