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Terminology
Greek/Latin Terminology Translations Root/Suffix Meanings
| Root | Meaning | Origin Language | English Derivative |
|---|---|---|---|
| a/an- | without, not, lacking | Greek | adiabatic, agnostic, ahistorical, amoral, anaemia, anaesthesia, anhydrous, anonymous, apathy, asymmetric, asymptote, atrophic |
| ab- | away from | Greek | abnormal, abrasion, absent, abstain, abstract, aversion |
| abac- | reckoning-board, used for counting votes | Greek | abacus, abaculus, abax |
| abyss- | bottomless | Greek | abyss, abyssal, abyssocottidae, abyssopelagic |
| agalmato- | glory, delight, honor, statue | Greek | agalmatolite, Agalmatophilia |
| agath- | good | Greek | agathism, agathodaemon, kalokagathia |
| agap- | fraternal love | Greek | agape, agapanthus, agapanthaceae |
| agau- | illustrious; noble | Greek | agave, agavaceae |
| acanth(o)- | spiny, thorn plant | Greek | |
| acr(o)- | extremity or height, tip, top, apex, pointed | ||
| aden(o)- | gland | ||
| are(o)- | air, atmosphere | ||
| agogue- | leading, leader, course, withdrawing agent | ||
| agr(o)- | soil or crop production, field, earth | ||
| ant(o)- | duck | ||
| alg(o)- | pain | ||
| all(o)- | other, departure from normal | ||
| alt(i)- | high | ||
| amb(i)- | both | ||
| armour- | love, loved | ||
| ancyl(o)- | hook, joint, fused, stiff, bent, crooked, curved | ||
| andro- | male, men, man, stamen, masculine | ||
| anemo- | wind | Greek | |
| angio- | vessel, container | Greek | angiosperm, angiocardiography, angiodysplasia, angiogenesis, angiogram, angiography, angioma, angiopathy, angioplasty, angiosperma, angiostatin, angiotensin, |
| ana- | up, again, throughout, back | ||
| anhydr- | waterless, arid | ||
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar, uneven, unbalance | ||
| an(o)- | up, upper, upward | ||
| antero- | front, fore, forward | ||
| anthno- | flower | ||
| anthrope- | human | ||
| ant(i)- | against, opposite of, counter | ||
| angel- | messenger | Greek | angel, archangel, evangelist |
| aeto- | eagle | ||
| avi(o)- | flying, flight | ||
| argent- | silver | ||
| aulos- | pipes | ||
| ante- | before, previous, beginning | ||
| aeon- | being, life, age, forever | ||
| anser- | goose | ||
| anuro- | no tail | ||
| apostasia- | go away, depart from | ||
| anesthesia- | lack of sensation, want of feeling, no sensation, insensibility under surgical treatment, sensation, feeling | ||
| apeir(o)-, aperion- | infinite, unlimited | ||
| axi- | axis | ||
| ancon- | elbow | ||
| agor- | marketplace | ||
| agra- | seizure, trap | ||
| anch- | a press tight, strangle, throttle, choke | ||
| ag- | i drive, lead | ||
| adamant- | unconquerable, diamond | ||
| adelph- | bother | ||
| adelo- | unknown, obscure | ||
| adiaphor- | indifferent | ||
| adyt- | not to be entered | ||
| aerob(i)- | living in air | ||
| aed- | distasteful, unpleasant | ||
| aech(o)- | without sound | ||
| ather- | gruel | ||
| athlet- | contestant in the games, sport, prize, reward, gift, souvenir | ||
| aithal- | soot | ||
| aither- | massless medium | ||
| aigagr- | wild goat | ||
| aigial- | beach, seashore | ||
| aiki- | torture, suffering, severe pain | ||
| ailuro- | feline | ||
| aipin- | high, lofty | ||
| aipy- | high and steep, utter | ||
| aesthetic- | of sense-perception, sensitive, perceptive | ||
| aiskhun- | I dishonor, shame | ||
| aiti- | cause | ||
| aichm- | point of a spear | ||
| aioni- | lasting for an age | ||
| akaki- | harmlessness | ||
| acalyph- | stinging-nettle | ||
| acanth- | thorn plant | ||
| acar- | a kind of mite | ||
| acatalekt- | not incomplete, incessant | ||
| acephal- | headless | ||
| aclin- | unswerving, without inclination | ||
| acm- | highest point, facial eruption | ||
| acoluth- | follower | ||
| acon#2- | whetstone | ||
| acoust- | hear, sound | ||
| acro- | edge, topmost, tip, top, apex, pointed | ||
| actino- | ray | ||
| alabastr- | a variety of mineral | ||
| allantoeid- | sausage-shaped | ||
| alethe- | truth | ||
| alexa,alexis- | to ward off, to defend, defender | ||
| aleuro- | flour, meal | ||
| aleiph- | I anoint with oil | ||
| alc- | strong | ||
| allotrop- | strange | ||
| alyss- | a plant believed to cure rabies | ||
| alpha- | 1st letter of the alphabet | ||
| alopek- | fox | ||
| amazon- | female warrior | ||
| amaurosi- | blacken | ||
| ambly- | dim | ||
| ambrot- | immortal | ||
| ambyx- | cup | ||
| ambon- | raised edge | ||
| amethyst- | not intoxicating | ||
| ametro- | without measure | ||
| amiant- | undefined | ||
| ammo- | sand | ||
| amnesia- | oblivion | ||
| amn- | lamb | ||
| amoeb- | change | ||
| amorpho- | shapeless | ||
| amyl- | starch | ||
| amygd- | almond tree | ||
| amph(i)- | on both side | ||
| amphibol- | throw on either side, to doubt, doubtful | ||
| amphibi- | living a double life | ||
| amphibrachy- | short at both ends | ||
| amphitheatr- | theater | ||
| amphictyoni- | religious alliance | ||
| amphimacr- | long at both ends | ||
| amphore- | bearer | ||
| amphoter#2- | each of two | ||
| anaba- | go up | ||
| anabaptis- | dip repeatedly | ||
| anabio- | putting off, delaying | ||
| anaglyp- | putting wrought in low relief | ||
| anagram- | transpose the letters of one word so as to form another | ||
| anagog- | spiritual uplift, reference to a principle | ||
| anadrom- | running up | ||
| anathemat- | accursed | ||
| anacli- | to lean back | ||
| anacolouthi- | inconsequence | ||
| anacrusi- | push back, beginning of a tune | ||
| analgesi- | painlessness | ||
| analeg- | gather | ||
| anathemat- | accursed | ||
| anacli- | to lean back | ||
| anacolouthi- | inconsequence | ||
| anacrusi- | push back, beginning of a tune | ||
| analgesi- | painlessness | ||
| analeg- | gather | ||
| analeimmat- | support | ||
| analept- | restorative | ||
| analcim- | weak | ||
| analogi- | proportion | ||
| analog- | proportionate, conformable | ||
| analy- | loosen, simplify | ||
| analphabet- | uneducated | ||
| anamnesi- | recollection, reminiscence | ||
| anamorphosi- | transformation | ||
| anakt- | lord, master, king | ||
| anapaist- | anapestic verse | ||
| anaplast- | remolded | ||
| anaplerotic- | filling up | ||
| anapno- | respiration, breathing | ||
| anapodeict- | not proved | ||
| anaptyxi- | expansion, explanation | ||
| anarthr- | not articulated | ||
| anastomo- | I furnish with a mouth, open up | ||
| anastreph- | to turn back | ||
| anata- | stretch | ||
| anatomy- | incision, dissection | ||
| anatrop- | to reverse | ||
| anaphor- | mention, recount, refer | ||
| anaphylak- | guard | ||
| anachronis- | wrong time reference | ||
| anachore- | go back, retire | ||
| anecdot- | unpublished | ||
| anergi- | cessation from work | ||
| aneurusm- | dilation | ||
| anthologi- | collection of extracts | ||
| anthracit- | kind of coal | ||
| anthr- | coal | ||
| ani- | to go up | ||
| annes- | dill | ||
