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Lesson Fourteen
Greek Etymology Roots and Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tax, tact | arrangement; order |
| tox, toxic | poison |
| dox | belief; opinion |
| paed, ped | child; instruction |
| athl | prize |
| kine, kino, cinem, cinemat | movement |
| sept, seps | poison (from decay) |
| proto- | first |
| deutero- | second |
| tri- | three |
| tetra- | four |
| penta- | five |
| hexa- | six |
| hepta- | seven |
| octo- | eight |
| ennea- | nine |
| deka-, deca-, dec- | ten |
| hecato-, hecatom-, hecaton-, hect- | hundred |
| kilo- | thousand |
| myriad- | ten thousand |