| 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 |