| anod- | way up | ||
| anom- | lawless | ||
| anorg- | not wrathful | ||
| anorec-,anorexi- | lack of appetite | ||
| anortho- | sloping | ||
| antagonis- | struggle against, prove a match for | ||
| antidote- | to give as a remedy against | ||
| antinom- | contradiction between laws | ||
| antipath- | of opposite feelings | ||
| antipod- | the opposite foot, diametrically opposed | ||
| antisep- | make to putrefy in turn | ||
| antistroph- | to invert | ||
| antithe- | to oppose | ||
| antiphra- | speak the opposite | ||
| antiphon- | sounding in answer | ||
| antr- | cave, cavity | ||
| antonym- | to have an opposite denomination | ||
| anomal- | ueven | ||
| anonymous- | nameless | ||
| anophel- | unprofitable, useless | ||
| axio- | worthy | ||
| axon,axi- | axis | ||
| aorist- | indefinite | ||
| aort- | the great artery | ||
| apathe- | without feeling | ||
| apax- | once | ||
| apat- | deceit | ||
| apogei- | far from the earth | ||
| apodict- | demonstrable | ||
| apodo- | to give back | ||
| apothemat- | something laid down | ||
| apotheosi- | deification | ||
| apothec- | storehouse | ||
| apocalyp- | to reveal | ||
| apocop- | cut off | ||
| apocrin | to set apart | ||
| apocryp | to hide away | ||
| apolog | apology | ||
| apomixi | without mixing | ||
| aponeur | to become tendinous | ||
| apoplex,apoplec | cripple by a stroke | ||
| apor | impassable | ||
| apostat | defector | ||
| apostol | send away | ||
| apostroph | turn away | ||
| apotropa | something that averts evil | ||
| apod | without feet | ||
| apopha | to say no | ||
| apophtheng,apotheg | to speak plainly | ||
| apophu- | grow out like a shoot | ||
| apo- | away, off, from, asunder, without | ||
| aqua- | water, light blueish/greenish color or liquid | ||
| arch- | cheif | ||
| archi- | foremost, early, ancient, old, primitive | ||
| archy- | ruler, government, authority | ||
| archeo- | primitive, ancient, old, prehistoric, antique, beginning | ||
| arson- | fire | ||
| argent- | silver | ||
| areo- | the planet mars | ||
| arterio- | arty | ||
| arthrο- | joint | ||
| arthrosi- | articulation | ||
| arithmo- | number | ||
| aristo- | best, excellence, great, magnificent | ||
| arcti- | bear | ||
| arctur- | bear ward | ||
| arm- | joint, shoulder | ||
| arrythmi- | lack of rhythm | ||
| artio- | even number | ||
| architecton- | chief builder | ||
| archont- | ruler | ||
| aromato- | spice | ||
| asthen- | weakness | ||
| asthmato- | asthma | ||
| asparag- | asparagus | ||
| aspid- | shield | ||
| astero- | star | ||
| astro- | star, celestial space, constellation, star-shaped | ||
| astigmati- | without focus | ||
| astragal- | vertebra, knucklebone | ||
| asyl- | sanctuary | ||
| asphyxi- | stopping of the pulse | ||
| atmo- | air, vapor | ||
| atom- | uncut | ||
| atoni- | slack | ||
| atrop- | inexorable | ||
| authentic- | original, old fashion | ||
| auster- | harsh, bitter | ||
| austro- | south | ||
| autarchi- | absolute governing | ||
| autark- | self sufficiency | ||
| autochthon- | of the land itshelf | ||
| autopsi- | a seeing for oneself | ||
| auto- | self, same, one, oneself | ||
| audio - | hearing, sound | ||
| aux- | to increase | ||
| aphaire- | take away | ||
| aphan- | unseen | ||
| aphat- | speechless | ||
| aphe- | to let go | ||
| achen- | without yawning | ||
| achat- | agate | ||
| achrοmato- | without color | ||
| apsinthi- | alcoholic liqueur | ||
| apsid- | arch | ||
| amphi- | both or two | ||
| ankylo- | hook, joint, fused, stiff or bent | ||
| apato- | deceptive | ||
| avi-, avis- | bird | ||
| bacci- | berry | ||
| bac-,bacteri- | staff, cane, stick, rod-shaped | ||
| baro-,bary- | weight, pressure | ||
| batho- | depth | ||
| bactro- | baton or club | ||
| baga- | little | ||
| bal,ballist- | throw | ||
| baptis- | dip, immerse, cleanse | ||
| barbaro- | stranger, a non-greek | ||
| baru- | heavy | ||
| basil- | king | ||
| basi- | walk, go, at the botom | ||
| batrach- | frog | ||
| bdell- | leech | ||
| bene- | good, well, great, spectacular | ||
| bellu- | beautiful | ||
| bi- | twice, two | ||
| biblo- | book | ||
| bin- | twice, two at a time | ||
| bio- | life | ||
| blasto- | sprout, germ, embryo, bud, cell with nucleus | ||
| blephar- | eyelid | ||
| brachio- | arm | ||
| brachy- | short | ||
| brady- | slow | ||
| branchio- | gills | ||
| bronto- | thunder | ||
| bov- | cow, ox, bull | ||
| bou- | ox | ||
| bromo- | stink, stench, clangor, odor, musty smell | ||
| bronch- | windpipe | ||
| caco- | bad | ||
| cade- | procession | ||
| calli- | beautiful | ||
| calypt-, calyps- | cover | ||
| calori- | heat | ||
| carpi- | furit | ||
| bellu- | beautiful | ||
| bi- | twice, two | ||
| biblo- | book | ||
| bin- | twice, two at a time | ||
| caco- | bad | ||
| cade- | procession | ||
| calli- | beautiful | ||
| calypt-,calyps- | cover | ||
| calori- | heat | ||
| carpi- | goat | ||
| cardio- | heart | ||
| carpo#1- | fruit | ||
| carpo#2- | wrist | ||
| carno- | flesh, meat | ||
| cata- | down, against, back, according to, through, entirely, and mis | ||
| calamo- | reed | ||
| camara- | chamber | ||
| cata- | down, against, back, according to, through, entirely, and mis | ||
| centi- | hundred | ||
| cephalo- | head | ||
| cerat-,cera-,ceras-,cero#1- | horn | ||
| cero#2- | wax | ||
| chaeto- | hair | ||
| chalco- | copper | ||
| chem- | chemistry, chemical | ||
| chiro- | hand | ||
| chlor- | green, midori, verdant, celadon, mint, | ||
| chole- | bile, gall | ||
| chondrio- | cartilage | ||
| chorio- | chorion,choriod | ||
| chrom- | color, colored, pigmented, pigment | ||
| chromato- | color, colored, pigmented, pigment | ||
| chrono- | time | ||
| chryso- | gold | ||
| cide- | to kill, killer, murder, destroy, annihilate, obliterate, execute, dispatch, eradicate, decimate, mutilate | ||
| clino- | slope | ||
| coel- | cavity | ||
| colous- | inhabiting | ||
| clino- | slope | ||
| coel- | cavity | ||
| colous- | inhabiting | ||
| copro- | dung, filth, obscenity | ||
| cosmo- | order, jewel, world, universe | ||
| costo- | rib | ||
| clast- | broken | ||
| claustro- | confined close spaces | ||
| coulro- | clown | ||
| certificate- | name | ||
| chryso- | orange | ||
| cibo- | orange | ||
| cion- | column or pillar | ||
| cneme- | lower leg or shin bone | ||
| carchar- | jagged | ||
| clao- | break or crush | ||
| ceno- | new | ||
| chresemo-,chresema- | useful, style, | ||
| cranium- | skull | ||
| comrade- | ally, friend, colleague | ||
| contra- | against | ||
| con- | with | ||
| cirrh- | yellow | ||
| cleon- | glory | ||
| cleopatra- | glory of the father | ||
| comas- | order, decency | ||
| cele- | pouching, hernia | ||
| cryo- | ice cold | ||
| crypto- | hidden, secret | ||
| crystal- | ice, glass | ||
| crystallo- | crystal | ||
| cteno- | comb | ||
| cule- | small, tiny, little | ||
| cyano- | dark blue | ||
| cyclo- | cycle | ||
| cymo- | wave | ||
