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Word Roots Pg. 17-18
Wendi Powell
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mono- | one |
| biblio | book |
| graph/grapho | write, written |
| klept/klepto | to steal |
| mania | intense craving, loss of reason |
| phile | love,loving |
| phob | fear of |
| -ia | condition |
| -logy | study of,science |
| -y | state of, quality, act; body,group |
| anthrop/anthropo | mankind,man |
| meter | measure |
| nom | name, law, custom, order |
| path | feeling, disease |
| phil | love,loving |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -oid | resembling |
| bibliphobia | dread or hatred of books |
| biblioklept | one who steals books |
| bibliology | history and science of books as physical objects |
| bibliography | list of books |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| bibliomania | excessive preoccupation with books |
| kleptomania | persistent craving to steal |
| graphomania | obsessive desire to write |
| monomania | obsession with one object or idea |
| anthropoid | resembling man |
| philanthropy | love of mankind |
| anthropolgy | study of mankind |
| anthropometer | device used to measure the proportions of the human body |
| anthroponomy | natural laws of humans development as they relate to the environment |
| anthropopathic | relating human feelings to something not human |