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GREEK ROOTS
Prefix
Meaning
Examples
-agog, -agogue
leader
demagog, pedagogue
-anthrop
human, man
anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope
-arch-
chief, leader, ruler
archangel, monarch, archaic, archenemy
-auto-
self
autobiography, automobile, autocracy
arising from within
automaton
biblio-
book
bibliography, bibliophile
bi-, bio-
life
biosphere, biography, autobiography,
biology, antibiotic
chrom-
color
chromatic, monochrome, polychrome
chron-
time
chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize
-crac-, -crat-
rule, ruler
autocrat, democracy, bureaucrat, democracy, plutocrat
crypt
hidden
cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic
demo-
people
demography, democracy, epidemic
derm-
skin
dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic
dox
belief, opinion
orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy
dynam-
power
dynamo, hydrodynamics
-gam-
marriage
monogamy, polygamy, bigamy
geo-
earth
geopolitical, geology, geography, geothermal
-graph-
writing, printing
graphology, biography, telegraph, digraph, orthography, geography
-gyn-
woman
gynecologist, misogynist, androgynous, polygyny
hem-
blood
hematology, hemophilia, hemoglobin
hetero-
other, different
heterosexual, heterodoxy, heterodox heterogeneous
homo-
same
homosexual, homogeneous, homogenized
hydro-
water
dehydrate, rehydrate, hydraulics, hydroelectric, hydroplane
log
study, field of,
biology, geology, etymology, cardiology,
word
neologism, monologue
macro-
large
macrocosm, macroeconomics
metri, meter-
measure
geometric, thermometer, odometer
micro-
small
microscope, microcosm, microeconomics
mono-
one, alone, single
monologue, monotheism, monarchy, monogamy, monogram, monopoly
morph-
form, structure
metamorphosis, amorphous, morpheme, morphology
neo-
new, recent
neologism, neo-liberal, neonatology. neolithic
neuro-
nerve
neurology, neurosis, neurobiology
-nym-, -onym
word, name
synonym, acronym, eponymous, anonymous, pseudonym
ortho-
straight, correct
orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic
pan-
all, every
pantheism, Pan-Hellenic, panorama, pandemic
path-
feeling, suffering
sympathy, apathy, empathy, pathos, telepathy, pathology
phil-, philo-
like, lover of
philosophy, Francophile, bibliophile, philately, philanthropy
phobia
exaggerated fear
photophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia
phon-, phono-
sound, voice
telephone, euphony, cacophony, phonograph, phonogram
poly-
many, several
polygon, polygamy, polyandry, polygyny, polytechnic, polytheism
proto-
first
prototype, protoplasm, protobiology
psych-
soul, spirit, mind
psychology, psychic, psychosomatic, psychobiography
soph
wisdom, knowledge
philosophy, sophisticated, sophomore (wise fool)
tele-
distant, far off
telephone, telepathy, telegram, television, telekinetic
theo-
god, deity
theology, polytheism, atheist, pantheism, monotheism, theocentric
therm-
heat
thermal, thermos, thermometer
-tomy
cutting
appendectomy, splenectomy
zoo
animal
zoo, zoology, zooaltry
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