| cyto- | cell | ||
| cyrus(1)- | far sighted, young | ||
| cyrus(2)- | bronze, copper, brass | ||
| crat- | ruler, member of a ruler body | ||
| clast- | broken | ||
| claustro- | confined close spaces | ||
| coulro- | clown | ||
| certificate- | name | ||
| chryso- | orange, sunset | ||
| cibo- | orange, sunset | ||
| cion- | column or pillar | ||
| cneme- | lower leg or shin bone | ||
| carchar- | jagged | ||
| clao- | break or crush | ||
| ceno- | new | ||
| cranium- | skull | ||
| comrade- | ally, friend, colleague | ||
| comas- | order, decency | ||
| cele- | pouching, hernia | ||
| cteno- | comb | ||
| cule- | small, tiny, little | ||
| cyano- | dark blue, cobalt, azure | ||
| cyclo- | cycle | ||
| cymo- | wave | ||
| cyto- | cell | ||
| coulro- | clown | ||
| certificate- | name | ||
| chryso- | orange | ||
| cibo- | orange | ||
| cion- | column or pillar | ||
| cneme- | lower leg or shin bone | ||
| carchar- | jagged | ||
| clao- | break or crush | ||
| ceno- | new | ||
| comrade- | ally, friend, colleague | ||
| cleopatra- | glory of the father | ||
| comas- | order, decency | ||
| cele- | pouching, hernia | ||
| cteno- | comb | ||
| cule- | small, tiny, little | ||
| cyano- | dark blue, blue | ||
| cyclo- | cycle | ||
| cymo- | wave | ||
| cyto- | cell | ||
| cyan-, cynic- | dog | ||
| cyber- | computer, computer network, virtual reality | ||
| compos- | elegant | ||
| campto- | flexible | ||
| campylo- | bent | ||
| dactylo- | finger, toe, digit | ||
| deca-, dec-, deka-, dek- | ten | ||
| deci- | tenth | ||
| demi- | half | ||
| dem-,demo- | people | ||
| demon- | the people, evil spirit, divinity | ||
| dermato- | skin | ||
| deutero- | second | ||
| dextro- | right | ||
| divine- | godlike, heavenly | ||
| di- | two, twice, double | ||
| dia- | thoroughly, compellingly, passing through | ||
| diabalos- | devil | ||
| didymus-,didymos- | twin | ||
| dicho- | in two parts, in pairs | ||
| dino- | fearfully great, terrible | ||
| dis- | apart, asunder, or having privacy | ||
| dolicho- | long or narrow | ||
| doxa- | fame, glory | ||
| draco- | serpent, snake | ||
| dragon- | a snake, serpent | ||
| drome-, dromeus-, dromeo- | running, course, race course | ||
| diplo- | double or in pair | ||
| docus- | beam, bar or shaft | ||
| duo- | two | ||
| dyna- | power | ||
| dys- | ill, bad | ||
| dacruo- | tear | ||
| dasy- | thick, dense | ||
| delta- | the 4th letter of the alphabet | ||
| deltio- | small writing tablet | ||
| delphin- | dolphin | ||
| demniun- | bed | ||
| dendro-,dendri- | tree | ||
| diet- | way of life | ||
| deacon- | servant, messenger | ||
| didasc- | I teach | ||
| diegesi- | narration, narrative | ||
| dioicesi- | housekeeping, management | ||
| dioptr-- | spy-glass | ||
| diphther- | I teach | ||
| dox- | opinion, praise | ||
| drasi- | action | ||
| dun- | power, strength, force | ||
| ecclesio- | chruch | ||
| echino(1)- | sea urchin | ||
| echino(2)- | spiny | ||
| eco- | household, environment | ||
| ecto- | outer, outside, external, exterior | ||
| ectomy- | excision (of specified part) | ||
| elasmo-,elasma- | metal plated or elastic, like thin, beaten metal | ||
| elmi- | foot | ||
| electro- | electric or electricity | ||
| elin- | oil | ||
| ellipsi- | ellipse | ||
| embryo- | formation, forming, develop, developing, development | ||
| emphas- | emphasis | ||
| en- | enter, in, into | ||
| endo- | within, inside, interior | ||
| energ- | energy | ||
| entero- | intestine | ||
| entomo- | insect, bug | ||
| ego- | i, me, my, myself | ||
| eo- | primeval, dawn, east | ||
| eon- | ages, years | ||
| century- | one hundred years | ||
| epi- | upon, on, over, near, at, before, after | ||
| epigraph- | title, inscription | ||
| episco- | overseer | ||
| epistem- | good knowledge (science) | ||
| erg- | action, deed, practice, work | ||
| epi- | upon, on, over, near, at, before, after | ||
| episco- | overseer | ||
| eu- | good, well | ||
| epistem- | good knowledge (science) | ||
| eury- | wide | ||
| erg- | action, deed, practice, work | ||
| erythro- | red, crimson | ||
| ethno-- | race, culture, people | ||
| etym- | true | ||
| felis, feline- | cat | ||
| eu- | good, well | ||
| febri- | fever | ||
| eury- | wide | ||
| exo- | outerside, outer, external, exterior | ||
| ennea- | nine | ||
| eth- | moral | ||
| felis-,feline- | cat | ||
| febri- | fever | ||
| fer- | bearing | ||
| ferous- | bearing, producing, yielding, containing, conveying | ||
| ferri- | iron | ||
| ferro- | iron | ||
| fibero- | fiber | ||
| fic- | making, producing, causing, creating, developing, happening | ||
| fid- | divided, lobed, to split, cut, saw off, chop, slash, disect | ||
| for- | away, off, to the uttermost, extremely, wrongly | ||
| fy- | to make, cause to be, render | ||
| gala- | milk | ||
| galactic- | milk or milky | ||
| galaxias- | milky circle | ||
| galacto- | milk | ||
| galaxy- | milky way | ||
| galeos- | shark | ||
| gad- | cod | ||
| galea- | galley | ||
| galion- | bedstraw | ||
| gamma- | 7th word of the alphabet | ||
| gam-, gamy- | marriage | ||
| gamo- | united | ||
| gangli- | subcutaneous tumour | ||
| gangraina- | gangrene | ||
| gano- | bright | ||
| gastero-, gastro- | stomach | ||
| gen- | birth, born, offspring | ||
| genic- | producing | ||
| geny- | origin | ||
| geo- | the earth | ||
| gernto- | oldage | ||
| geran- | crane | ||
| gno- | to know | ||
| gigant- | huge, enormous | ||
| glauco- | blue-green, gray | ||
| glio- | gluey | ||
| glott-,glotto- | tongue, language | ||
| glouto- | buttock | ||
| glyph-,glypho- | carving, carved work, word | ||
| geno- | male or female, gender, sex | ||
| glyc(o)- | sweet, sugar | ||
| gloch(i)- | arrow-head | ||
| gnath(o)-, gnathus- | jaw | ||
| gnome- | thought, opinion | ||
| gnomon- | inspector, indicator | ||
| goet- | witchcraft, charm, jugglery, wizard , sorcerer, groan, bewail , a charm , to bewitch, beguile | ||
| gomph- | bolt | ||
| gnomy-,gnosis- | knowledge | ||
| gon- | angled, angular | ||
| gono- | sexual, reproductive | ||
| gony- | production, genesis, origination | ||
| grade- | step, walk, go | ||
| gram- | something written, record | ||
| graph- | write, writing, drawing, draw, recording instrument | ||
| grapho- | writing | ||
| graphy- | drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing | ||
| gryp- | griffin | ||
| gymno- | naked, bare, exposed, opened, nude | ||
| gyneco- | female | ||
| gyno- | female, woman | ||
| gyro- | ring, circle, spiral | ||
| hade- | hell, the grave, underworld, unseen, the unseen, land of the dead, god of the underworld | ||
| hadro- | large | ||
| halo- | sea, salt | ||
| hagio- | saint, holy | ||
| haplo- | simple, single | ||
| hecto- | hundred | ||
| hedron- | face | ||
| helio- | sun | ||
| hemo-,hemato- | blood | ||
| hendeca- | eleven | ||
| hept(a)- | seven | ||
| here- | this place, this time | ||
| hem(i)- | half | ||
| hernio- | hernia | ||
