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Greek Roots
total of one hundred greek roots and their meanings
| Greek Roots | Meanings |
|---|---|
| medic | Physician |
| juven | young |
| lat | wide |
| lev | to lift up |
| manu | hand |
| luc, lumen | light |
| lingu | tongue |
| bal | to throw |
| eth | moral |
| ep | word |
| cephal | head |
| caust, caut | to burn |
| ec | system |
| dyn | force |
| crit | judge |
| clin | lean |
| drom | running course |
| dox | belief |
| hosp | guest |
| chir | hand |
| cor, cord, card | heart |
| hom | man |
| corp | body |
| dent | tooth |
| form | shape |
| ego | I |
| fin | end |
| equ | equal |
| cog | to think |
| circ, circum | around |
| act | to do |
| anima | mind |
| cert | to be sure |
| aud | hear |
| aqua | water |
| cent | one hundred |
| ether | upper air |
| icon | image |
| hipp | horse |
| etym | root |
| ethos | characteristics of a group |
| helio | sun |
| hem | blood |
| gen | kind |
| gyn | woman |
| gon | angle |
| derm | skin |
| dem | people |
| anthropo | human being |
| astro | star |
| crac, crat | to Rule, govern |
| cosmo | world, Universe, order |
| baro | pressure |
| biblio | book |
| bio | life |
| geo | Earth |
| chrom | color |
| chrono | time |
| lith | stone |
| hypo | below |
| logo, logue | reason, speech |
| micro | small |
| hydro | water |
| gymno | athletic |
| graph, gram | record, draw, or write |
| ethno | nation |
| eu | good/well |
| gam | marriage |
| meter | measure |
| hypno | sleep |
| kno, gno | to know |
| entom | insect |
| erg | work |
| etym | root |
| ethos | group characteristics |
| sci | to know |
| scrib, script | to write |
| sed, sid, sess | to sit, settle |
| sent, sens | to feel |
| sequ, secut | to follow, sequence |
| simil, simul, sembl | like, similar |
| somn | sleep |
| son | sound |
| temp | time |
| tend, tens | to stretch, strive |
| termin | boundary, limit |
| tract | to pull, draw |
| vac | empty |
| ver | truth |
| vest | garment |
| vestig | to track |
| via | road, way |
| vir | manliness, worth |
| vis, vid | to see, look |
| viv, vit | life |
| voc, vok | voice, call |
| migr | to move, travel |
| mort | death |
| mut | change |
| rupt | to break, burst |