click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
GREEK ROOTS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tele | distant; far |
| phon | sound |
| caco | bad |
| biblio | book |
| gyn or gynaec | women |
| dem | people |
| theo | god |
| graph or gram | record |
| anthrop | man; mankind |
| phil | love |
| arch/archy | rule; govern |
| log; ology | study of |
| micro | small |
| poly | many |
| miso | hate |
| gam | fmarriage; ability to reproduce |
| pan/panto | all |
| olig | few |
| cracy/crat | rule; goovern |
| macro | large |
| homo | same |
| hetero | unlike |
| geo | earth |
| cephal | head |
| bio | life |
| derm | skin |
| osteo | bone |
| path | feeling; disease |
| pod | foot |
| neo | new |
| psych | mind |
| paleo | ancient;old |
| ethn | nation |
| --oid | resemblence; looks like |
| auto | self |
| itcthy | fish |
| entom | insect |
| phag | eat |
| dendr;dender | tree |
| phyll | leaf |
| etym | word |
| cosm | world |
| polit;polis | city |
| lith;lite | stone or rock |
| glyph;glypt | carving |
| astr; aster | star |
| pachy | thick |
| icon | image;dol |
| crom;chromat | color |
| peter;petr | rock or stone |
| Ornith | bird |
| morph | shape;form |
| ortho | correct;straight |
| holo | whole |
| hdry | water |
| pyr | fire |
| caust;caut | burn |
| pseudo | FALSE |
| necro | dead |
| onoma;onym | name |
| gloss;glott;glot | language |
| gno;gnow | know |
| archa;archae | ancient |
| hier | sacred;valuable in a religious sense |
| rrhe;rrh | flow |
| pro | before |
| dia | through;across |
| opi;ep | upon, on top of |
| a-ian | without |
| anti;ant | against |
| syn;syl;sym; | with;together |
| -clast | destroy |
| --lantry | worship |
| --mania | obsessed with; |
| phobia | morbid fear of |
| tauto | same |
| hyper | excessive;over;too |
| kine;ino;cinema;cenemate | movement |
| crypt | conceal;hide |
| therm | heat |