| Question |
Answer |
| aco(u)- |
to hear |
| acr- |
highest, the extremities |
| actin- |
ray, radiating structure |
| acu- |
to hear |
| aden- |
gland |
| aesthe- |
to feel, perceive |
| agog(ue)- |
to lead |
| agon- |
struggle, contest |
| alg- |
pain |
| all- |
other |
| andr- |
man, male |
| angel- |
messenger, message |
| angi- |
vessel |
| anth- |
flower |
| anthrop- |
human being |
| archa(e)-, arche- |
ancient, primitive, beginning |
| arthr- |
joint, speech sound, articulation |
| asce- |
to exercise |
| ast(e)r- |
star |
| aut- |
self |
| ball- |
to throw, put |
| bar- |
weight, pressure |
| bi- |
life |
| bibli- |
book |
| blast- |
bud, formative substance |
| ble- |
to throw, put |
| bol- |
to throw, put |
| brachy- |
short |
| brady- |
slow |
| bucol- |
cowherd |
| cac- |
bad |
| cal(l)- |
beauty |
| canon- |
a rule |
| cardi- |
heart |
| carp- |
fruit |
| cau(s)- |
to burn |
| centr- |
center |
| cephal- |
head |
| ch(e)ir- |
hand |
| chlor- |
green, yellowish-green, chlorine |
| chol(e)- |
bile, gall |
| chondr- |
cartilage |
| chore- |
dance |
| chrom(at)- |
color |
| chron- |
time |
| cine- |
to move |
| cla- |
to break |
| clys- |
to wash |
| cocc(us)- |
berry, seed, spherical bacterium |
| cosm- |
universe, order |
| cra- |
to mix |
| cri- |
to judge, decide, separate |
| cryph-, crypt- |
hidden, secret |
| cyan- |
dark blue |
| cycl- |
circle, wheel |
| cyn(os)- |
dog |
| cyst- |
bladder, sac |
| cyt- |
cell |
| dactyl- |
digit, finger, toe |
| d(a)emon- |
spirit, evil spirit |
| dec(a)- |
ten |
| dem- |
people |
| dendr- |
tree, treelike structure |
| derm(at)- |
skin |
| deeuter- |
second |
| di- |
twice, double |
| dich- |
in two |
| didac- |
to teach |
| dipl- |
twice, double |
| do- |
to give |
| dog- |
opinion, teaching |
| dolich- |
long |
| dox- |
opinion, teaching |
| drom- |
a running, a course |
| dyn(am)- |
force, power |
| ego- |
I |
| em- |
blood |
| enter- |
intestine |
| er(ot)- |
love |
| erg- |
work |
| erythr- |
red |
| esthe- |
to feel, perceive |
| ethn- |
race, cultural group |
| eury(s)- |
wide, broad |
| gam- |
marriage |
| gastr- |
stomach |
| ge- |
earth |
| gen(e)- |
kind, race |
| ger(ont)- |
old age, old people |
| gloss-, glot(t)- |
tongue, language |
| glyph- |
to carve |
| gno(s)- |
to know |
| gon- |
generative, reproductive, sexual |
| gon- |
angle, angled figure |
| gon- |
to produce, originate |
| gymn- |
naked |
| gyn(e)-, gyn(a)ec- |
woman, female |
| haem(at)- |
blood |
| hect- |
a hundred |
| hedon- |
pleasure |
| hegemon- |
leader |
| heli- |
sun |
| hem(at)- |
blood |
| hemer- |
day |
| hemi- |
half |
| hepat- |
liver |
| hept(a)- |
seven |
| heter- |
other, different |
| hex(a)- |
six |
| hier- |
sacred |
| hipp- |
horse |
| hist(i)- |
tissue |
| hod- |
way, road |
| hol- |
whole |
| hom(e)- |
same |
| hydr- |
water |
| hygr- |
wet, moist |
| hyster- |
uterus, hysteria |
| iatr- |
physician, medicine |
| ichthy- |
fish |
| icon- |
image |
| ide- |
thought, idea |
| idi- |
one's own, peculiar |
| is- |
equal |
| kal(l)- |
beauty |
| kilo- |
one thousand |
| kine- |
to move |
| lab- |
