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GREEK ROOTS
Wurth's Greek Roots 1-42
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anti | against, opposite |
| astro | star |
| auto | self, same |
| bio | life |
| chron | time |
| cosm | world, universe, order |
| cracy | type of government |
| crat | member of a type of government |
| cycl | circle, wheel |
| dem | people |
| geo | earth |
| gon | angle |
| graph, gram | written, drawn |
| hemi, semi | half |
| hydro, hydra | water |
| hyper | too much, a lot |
| kilo | 1,000 |
| mania | madness, insanity |
| mech | machine |
| mega | big |
| meter | measure of |
| micro | small |
| mis | bad, wrong |
| mon, mono | one |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| ology | study of |
| pan | all, every |
| path | disease, sickness, suffering |
| penta | 5 |
| phobia | fear |
| phon, phono | sound |
| photo | light |
| phys | nature, body, natural science |
| pod, ped | foot |
| poly | many |
| psych | mind |
| pyro | fire |
| scope | watch, see |
| tele | distance |
| theo | God, religion |
| therm | heat |
| tri | three |