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GREEK ROOTS
Term | Definition |
---|---|
tele | distant; far |
phon | sound |
caco | bad |
biblio | book |
gyn or gynaec | women |
dem | people |
theo | god |
graph or gram | record |
anthrop | man; mankind |
phil | love |
arch/archy | rule; govern |
log; ology | study of |
micro | small |
poly | many |
miso | hate |
gam | fmarriage; ability to reproduce |
pan/panto | all |
olig | few |
cracy/crat | rule; goovern |
macro | large |
homo | same |
hetero | unlike |
geo | earth |
cephal | head |
bio | life |
derm | skin |
osteo | bone |
path | feeling; disease |
pod | foot |
neo | new |
psych | mind |
paleo | ancient;old |
ethn | nation |
--oid | resemblence; looks like |
auto | self |
itcthy | fish |
entom | insect |
phag | eat |
dendr;dender | tree |
phyll | leaf |
etym | word |
cosm | world |
polit;polis | city |
lith;lite | stone or rock |
glyph;glypt | carving |
astr; aster | star |
pachy | thick |
icon | image;dol |
crom;chromat | color |
peter;petr | rock or stone |
Ornith | bird |
morph | shape;form |
ortho | correct;straight |
holo | whole |
hdry | water |
pyr | fire |
caust;caut | burn |
pseudo | FALSE |
necro | dead |
onoma;onym | name |
gloss;glott;glot | language |
gno;gnow | know |
archa;archae | ancient |
hier | sacred;valuable in a religious sense |
rrhe;rrh | flow |
pro | before |
dia | through;across |
opi;ep | upon, on top of |
a-ian | without |
anti;ant | against |
syn;syl;sym; | with;together |
-clast | destroy |
--lantry | worship |
--mania | obsessed with; |
phobia | morbid fear of |
tauto | same |
hyper | excessive;over;too |
kine;ino;cinema;cenemate | movement |
crypt | conceal;hide |
therm | heat |