| Greek Roots |
Meanings |
| a-,an- |
no,not |
| aer |
lower air |
| aesth,esth |
feeling,perception |
| algia,algy |
pain |
| anthrop |
man,mankind |
| anti,ant |
against |
| archae |
ancient |
| arch,archi |
rule,govern |
| astr |
star |
| auto |
self |
| Bar |
weight,pressure |
| Batho,bathy |
depth |
| bi |
two |
| biblo,bibl |
book |
| bio |
life |
| caco |
bad,ill |
| caust,caut |
burn |
| center |
center |
| cephal |
head |
| chir |
hand |
| chrom |
color |
| chron |
time |
| clasm |
breakage,destruction |
| cosm |
world,order |
| cracy |
rule,govern |
| crat,cras |
mix |
| cris,crit |
separate,discern;judge |
| cycl |
circle |
| dactyl |
finger,toe |
| dem |
people |
| derm,dermat |
skin |
| dia |
across,through |
| dis,di |
two,twice |
| dyn,dynam |
power,force |
| ec,ex |
out |
| ec,oec |
house,environment |
| en,em |
in |
| ep |
word |
| epi,ep |
upon,at,in addition |
| erg,urg |
work |
| ether |
upper air |
| eth |
habit;moral |
| ethn |
nation |
| etym |
true meaning,root meaning of word |
| eu |
good;well |
| gen,gon |
kind,race,origin |
| geo |
earth |
| gloss,glott,glot |
tounge,language |
| glyph,glypt |
carving |
| gno,gnos |
know |
| gon |
angle |
| graph,gram |
write,draw,describe,record |
| gyn,gyne |
women |
| haem,hem,aem,em |
blood |
| helio |
sun |
| hemi |
half |
| hetero |
various,unlike |
| hier |
sacred |
| homo |
same |
| hydr |
water |
| hygr |
moisture |
| hyper |
over;excessive |
| iatry |
a healing,science of |
| icon |
image;idol |
| ideo,idea |
idea |
| idio |
one's own;individual |
| iso |
equal |
| it,is |
inflammation |
| latry |
warship |
| lith-lite |
stone |
| log |
idea,word,speech,reason,discussion;study |
| mancy |
divination;prophecy |
| mania |
madness for,excessive fondness for |
| mega,megalo |
large |
| meter |
measure |
| micro |
small |
| miso |
hate |
| mono |
one |
| naus-nau |
ship |
| neo |
new |
| nuer |
nerve |
| nom |
arrangement,law |
| od |
way,path |
| oid |
like;resemble |
| olig |
few |
| onoma,onym |
name |
| othro |
correct,right |
| osteo |
bone |
| paleo |
ancient |
| pan-panto |
all |
| para,par |
beside,contrary,amiss,astray |
| path |
feeling,disease |
| peri |
around |
| petr,peter |
rock |
| phil |
love |
| phobia |
dread of, morbid fear of |
| phon |
sound |
| phot,phos |
light |
| phys |
nature,growth |
| plut |
wealth |
| pneum,pneumat,pnea |
breath,wind |
| pod |
foot |
| polit,polis |
city |
| poly |
many |
| -poly |
sale,selling |
| pro |
before |
| psych |
mind,soul,spirit |
| pyr |
fire |
| rhea,rheo,rhag |
flow,gush,burst |
| schiz,schis |
slit,cleave |
| scop,scept,skept |
look at;examine |
| soma,somat |
body |
| stat,stas |
stand,stop |
| syn |
together;with |
| tele |
far,distant |
| therap |
cure |
| theo |
god |
| therm |
heat |
| tom |
cut |
| top |
place |
Biology Lab Midterm