| hemera- | day | ||
| herpeto(1)- | reptiles | ||
| hepato | liver | ||
| harmon- | agreement, harmony | ||
| herbi- | grass, plant, leaves | ||
| hero- | protector, defender, to protect, to defend, guardian, a great brave warrior, warrior | ||
| heis- | to throw | ||
| hertro- | different, other, mixed | ||
| hemera- | day, evening | ||
| heesperos- | evening | ||
| herpeto(2)- | creeping animal | ||
| hedy-,hedus-,hedu- | sweet | ||
| hexa- | six | ||
| halcyon- | kingfisher | ||
| hal-,halo(1)- | sea, salt | ||
| halluc- | I flee from, shun, avoid, escape, to dream, be deceived | ||
| halo#2- | round shape, the disk of the sun | ||
| hiero- | sacred, sacred carving, writing | ||
| hippo- | horse | ||
| histo- | tissue | ||
| histor- | history | ||
| hilario- | cheerful | ||
| holo- | whole, entire | ||
| homeo- | similar | ||
| homo- | same | ||
| homer- | hostage, pledge | ||
| horo- | season, hour | ||
| hyalo- | glass | ||
| hydro- | water | ||
| hyeto- | rain | ||
| hygro- | wet, moist, moisture | ||
| hyginus- | heathly | ||
| hygiene- | sound, healthy, strong | ||
| hylo- | wood, matter | ||
| hymeno- | membrane | ||
| hypacro- | top | ||
| hyper- | over, above, too much | ||
| hypno- | sleep, drowsy, sleepy | ||
| hypo- | under, below, too less | ||
| hypatia- | highest, supreme | ||
| hypselo-,hypsi- | high | ||
| hypso- | height, altitude | ||
| hyaina-,hys- | pig, hog, swine | ||
| hysteria,- hystreo- | uterus, womb | ||
| iatro- | healer, medicine, healing, physician | ||
| idio- | one’s own, private | ||
| iatry- | medical care, treatment | ||
| icthyo- | fish | ||
| icono- | image, picture, portrait | ||
| ichno- | trace | ||
| ideo- | idea, thought, plan | ||
| idio- | proper to one, peculiar | ||
| infra- | below, under | ||
| inter- | between, among | ||
| intra- | within | ||
| intro- | within | ||
| ing- | one belonging to, of the kind of, one descended from | ||
| io- | go | ||
| icle- | small | ||
| ism- | condition of, the act, state, theory of | ||
| iso- | equal, alike, identical | ||
| iris- | rainbow | ||
| itis- | inflammation | ||
| ium- | tissue, structure | ||
| im- | not | ||
| juxta- | beside, near, close, near by | ||
| chasmo- | yawning hollow | ||
| chaos- | primal emptiness | ||
| chiono- | snow | ||
| chorei- | dance | ||
| choreo- | dance | ||
| chri- | anoint | ||
| karyo- | nucleus of cell | ||
| kentro- | sharp point, spur | ||
| kirko- | ring, circle | ||
| kilo- | thousand | ||
| krito- | chosen, separated | ||
| kurios- | lord | ||
| kybernetes- | to steer, steersman, governor | ||
| labio- | lip | ||
| lacto- | milk | ||
| lagnia- | coition | ||
| latry- | worship | ||
| lao- | people, human | ||
| le-,lo- | to say | ||
| lepsy- | seizure | ||
| lepto- | thin, fine, slight | ||
| lemma- | assumption, premiss | ||
| less- | without | ||
| lexi- | word | ||
| leuco- | white | ||
| levo- | left | ||
| lipo- | fat | ||
| litho- | stone, callus | ||
| loc-,loco- | from place to place | ||
| kirko- | ring, circle | ||
| kilo- | thousand | ||
| krito- | chosen, separated | ||
| kurios- | lord | ||
| kybernetes- | to steer, steersman, governor | ||
| labio- | lip | ||
| lacto- | milk | ||
| lagnia- | coition | ||
| latry- | worship | ||
| lao- | people, human | ||
| lepsy- | seizure | ||
| lepto- | thin, fine, slight | ||
| lemma- | assumption, premiss | ||
| less- | without | ||
| lexi- | word | ||
| leuco- | white | ||
| levo- | left | ||
| lipo- | fat | ||
| litho- | stone, callus | ||
| loco- | from place to place | ||
| logo- | thought, word, speech, study | ||
| logy- | study of, science of, knowledge of, branch of | ||
| lemma- | assumption, premiss | ||
| luni- | moon | ||
| lycan-, lycanthrope- | wolf human, werewolf, part/half wolf, part/half human | ||
| lyco-, lycus- | wolf | ||
| lys-, lysis- | loosening, decomposition, break, loosen, dissolve | ||
| lystro- | shovel | ||
| machy- | fighting | ||
| macro- | bug, large, long, great, excessive, enormous, huge | ||
| magni- | large, great | ||
| mal- | bad, wrongful, ill | ||
| malaco- | soft | ||
| mancy- | divination | ||
| mania- | excited, spirited, exaggerated desire, enthusiastic, love for, passion | ||
| masto- | breast | ||
| matri- | mother | ||
| maxi- | very long, very large | ||
| medi- | middle | ||
| medico- | medical | ||
| mega-,megal- | great, large, big | ||
| megalo- | bigness, exaggeration, extravagance | ||
| mech- | machine | ||
| melano- | black, pigmented, ink | ||
| meno- | month | ||
| mero-, merous-, merus- | part, particle, portion | ||
| mes-,meso- | middle | ||
| meta- | after, along with, beyond, among, behind | ||
| metallo- | metal | ||
| meter(1)-, metr-, metero(1)-, meteric- | meter, measure, measurement instrument | ||
| meter(2)- | mother | ||
| metero(2)- | uterus | ||
| micro- | small, tiny, little, short | ||
| mid- | middle | ||
| milli- | thousand | ||
| millennium- | one thousand years | ||
| mini- | very short, very small, very tiny, short, tiny, light weight, on a small scale | ||
| mimus- | mimic | ||
| mio- | less | ||
| mne- | memory | ||
| mono- | alone, single, one, forsaken | ||
| moro- | dull | ||
| morpho- | form, shape | ||
| multi- | many, multiple, many time, much, more than one, more than two | ||
| mycetes- | fungi | ||
| myceto- | fungus | ||
| myco- | fungus | ||
| mycosis- | fungal infection | ||
| myelo- | marrow, of spinal cord | ||
| my(o)- | muscle | ||
| myri-, myraid- | countless, ten thousand | ||
| myth(o)- | myth, story, legend, urban legend | ||
| myxo- | mucus | ||
| masso- | long, bulky | ||
| nano- | dwarf, tiny, very small | ||
| narco- | stupor, narcosis | ||
| naso- | nose | ||
| necro- | dead, corpse, death, physical death | ||
| nemato- | thread | ||
| nectar- | drink of the gods | ||
| neo- | new, young, recent, fresh | ||
| nepho- | cloud | ||
| nephro- | kidney | ||
| neuro- | nerve, sinew, tendon | ||
| neutro- | neutral | ||
| nemesis- | to give what is due | ||
| nomo- | custom, law | ||
| nomy- | distribution, arrangement, management | ||
| nodo- | knotted, lumpy | ||
| nono- | not | ||
| noso- | disease | ||
| noto- | node, nodules | ||
| notos- | south | ||
| nycho- | clawed | ||
| nychus- | clawed | ||
| nyco- | night, dark | ||
| naut- | sailor, ship | ||
| ob- | toward, on, to, over, against | ||
| obeso-, obesity- | gaining weight | ||
| hor- | limit, boundary | ||
| gyro- | turn, turning, rotate, rotating, rotation | ||
| helico- | spiral, rotary wing | ||
| octa- | eight | ||
| odonto- | tooth | ||
| odyno- | pain | ||
| -oid | resembling, like | ||
| ol- | alcohol, phenol | ||
| oligo- | few, little, some | ||
| omni- | all | ||
| onto- | being, existing | ||
| onyx- | claw, talon, nail, hook | ||
| -onym | name, word | ||
| oo- | egg | ||
| oophro- | ovary | ||
| opia- | sight, visual organ | ||
| ops- | face, eye | ||
| opsis- | appearance, sight | ||
| ophthalmic-, ophthalmo- | eye, view, sight | ||
