Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Greek Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arch, Archi | rule; govern |
| Dem | people |
| Gen, Gon | kind; race; origin |
| Gon | angle |
| Gyn, Gyne, Gynaec, Gynec | woman |
| Log | idea; word; speech; discussion; reason; study |
| Archae-, Archa | ancient |
| Hetero- | various; unlike |
| Homo- | same |
| Olig- | few |
| Pan-, Panto- | all |
| Poly- | many |
| tele- tel- telo- | far; distant |
| teleo-, tel-, telio-, telo- | end; result; completion |
| -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -maniac, -manic | madness for; excessive fondness for one who has a madness for; affected with madness for |
| -phobia, -phhobiac, -phobe, -phobist, -phobic | dread of; morbid fear of; one who has a morbid fear of; fearful; dreading |
| Arch, Archi: rule; govern | |
| Dem: people | |
| Gen, Gon: kind; race; origin | |
| Gon: angle | |
| Gyn, Gyne, Gynaec, Gynec: woman | |
| Log: idea; word; speech; discussion; reason; study | |
| Archae-, Archa: ancient | |
| Hetero-: various; unlike | |
| Homo-: same | |
| Olig-: few | |
| Pan-, Panto-: all | |
| Poly-: many | |
| 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; straight |
| -latry, -later, -latrous | worship; worshipper; worshipping |
| -mancy, -mancer,- mantic | divination; prophecy; divines; prophesies; prophesying; divination |
| path | feeling; disease |
| bath, bathy | depth |
| therap | cure |
| haem, hem, -aem, -em | blood |
| rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag | flow; gush; burst |
| stat, stas | stand; stop |
| erg, urg | work |
| gno, gnos | know |
| hemi- | half |
| Tom | cut |
| Ton, ten | stretch tone |
| Chir | hand |
| Pod | foot |
| Cephal | head |
| Dactyl | finger; toe |
| Gloss, glott, glot | tongue; language |
| Osteo | bone |
| Derm, dermat | skin |
| Plas, plasm, plast | mold; shape; form; substance |
| Pauchy- | thick |
| Tauto- | same |
| Bio | life |
| Phys | nature; growth |
| Psych | mind; soul, spirit |
| Soma, somat | body |
| Lith, -lite | stone |
| Petr, peter | rock |
| Glyph, glypt | carving |
| Icon | image, idol |
| Astr | star |
| Nom | arrangement; law |
| Onoma, onym | name |
| Ec, oec | house, environment |
| Ethn | nation |
| Paleo- | ancient |
| Neo- | new |
| Hier- | sacred |
| -clasm, clast, clastic | breakage; destruction; one who shatters or destroys, breaking; destruction |
| -lysis, -lyst, -lytic, lytical | a loosening; solution; one who solves; loosening dissolving |
| -iatry, -iatrics, -iatrist; -iatric | a healing; science of healing; one who heals; promoting healing |
| Crat, cras | mix |
| Cosm | order; world |
| Polit, polis | city |
| Crit, cris | separate; discern; judge |
| Top | place |
| Thalass, thalatt | sea |
| Naus, nau | ship |
| Plut | wealth |
| Idio- | one’s own; individual |
| Ideo-, idea- | idea |
| Auto- | self |
| -cracy | rule |
| -crat | one who rules |
| -cratic | pertaining to rule |
| -poly | sale; selling |
| -pole, -polist | one who sells |
| -polistic | pertaining to selling |
| Dendr, dender | tree |
| Phyll, phyllo | leaf |
| Phyt | plant |
| Anth | flower |
| Sperm, spermat, spor | seed; sowing |
| Zo | animal |
| Hipp | horse |
| Drom | a runinning; course |
| Ornith | bird |
| Ichthy | fish |
| Entom | insect |
| Etym | true meaning; root meaning of word |
| Ep | word |
| Phag | eat |
| -oidism | resemblance |
| -oid | that which resembles |
| -oid, -oidal | like; resembling |
| Gam | Marriage |
| Morph | form |
| Thaum, thaumat | wonder |
| Techn | art; skill |
| Mim | imitate |
| Crypt | conceal |
| Phan, phen | show; appear; shine |
| Trop | turn; respond to |
| Troph | feed; nourish |
| Stroph | turn |
| Klin, clin | lean; lie; incline |
| Ag, agog | lead |
| Bas, bat | step; go |
| Bal, ball, bol, bl | throw |
| Holo- | whole |
| Allo- | other |
| Acro- | top, tip, end |
| therm | heat |
| hydr | water |
| hygr | moisture |
| bar | weight; pressure |
| phot, phos | light |
| pyr | fire |
| aer | lower air |
| ether | upper air |
| caust, caut | burn |
| schiz, schis | split; cleave |
| od | way; path |
| pseudo- | false; counterfeit |
| -phoria, -phery | a bearing; a carrying; production |
| -phor, -pher, -phore, -phorus | that which bears |
| -phoric, -phorous | bearing; production |
| Aesth, esth | feeling; perception |
| Eth | habit; moral |
| Neur | nerve |
| Pneum, pneumat, -pnea | breath; wind |
| Opt, ops, op | sight; view; eye |
| Opthalm | eye |
| Them, the, thet, thec, thek | put; place |
| Thanat, thanas | death |
| Necro | dead |
| Taph | tomb |
| Mnem, mne, mnes | memory |
| Soph | wise |
| dys- | difficult |
| -orama | view |
| -oramist | one who views |
| -oramic | pertaing to veiwing |
| Mov. mob, mot | move |
| Ven, vent | come come |
| Sta, stat, stit, sist | put in place; cause to stand; stand |
| Sed, sid, sess | sit; settle |
| Cumb, cub | lie; recline |
| Clin, cliv | lean; incline; slope |
| Verg | tend toward; bend |
| Jace | lie |
| Jaci, ject, jacu | throw |
| Mitt, miss, mise | send; let go |
| Misc, mixt | mix |
Created by:
Jkmg2001
Popular Greek sets