to take, seize |
| lat(e)r- |
to worship excessively |
| lect- |
to speak, choose |
| lem-, lep- |
to take, seize |
| leuc-, leuk- |
white |
| lip- |
fat |
| lite- |
stone |
| lith- |
stone |
| log(ue)- |
speech, word, reasoning |
| ly- |
to loosen |
| macr- |
large, long |
| manc-, mant- |
to divine by means of |
| mast-, maz- |
breast |
| mega(l)- |
large, a million |
| melan- |
black, dark |
| mening- |
membrane |
| mer- |
part |
| mes- |
middle |
| micr- |
small, one millionth part of |
| mim- |
to imitate |
| mis- |
hatred |
| mne- |
to remember |
| mon- |
one, single |
| morph- |
form, shape |
| my(s)- |
muscle |
| myc(et)- |
fungus, mold |
| myel- |
bone marrow, the spinal cord |
| myos- |
muscle |
| naut- |
sailor |
| ne- |
new, new and different form of |
| necr- |
the dead, corpse, dead tissue |
| nephr- |
kidney |
| nes- |
island |
| neur- |
nerve |
| oct(a)- |
eight |
| od- |
song, poem |
| od- |
way, road |
| odont- |
tooth |
| olig- |
few |
| onym- |
name, word |
| oo- |
egg |
| opthalm- |
eye |
| op(t)- |
eye, to see |
| ora- |
to see |
| ornis-,ornith- |
bird |
| orth- |
straight, correct |
| ost(e)- |
bone |
| ot- |
ear |
| paed- |
child |
| pal(a)e- |
old |
| pan(t)- |
all, every |
| pate- |
to walk |
| path- |
to feel, suffer; disease |
| patr- |
father |
| patri- |
family, clan |
| ped- |
child |
| pedia- |
education |
| pent(a)- |
five |
| pep(t)- |
to digest |
| petr- |
rock |
| pha- |
to speak |
| phag- |
to eat |
| pha(n)- |
to show, appear |
| phe(m)- |
to speak |
| pher- |
to bear, go |
| phil- |
to love |
| phleb- |
vein |
| phon- |
sound, voice |
| phor- |
to bear, go |
| phot- |
light |
| phra- |
to speak |
| phren- |
mind, diaphragm |
| phy- |
to grow |
| phyll- |
leaf |
| physi- |
nature |
| plas(t)- |
to form |
| platy- |
flat, broad |
| pleg- |
paralysis |
| plex- |
paralytic stroke |
| pod- |
foot |
| polem- |
war |
| pol(is)- |
city, state |
| poly- |
many, much |
| prot- |
first, original, primitive |
| pseud- |
false |
| psych- |
mind |
| pter(yx)- |
wing, fin |
| py- |
pus |
| pyr- |
fire |
| r(r)hin- |
nose |
| schis-, schiz- |
to split |
| scler- |
hard |
| som(at)- |
body |
| soph- |
wise |
| sta- |
to stand, stop |
| stal- |
to send, draw |
| sten- |
narrow |
| stere- |
solid, three-dimensional |
| sthen- |
strength |
| stle- |
to send, draw |
| stol- |
to send, draw |
| stom(at)- |
mouth |
| stroph- |
to turn |
| tach(y)- |
swift, speed |
| tact- |
to arrange, put in order |
| taph- |
tomb |
| taut- |
the same |
| tax- |
to arrange, put in order |
| techn- |
art, skill, craft |
| tele- |
afar, operating at a distance |
| tetr(a)- |
four |
| thanas-, thanat- |
death |
| the- |
to place, put |
| the- |
god |
| thec(a)- |
case |
| therm- |
heat |
| thromb- |
clot |
| thym- |
mind, strong feeling |
| tom- |
to cut |
| ton(us)- |
a stretching, tension |
| top- |
place |
| tox- |
poison |
| tri- |
three |
| trop- |
to turn |
| troph- |
to nourish, grow |
| typ- |
stamp, model |
| ur- |
urine |
| ur- |
tail |
| urg- |
work |
| xanth- |
yellow |
| xen- |
stranger, foreigner |
| xyl- |
wood |
| zo- |
animal |