| opt-, opto- | optic, vision, eye, view, sight | ||
| orchido- | orchid, testicle | ||
| orexia- | desire, appetite | ||
| organ- | tool, instrument | ||
| organo- | organ (of the body), organic | ||
| ornith-, ornitho- | bird | ||
| oramato- | sight | ||
| onco- | mass, bulk | ||
| oro(1)- | mountain | ||
| oro(1)- | mouth | ||
| ose- | giving to, like | ||
| osis- | abnormal condition, increase | ||
| osm- | smell | ||
| opistho- | at the back, behind | ||
| osto- | bone | ||
| ot-, oto- | ear | ||
| ov-, ova-, ovu-, ovi(1)- | egg | ||
| ovy-, oxa-, oxi-, oxo-, oxy- | sharp, acute, keen, pointed, acid, sour, tart | ||
| ou- | not | ||
| ozo- | smell | ||
| pachy- | thick | ||
| potam-, patamos- | river | ||
| paleo- | old, ancient, prehistoric | ||
| pan- | all | ||
| para- | guard against, protect against, defend against, alongside of, by, past, beyond, against, altered, contrary, from, against, contrary to, on forth | ||
| parous- | bearing, producing | ||
| patho- | suffering, disease, feeling, feel, hurt | ||
| parti- | father | ||
| paid- | boy, child | ||
| paideia- | education, culture | ||
| penia- | decrease | ||
| pedate- | having a foot or feet | ||
| pedti- | pedate | ||
| pedi- | foot, feet | ||
| pedo(1)- | child | ||
| pedo(2)- | soil | ||
| pene- | almost | ||
| penta- | five | ||
| per- | through, thoroughly, utterly, very | ||
| peri- | about, around, beyond | ||
| petro- | rock, stone | ||
| pexy- | fixation | ||
| phage-, phago-, phagous- | eating, devouring, consuming, feeding on | ||
| phanes- | appearing | ||
| phany- | appearance | ||
| phalang- phalanges- | close formation of troops, fingers bones , toes bones | ||
| pharmaco- | drug, medicine | ||
| pharmakon- | magic spell, remedy | ||
| phemi- | speak | ||
| pheno- | shining | ||
| phagia- | swallowing | ||
| philia- | attraction for | ||
| palagio- | oblique | ||
| philo- | loving, friend, companion, friendly, caring, friendship | ||
| phobia- | irrational fear, sacred, afraid, dread, terrify, fear of, afraid of , sacred of, terrified of | ||
| pha- | to say | ||
| phaino-, pheino- | to appear | ||
| dacryo- | tear | ||
| hydno- | truffle | ||
| hygien- | soundness, health | ||
| hyla-, hyle-, hylo- | wood, forest | ||
| phono- | sound, voice | ||
| phos-,photo- | light | ||
| phreno- | mind, heart | ||
| physic- | nature | ||
| phyco- | seaweed, algae | ||
| phyllo- | leaf | ||
| phyllous- | having leaves, leaved | ||
| phylo- | race, tribe, kind | ||
| physo- | bladder | ||
| phyto- | plant | ||
| picro- | bitter | ||
| plagio- | oblique | ||
| plano(1)- | flat, plane | ||
| plano(2)- | moving, capable of movement | ||
| plasia- | plasmic growth, formation | ||
| plast- | formed, molded | ||
| plastic- | to form, to mold | ||
| plasto- | formed, molded | ||
| plasty- | surgical repair, reconstruction | ||
| platy- | flat, board | ||
| pleuro- | side, rib, lateral, pleura | ||
| plio- | more | ||
| pheutamo- | air, breath, spirit | ||
| pod- | foot | ||
| bronchi- | lung | ||
| pistrix- | sea monster | ||
| polis-, pole-, poli- | city, village | ||
| post- | after, behind, later, subsequent to, posterior to, posterior | ||
| phore- | bearer, thing, part bearing something | ||
| potent-,potency-,potential- | power, strength, ability, powerful, capable | ||
| pre- | before, prior to, in advance of, early, before hand, in front of | ||
| pro- | before, prior to, in advance of, early, before hand, in front of | ||
| proto- | first, foremost, earliest form of, earliest, soon | ||
| prtero- | earlier, before, former | ||
| preno- | sloping | ||
| peira- | attack, assault | ||
| piri- | experience | ||
| pleio-,pleo- | more, abundance, to be full | ||
| pol- | axis, sky | ||
| pragma- | thing done, fact | ||
| presbyter- | elder, older | ||
| program-, programmer-, programmato- | proclamation, agenda | ||
| peloro- | monstrous | ||
| physis- | form | ||
| placo- | board, flat | ||
| plateo- | flat | ||
| psal- | to play, twang | ||
| psammo- | sand | ||
| psepho- | pebble | ||
| pseudo- | false, pretended, illusion, fake, phony, fake, unreal, counter-fit, imposter, fiction, fictional, a falsity | ||
| pogon- | beard | ||
| pselaph- | to grope about | ||
| psilo- | mere, bare, smooth | ||
| psoa- | muscles of the loin | ||
| psych-, psycho- | ill, mind, breath, spirit, soul | ||
| psychro- | cold | ||
| psittaco- | parrot | ||
| petro- ,pteron-, pterous-, pteryx- | wing, feather, winged, fin, fern | ||
| purpur- | purple | ||
| pycno- | dense, close, thick | ||
| pyelo- | pelvis | ||
| pyo- | pus | ||
| pyro- | fire | ||
| gonad- | an organ that produces sex cells, testis, ovary | ||
| quadri- | four | ||
| quinque- | five | ||
| radio- | radio, radium, radioactive, radiant energy, radius, | ||
| raptor- | robber, plunder | ||
| re- | again, again and again, repeat, start over, back, backward, reverse | ||
| reni- | kidney | ||
| retro- | backward, behind, after | ||
| rex- | king | ||
| rhabd- | rod | ||
| rhapsod- | reciter of Epic poetry | ||
| rheo- | flow, a flowing, current, stream, river | ||
| rhetor- | art of speech | ||
| rheumato- | flow, a flowing, current, stream, river | ||
| rhino- | nose, snout | ||
| rhizo- | root | ||
| rhodo- | rose, red | ||
| rrhagia- | bursting forth | ||
| rrhapy- | suture | ||
| rrhea- | flow, flux, discharge | ||
| rhomale- | robust, strong, powerful, bold | ||
| rhombus- | spinning top | ||
| ruby- | red | ||
| rhipe- | throw, swing, whirl, twirl | ||
| etio- | cause | ||
| sacchar- | sugar | ||
| sacro- | flesh | ||
| sapphire- | blue | ||
| sapro- | rotten | ||
| saro-, saur-, sauro-, saurus- | lizard, reptile, amphibian | ||
| schizo- | split, cut, incision | ||
| scleno- | hard, difficult, intense | ||
| scope-, scopy- | observer, observe, instrument for examination, examining tool instrument | ||
| schol- | school, scholar, leisure, academy, university, college, seminary, conservatory, institute, faculty, department | ||
| segno- | slow | ||
| semi- | half | ||
| scheme- | shape, form | ||
| seric- | silk | ||
| servo- | slave, servant | ||
| sidro(1)- | iron | ||
| sidro(2)- | star | ||
| sipho- | tube, siphon | ||
| soma-, somato- | body | ||
| soni- | sound | ||
| sophy- | science of | ||
| clone- | branch, twig | ||
| sermato- | seed | ||
| sapphire- | true blue | ||
| spasm- | involuntary contraction | ||
| segno- | slow | ||
| stasis- | stop, stand | ||
| sito- | orange | ||
| solo- | single, alone, oneself | ||
| soli(1)- | alone | ||
| soli(2)- | sun | ||
| solon- | wisdom | ||
| soptto- | skilled, clever | ||
| spino- | thorn, backbone | ||
| suchus- | crocodile | ||
| spondyl- | vertebra | ||
| steno- | narrow, close, slender | ||
| strepto- | reversed | ||
| struthio- | ostrich | ||
| spermo- | seed, germ, semen | ||
| stearo-, steato- | fat, tallow | ||
| stereo- | solid | ||
| stetho- | chest | ||
| stomato- | mouth | ||
| stylo- | column, pillar, tube | ||
