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Greek
ALL GREEK ROOTS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without; not |
| anti-, ant- | against |
| dia- | through, across |
| epi-, ep- | upon; at; in addition |
| syn-, syl-, sym-, sy- | with; together |
| pan- | all |
| -ist | n. designating a person |
| -ic | n. or adj. |
| -eous | full of (adj.) |
| arch, archi | rule; govern |
| dem | people |
| gen, gon | kind; race; origin |
| gon | angle |
| gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec | woman |
| log | idea; word; speech; discusion; reason; study |
| archae- | ancient |
| archa- | ancient |
| hetero- | various; unlike |
| homo- | same |
| olig- | few |
| poly- | many |
| anthrop | man; mankind |
| phil | love |
| miso | hate |
| biblio, bibl | book |
| phon | sound |
| graph, gram | write; draw; describe; record |
| scop, scept, skept | look at; examine |
| eu- | good; well |
| caco- | bad; ill |
| mega-, megalo- | large |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large, long |
| tele-, tel-, telo- | far; distant |
| teleo-, tel-, telio-, telo- | end; result; completion |
| -mania | madness for; excessive fondness for |
| -maniac | one who has a madness for |
| -maniacal, -maniac, -manic | affected with madness for |
| -phobia | dread of; morbid fear of |
| -phobiac, -phobe, -phobist | one who has a morbid fear of |
| -phobic | fearful of; dreading |
| ec-, ex- | out |
| theo | god |
| geo | earth |
| helio | sun |
| dyn, dynam | power; force |
| chron | time |
| chrom, chromat, chro | color |
| meter, metr | measure |
| center, centr | center |
| cycl | circle |
| mono- | one |
| bi- | two |
| dis-, di- | two; twice |
| iso- | equal |
| ortho- | correct; right; strait |
| -latry | worship |
| -later | worshipper |
| -latrous | worshipping |
| -mancy | divination |
| -mancer | one who divines or prophesies |
| -mantic | prophesying; having to do with divination |
| hemi- | half |
| path | feeling; disease |
| batho, bathy | depth |
| therap | cure |
| haem, em,-aem, -em | blood |
| rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag | flow; gush; burst |
| stat, stas | stand; stop |
| erg, urg | work |
| gno, gnos | know |
| pan- | all |
| pro- | before |
| en-, em- | in |
| peri- | around |
| -y | abs. n |