| super- | above, beyond, excessive | ||
| syn- | same, together, with, by means of | ||
| stratos- | army | ||
| stauros- | cross | ||
| scythe- | common fate | ||
| sub- | below, under | ||
| sept- | seven | ||
| tachiso-, tachy- | swiftest, swift, fast, fastes | ||
| tacho- | speed | ||
| tali- | ankle | ||
| tauro- | bull | ||
| tauto- | same | ||
| taxi- | arrangement | ||
| techno- | art, skill | ||
| tele(1)- | distant, transmission over a distance | ||
| tele(2)- | end, complete | ||
| ter- | thrice | ||
| terarto- | monster | ||
| tetra- | four | ||
| thallasso- | sea, ocean | ||
| thaumato- | miracle, wonder | ||
| theo- | god | ||
| thermo- | hot, heat | ||
| theron- | hunter | ||
| thrombo- | clot ( of blood) | ||
| tomo- | a cut, section | ||
| tomy- | a cutting, incision | ||
| copter- | wing | ||
| trans- | across, beyond, changing thoroughly, transverse | ||
| trapezo- | table, trapezium | ||
| tri- | three | ||
| toxic-,toxico- | poison, poisonous, fatal | ||
| topo-,topia- | place | ||
| tri- | three | ||
| trio- | three | ||
| tribo- | fraction | ||
| trichio- | hair | ||
| tropic-, tropho-, tropo-, trophic-, trophy- | nourishment, growth, food, of the turning of the sun, tropical | ||
| typ-, typo- | poke, beat | ||
| tops- | eye, face | ||
| tro- | wound | ||
| turri- | tower, building | ||
| turbo- | maximum, increase | ||
| topaz- | yellow gold | ||
| tyranno- | tyrant | ||
| character- | person | ||
| ultra- | extreme | ||
| urus- | tail | ||
| ula- | small | ||
| ule- | small | ||
| ulent- | abounding in | ||
| ulous- | tending to | ||
| un- | not | ||
| uni- | one | ||
| urano- | heavens | ||
| urgy- | work | ||
| uria- | urine | ||
| uro(1)- | urine | ||
| uro(2)- | tail | ||
| thanat- | death, demise | ||
| vaso- | vessel | ||
| vitri- | glass | ||
| vivi- | living, alive | ||
| vore- | eating, eater, eaters | ||
| veloci- | speedy | ||
| venator- | hunter | ||
| wander- | planets | ||
| xantho- | yellow | ||
| xeno- | alien, strange, stranger, guest | ||
| xero- | dry | ||
| xiph- | sword | ||
| xy- | scrape | ||
| xyl- | wood | ||
| xylo- | wood | ||
| y- | condition, process of | ||
| zel- | zeal | ||
| zelo- | jealousy | ||
| zete- | search, inquire | ||
| zoo- | living being, animal | ||
| zygo- | yoke, yoked, yoke-shaped | ||
| zymo- | ferment, leaven, fermentation | ||
| zon- | belt | ||
| zoe- | life | ||
| zopyros- | glowing | ||
| a- | without | ||
| circum- | around | ||
| con- | with | ||
| contra- | against | ||
| dis- | separate from, apart | ||
| ec- | away, out | ||
| exo- | outside, outer | ||
| heter- | different | ||
| im- | not | ||
| immun- | safe, protected, guarded | ||
| in- | not | ||
| infra- | below, under | ||
| para- | alongside of, abnormal | ||
| peri- | around | ||
| jaden- | teenager | ||
| yuki- | courage | ||
| pluto- | rich one | ||
| pluton - | the rich one | ||
| vasilissa- | queen | ||
| polio- | gray | ||
| rube- | red | ||
| sub- | below, under | ||
| supra- | above, excessive | ||
| sym- | same | ||
| antagonist- | enemy, foe, villain | ||
| protagonist- | hero | ||
| asthenia- | without, strength | ||
| cele- | pregnancy | ||
| cynia- | pain | ||
| ectasis- | expansion, dilation | ||
| ectomy- | removal | ||
| emia- | blood condition | ||
| genic- | origin, production | ||
| ia- | condition of | ||
| gly- | made of, like | ||
| alphabe-t | letter | ||
| geno- | birth, born, well-born, noble, offspring | ||
| agogos-, agein- | to lead, to direct, to incite | ||
| agon-, agonia- | struggle, contest | ||
| sym-,syl-,sys- | same, together, with, by means of | ||
| taphos- | tomb, bury | ||
| therapy- | to cure, nurse | ||
| thesis- | position | ||
| topo- | place, local, location, setting | ||
| typos- | type, figure, model | ||
| onoma- | name | ||
| onym- | name | ||
| optic- | eye, view, sight | ||
| phainein- | to show, be visible, to be present, prof, on sight | ||
| physio-, physis- | nature | ||
| seismo- | earthquake | ||
| sphero- | sphere, ball, layer of gas | ||
| osis- | state, condition, action | ||
| actino- | ray | ||
| acoustic- | hear, hearing, sound | ||
| dict- | to say | ||
| duc- | to lead, bring, take | ||
| gress- | to walk | ||
| ject- | to throw | ||
| pel- | to drive | ||
| pend- | to hang | ||
| port- | to carry | ||
| scrib-, script- | to write | ||
| tract- | to pull, drag, draw | ||
| vert- | to turn | ||
| co- | together | ||
| de- | away, off, reversal, removal | ||
| dis- | not, not any | ||
| inter- | between, among | ||
| non- | not | ||
| able-, ible- | capable, worthy of | ||
| fy-, ify- | to make, cause to become | ||
| logue-, log- | speech, discourse, to speak | ||
| ab-, a-, abs- | away | abnormal, abrasion, absent, abstain, abstract, aversion | |
| acid- | sour | acupuncture | |
| acute- | sharp | ||
| acri- | sharp, pungent, bitter | ||
| acro- | height, summit, tip | ||
| ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, at- | movement to or toward; in addition to | ||
| acro- | extremity, height, summit, tip | ||
| adip- | fat | ||
| agr(i)-, egr(i)- | crop production, field, culture | ||
| am-, amat-, amor- | love, loved | ||
| amb(i)- | both, on both sides | ||
| amic-, imic- | friend | ||
| amphi- | around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds | ||
| ampl- | ample | ||
| an-, a- | not, without | ||
| ana-, an- | again, against, back, up, upper, through out | ||
| andro- | man, male, masculine | ||
| anemo | wind | ||
| anima | breath | ||
| ann, enn | year, yearly | ||
| ant, anti | against, opposed to, preventive | ||
| ante-, anti- | before, in front of, prior to | ||
| anth-, antho | flower | ||
| apo- | before, in front of, prior to, against | ||
| aqu- | water | ||
| ar(1)- | plow, till | ||
| ar(2)- | be dry, parched | ||
| arche-, archi- | ruler | ||
| archaeo-, archeo- | prehistoric, ancient, old, antique, beginning | ||
| arcto- | bear | ||
| audi- | hearing, listening, sound | ||
| aug-, auct- | grow, increase | ||
| auri- | ear | ||
| avi- | bird, flight, flying, self, same | ||
| axio- | merit, worth | ||
| ab-, a-, abs- | away | ||
| be-, beat- | bless | ||
| bell(i)- | war | ||
| ab-, a-, abs- | away | ||
| be-, beat- | bless | ||
| belli- | war | ||
| bib- | drink | ||
| blenno- | slime | ||
| boni- | good | ||
| bor | north | ||
| botan | plant | ||
| bov | cow, bull, ox | ||
| bucc- | cheek, mouth, cavity | ||
| bulb- | bulbous | ||
| bull- | bubble, flask | ||
| burs- | pouch, purse | ||
| cad-, cid-, cas- | fall | ||
| caed-, cid-, caes-, cis- | cut | ||
| calc- | lime, stone, | ||
| calyp- | cover | ||
| camer- | vault | ||
| camp- | field, level ground | ||
| cani- | dog | ||
| can-,cin-,cant- | sing | ||
| cand- | glowing, iridescent | ||
| cap-,cip-,capt-,cept- | hold, take | ||
| capit-,cipit- | head | ||
| capr- | goat | ||
| caps- | box, case | ||
| carbo- | coal | ||
| carcer- | jail | ||
| carcin- | cancer (disease) | ||
| cardin- | hinge | ||
| carp- | wrist | ||
| caten- | chain | ||
| cathar- | pure | ||
| caud- | tail | ||
| caus-, -cus- | cause or motive | ||
| cav- | hollow | ||
| ced-, cess- | go | ||
| celer- | quick | ||
| cen(o)- | new | ||
| ceno#2- | empty | ||
| cens- | to estimate | ||
| centen- | hundred each | ||
| centesim- | hundredth | ||
| centr- | center, needle, spur | ||
| ceram- | clay | ||
| cern- | sift | ||
| cervic- | neck | ||
| ceter- | other | ||
| chelono- | tortoise, turtle | ||
| chord- | cord, rope | ||
| cili | eyelash | ||
| cine- | motion | ||
| ciner- | ash | ||
| cing-, cinct- | gird | ||
| circ- | circle | ||
| circum- | around | ||
| cirr- | orange | ||
| cirr#2- | curl, tentacle | ||
| civ- | citizen | ||
| clad- | branch | ||
| clar- | clear | ||
| clast- | borken | ||
| claud-, -clud-, claus-, -clus | close | ||
| clav- | key, to close, lock | ||
| cleist- | closed | ||
| cleithr- | bar, key | ||
| clement- | mild | ||
| clin- | bed, lean, recline | ||
| cochl- | shell | ||
| coel- | hollow | ||
| cogn- | know | ||
| col- | strain | ||
| coll- | hills | ||
| coll#2- | neck | ||
| con-, co-, col-, com-, cor- | with, together | ||
| condi- | season, seasoning | ||
| cono- | cone | ||
| corac- | raven | ||
| cord- | heart | ||
| corn- | horn | ||
| coron- | crown | ||
| corps- | body | ||
| cortic- | bark | ||
| cost- | rib | ||
| cotyl- | cup | ||
| cracy-, -crat | government, rule, authority | ||
| cran(i)- | skull | ||
| crass- | thick | ||
| creat- | make | ||
| cred- | believe, trust | ||
| crep- | boot, shoe | ||
| cribr- | sieve | ||
| cris-, crit- | judge | ||
| crisp- | curled | ||
| cross(o)- | fringe, tassel | ||
| cruc(i)- | cross | ||
| crur(i)- | leg, shank | ||
| cub- | cube | ||
| cub#2- | lie | ||
| culin- | kitchen | ||
| culp- | blame, fault | ||
| curr-, curs- | run | ||
| curv- | bent | ||
| cuspid- | lance, point | ||
| cut(i)- | skin | ||
| cycl(o)-, cycle- | circular | ||
| cylind- | roll | ||
| cyn(o)- | dog | ||
| cyst- | capsule | ||
| damn-, -demn- | to inflict loss upon | ||
| de- | from, away from, removing, down | ||
| deb- | owe | ||
| decim- | tenth place | ||
| den- | ten each | ||
| dendr-, dendr(o)- | resembling a tree | ||
| dent- | teeth | ||
| dexter- | right | ||
| dict- | say, speak | ||
| digit- | finger | ||
| dipl- | double, twofold | ||
| doc-, doct- | teach | ||
| dogmat-, dox- | opinion, tenet | ||
| dom- | house | ||
| dorm- | sleep | ||
| dors- | back | ||
| du- | two | ||
| dub- | doubtful | ||
| duc-, duct- | lead | ||
| dur- | hard | ||
| dynam- | power | ||
| ed-, es- | eat | ||
| ego- | self, I (first person) | ||
| ego-, eg- | goat | ||
| em-, empt- | buy | ||
| eme- | vomit | ||
| emul- | striving to equal, rivaling | ||
| en-, em- | in | ||
| pharaoh- | great house | ||
| ens- | sword | ||
| eo-, eos-, eoso- | dawn, east | ||
| epi-, ep- | upon | ||
| epistem- | knowledge or science | ||
| equ-, -iqu- | even, level | ||
| equ- | horse | ||
| erg- | work | ||
| err- | stray | ||
| etho-, eth-, ethi- | custom, habit | ||
| ethm- | sieve | ||
| ethn- | people, race, tribe, nation | ||
| ex-, e-, ef- | from, out | ||
| extrem- | outermost, utmost | ||
| f-, fat- | say, speak | ||
| fab- | bean | ||
| fac-,fic-, fact-,fect- | make | ||
| fall-,fell-, fals- | sickle, deceive | ||
| fallac- | false | ||
| famili- | a close attendant | ||
| fant- | to show, reveal, uncover | ||
| fasc- | bundle | ||
| fatu- | foolish, useless, meaningless | ||
| feder- | treaty, agreement, contract, league, pact | ||
| fel- | cat | ||
| felic- | happy, merry | ||
| fell- | suck | ||
| femin- | woman, female | ||
| femor-, femur- | thigh | ||
| fend-, fens- | strike | ||
| fenestr- | window | ||
| clustro- | confined to close space | ||
| feroc- | fierce | ||
| ferr- | iron | ||
| fet- | stink | ||
| fic- | fig | ||
| fid-, fis- | faith, trust | ||
| fil- | thread | ||
| fili- | son | ||
| fin- | end | ||
| find-, fiss- | split | ||
| firm- | fix, settle, adjerined | ||
| fistul- | hollow, tube | ||
| fl- | blow | ||
| flacc- | flabby | ||
| flav- | yellow | ||
| flect-, flex- | bend | ||
| flict- | strike | ||
| flor- | flower | ||
| flu-, flux- | flow | ||
| foc- | hearth | ||
| foss- | dig | ||
| ono- | swelling | ||
| karkin(o)- | crab | ||
| foen- | hay | ||
| fol(i)- | leaf | ||
| font- | spring | ||
| for- | bore, drill | ||
| form- | shape | ||
| fornic- | vault | ||
| fort- | strong | ||
| fove- | shallow round depression | ||
| frang-, -fring-, fract-, frag- | break | ||
| frater-, fratr- | brother | ||
| fric-, frict- | rub | ||
| frig- | cold | ||
| front- | forehead | ||
| fruct-, frug- | fruit | ||
| fug-, fugit- | flee, escape | ||
| fum- | smoke | ||
| fund- | bottom | ||
| fund-, fus- | pour | ||
| fung-, funct- | do | ||
| fur-, furt- | steal | ||
| furc- | fork | ||
| fusc- | dark | ||
| gen(o)- | race, kind, tribe, breed, species | ||
| ger-, gest- | bear, carry | ||
| germin- | sprout | ||
| glabr- | hairless | ||
| glac(i)- | ice | ||
| glad(i)- | sword | ||
| glia- | glue | ||
| glob- | sphere | ||
| glor(i)- | glory | ||
| grad-, gred-, gress- | walk, step, go | ||
| gram- | writing | ||
| gran- | grain | ||
| grand- | grand | ||
| grat- | thank, please | ||
| grav- | heavy | ||
| greg- | flock | ||
| gubern- | govern, pilot | ||
| gust- | taste | ||
| gutt- | drop | ||
| guttur- | throat | ||
| gymn- | nude, naked, bear | ||
| hab-, hib-, habit-, hibit- | have | ||
| hal-,hel- | breathe | ||
| haur-, haust- | draw | ||
| hen- | one | ||
| her-, hes- | cling | ||
| hered- | heir | ||
| heur- | find, search | ||
| hibern- | wintry | ||
| hiem- | winter | ||
| hirsut- | hairy | ||
| hispid- | bristly | ||
| histri- | actor | ||
| hodo- | way | ||
| homin- | human | ||
| homal- | even, flat | ||
| honor- | esteem | ||
| hor- | boundary | ||
| horm- | that which excites | ||
| horti- | garden | ||
| hospit- | host | ||
| host- | enemy | ||
| hum- | ground | ||
| hyo- | U-shape | ||
| hyster- | later | ||
| icos- | twenty | ||
| ido- | shape, form, appearance | ||
| idio- | personal, private, secret | ||
| ign- | fire | ||
| in-(1),im- | in, on | ||
| in-(2),il-,im-,ir- | not, un- (negation) | ||
| insul- | island | ||
| inter- | among, between | ||
| intra- | within | ||
| irasc-,irat- | be angry | ||
| iter- | again | ||
| itiner- | route, way | ||
| jac- | lie | ||
| ject- | cast, throw, to be thrown | ||
| janu- | door | ||
| joc- | joke | ||
| jug- | yoke | ||
| jung-, junct- | join | ||
| junior- | younger | ||
| jus-,jur-,judic- | law, justice | ||
| juv-,jut- | help | ||
| juven- | young, youth | ||
| kine- | movement, motion | ||
| klept- | steal | ||
| kudo- | glory | ||
| lab-, laps- | slide, slip | ||
| lab(i)- | lip | ||
| labor- | toil | ||
| lacer- | tear | ||
| lacrim- | cry, tears | ||
| lact- | milk | ||
| lamin- | layer, slice | ||
| lamp- | shine, torch | ||
| lapid- | stone | ||
| larv- | ghost, mask | ||
| lat(i)- | broad, wide | ||
| later- | side | ||
| laud-, laus- | praise | ||
| lav- | wash | ||
| lax- | not tense | ||
| led-, les- | hurt | ||
| leg- | law | ||
| lei(o)- | smooth | ||
| len(i)- | gentle | ||
| lev- | lift, light | ||
| liber- | free | ||
| libr- | book | ||
| lig- | bind | ||
| lin- | line | ||
| lingu- | language, tongue | ||
| linqu-, lict- | leave | ||
| liter- | letter | ||
| loqu-, locut- | speak | ||
| luc- | bright, light | ||
| lud-, lus- | play | ||
| lumin- | light | ||
| lysis- | dissolving | ||
| magn- | great, large | ||
| maj- | greater | ||
| mal- | bad, wretched | ||
| mamm- | breast | ||
| man(1)- | flow | ||
| man(2)- | stay | ||
| mand- | hand | ||
| mania- | mental illness | ||
| manu- | hand | ||
| mar- | sea | ||
| mater-,matr- | mother | ||
| maxim- | greatest | ||
| medi-, -midi- | middle | ||
| mei- | less | ||
| mellior | better | ||
| mell- | honey | ||
| memor- | remember | ||
| mening- | membrane | ||
| men(o)- | moon | ||
| ment- | mind | ||
| mer- | part | ||
| merc- | reward, wages, hire | ||
| merg-, mers- | dip, plunge, fuse | ||
| mic- | grain | ||
| migr- | wander | ||
| milit- | soldier | ||
| millen- | thousand each | ||
| mim- | repeat | ||
| min- | jut | ||
| min- | less, smaller | ||
| mir- | wonder, amazement | ||
| misce-, mixt- | mixture | ||
| mit- | thread | ||
| mitt-, miss- | send | ||
| mol- | grind | ||
| moll- | soft | ||
| monil- | string of beads | ||
| mont- | mountain | ||
| mort- | death | ||
| mov-,mot- | move, motion | ||
| mulg-,muls- | milk | ||
| mur- | wall | ||
| mus- | theif | ||
| musc- | fly | ||
| mut- | change, transform | ||
| my- | mouse | ||
| myx- | slime | ||
| myz- | suck | ||
| nar- | nostril | ||
| narc- | numb | ||
| narr- | tell | ||
| nas- | nose | ||
| nasc-, nat- | born | ||
| nav- | ship | ||
| nect(o)- | swimming | ||
| nect-, nex- | join, tie, unite | ||
| neg- | no | ||
| nema- | hair | ||
| nemor- | grove, woods, forest | ||
| nes- | island | ||
| nigr- | black | ||
| nihil- | nothing | ||
| noct- | night | ||
| nod- | knot | ||
| nom- | arrangement, law | ||
| nomad- | those who let pasture herds | ||
| nomin- | name | ||
| non(1)- | not | ||
| non(2)- | ninth | ||
| nonagen- | ninth each | ||
| not- | letter, note, paper | ||
| noth- | spurious | ||
| nov(1)- | nine | ||
| nova(2)- | new | ||
| noven- | nine each | ||
| novendec- | nineteen | ||
| nox-,noc- | harmful | ||
| nu- | nod | ||
| nub- | to marry, to wed | ||
| nuc- | nut | ||
| nuch- | back of the neck | ||
| nud- | naked | ||
| nulli- | none | ||
| numer- | number | ||
| nunci- | announce | ||
| nutri- | nourish | ||
| ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os- | against | ||
| octav- | eighth | ||
| octogen- | eighth each | ||
| octogesim- | eightieth | ||
| octon- | eight each | ||
| ocul- | eye | ||
| od(1)- | path, way | ||
| od(2)- | hate | ||
| odor- | fragrant | ||
| oec(o)- | house, home | ||
| oed- | swollen | ||
| oen- | wine | ||
| oesoph- | gullet | ||
| ogd(o)- | eighth | ||
| ole- | oil | ||
| olecran- | skull of the elbow | ||
| oliv- | olive | ||
| -oma | cancer | ||
| omas- | paunch | ||
| oment- | fat skin | ||
| omin- | creepy | ||
| omm- | eye | ||
| om(o)- | shoulder | ||
| omphal- | navel | ||
| oner- | burden | ||
| onom- | name | ||
| opac- | shady | ||
| oper- | work | ||
| opercul- | little cover | ||
| ophi- | snake, serpent | ||
| opisth- | either, option, choice | ||
| opt- | choose | ||
| optim- | best, great | ||
| or- | mouth | ||
| orb- | circle, round | ||
| ordin- | order, task, assignment, mission, duty, job | ||
| or(i)-, ort- | eastern | ||
| orn- | decorate | ||
| oscill- | swing | ||
| oss(i)- | bone | ||
| ost(i)- | entrance | ||
| ostrac- | shell | ||
| ov- | egg | ||
| ovi(2)- | sheep | ||
| pac- | peace | ||
| pach- | thick | ||
| paed- | child, kid, toddler | ||
| pagin- | page | ||
| pal- | stake | ||
| palin- | back | ||
| pall- | be pale | ||
| palli- | mantle | ||
| palma- | palm | ||
| palustra-, paluste- | in marshes | ||
| pand-, pans- | spread | ||
| para- | beside, near, alongside, beyond, altered, contrary, from, against, contrary to, on forth | ||
| pariet- | wall | ||
| parti- | part | ||
| parthen(o)- | maiden | ||
| pasc-, past- | feed | ||
| pass- | pace,step | ||
| passer- | sparrow | ||
| pat- | open | ||
| pati-, pass- | suffer, feel, endure, permit | ||
| patr-, patri- | father | ||
| pauc- | few | ||
| pecc- | sin | ||
| pect- | fixed, repaired, restored | ||
| pector- | chest | ||
| pecun- | money | ||
| pejor- | worse | ||
| pell-, puls- | drive | ||
| pen- | almost | ||
| pend-, pens- | hang | ||
| penn-, pinn- | feather | ||
| pentecost- | fiftieth | ||
| pept- | to digest | ||
| peran- | across, beyond | ||
| persic- | peach | ||
| pessim- | worst | ||
| pet- | strive forward | ||
| phaeo- | dark | ||
| phag- | eat | ||
| phalar- | having a patch of white | ||
| phaner(o)- | visible | ||
| pher- | bearing, carry | ||
| phleg- | heat | ||
| phloe- | tree bark | ||
| phor- | carry, bear | ||
| phragm- | fence | ||
| phren- | diaphragm, mind | ||
| phryn(o)- | toad, toad-like | ||
| phyl- | tribe, race, kind | ||
| phyll- | leaf | ||
| physa- | bladder | ||
| phys- | nature | ||
| phyt- | plant | ||
| pic- | pitch | ||
| pil- | hair | ||
| pin(o)- | drink | ||
| pin- | pine | ||
| ping-, pict- | paint | ||
| pingu- | fat | ||
| pir- | pear | ||
| pisc- | fish | ||
| pis | pea | ||
| plac(1)- | plate, tablet | ||
| plac(2)- | calm | ||
| plac-, -plic- | please | ||
| plagi- | oblique | ||
| plan- | flat | ||
| plas- | mold | ||
| platy- | flat, board | ||
| plaud-, -plod-, plaus-, -plos- | clap | ||
| ple-, plet- | fill | ||
| pleb- | people | ||
| interwoven | |||
| plait | |||
| plen- | full | ||
| plesi- | near | ||
| plesi- | full | ||
| pleth- | side | ||
| pleur- | fold | ||
| plinth- | brick | ||
| plu- | rain | ||
| plum- | feather | ||
| plumb- | lead | ||
| plur- | more | ||
| plurim- | most | ||
| pluto- | wealth, rich | ||
| cosmet- | beautifying | ||
| algia- | pain | ||
| fibro- | muscle | ||
| pluvi- | rain | ||
| pneu- | air, lung | ||
| pogono- | beard | ||
| poie- | make | ||
| polem- | war | ||
| polio- | grey | ||
| pollic- | thumb | ||
| pon-, posit- | put | ||
| ponder- | weight | ||
| pont- | bridge | ||
| popul- | people | ||
| por- | passage | ||
| porc- | pig | ||
| porphyr- | purple | ||
| placebo- | i will please | ||
| port(1)- | gate | ||
| port(2)- | carry | ||
| prasin- | leek-green | ||
| prat- | meadow | ||
| prav- | crooked | ||
| pre- | before | ||
| prec- | pray | ||
| pred- | organism that lives by preying victimizes, plunders, or destroys, especially for one's own gain on other organisms | predator | latin |
| caput- | head | decapitation,decapitate | latin |
| capitis- | head | decapitation,decapitate | latin |
| emia- | blood condition | acidemia, acidaemia | greek |
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