Greek Roots
Terms
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- theo
- God: theology
- arch
- rule: monarchy
- meter/metry
- measure: symmetry
- hexa
- six: hexagon
- dia
- across: diameter
- pater:patr
- father: patriarch
- pseudo
- false: pseudonym
- sphere
- ball: spherical
- morph
- shape/form: morphology
- thermo
- heat: thermometer
- scope
- into: microscope
- octo
- eight:octogon
- gram/graph
- writing: seismograph
- hyper
- over: hyperactive
- hetero
- other: other
- ortho
- correct/straight: orthodontist
- poly
- many: polysyllabic
- tech
- skill: technique
- sym/syn
- same/together: sympathy
- peri
- around: perimeter
- gam
- marriage: polygamy
- phobia
- fear: hydrophobia
- phon
- sound: phonics
- geo
- earth: geology
- gon
- angle: octogon
- mega
- great: megaphone
- an/an
- without/not: apathy
- bio
- life: biology
- tele
- far: telegraph
- chrono
- time: chronometer
- mne/mnem
- memory: amnesia
- logy
- science/study of: mythology
- nym
- name: antonym
- mater/matr
- mother: matriarch
- hypo
- under: hypodermis
- athlon
- contest: decathlon
- cycle
- ring/circle: cyclone
- epi
- upon/among: epicenter
- tri
- three: triple
- hemi
- half: hemisphere
- gen
- birth/race: generation
- mono
- one: monotone
- zo
- animal: zoologist
- biblio
- book: bibliography
- neo
- new: neophyte
- di
- two: digraph
- aer
- air: aerobics
- log
- speak/speech: monologue
- cata
- down: catastrophe
- auto
- self: automobile
- path
- feeling: apathy
- crypt
- hide: encrypt
- opt
- eye/sight: optical
- topo
- place: toponymy
- neur
- nerve: neuritis
- gnosis
- knowledge: diagnosis
- penta
- five: pentagon
- dys
- bad/difficult: dysfunctional
- homo
- same: homogeneous
- tox
- poison: toxic
- phil
- love: philharmonic
- eu
- good/well: eulogy
- psych
- mind: psychology
- cracy
- government: democracy
- kilo
- thousand: kilometer
- aster/astr
- star: astrology
- micro
- small: microphone
- dox
- thinking/belief: othodox
- hydro
- water: hydrophobia
- photo
- light: photography
- itis
- inflammation/disease: tonsillities
- myth
- tale: mythology
- ectomy
- removal/cut out: appendectomy
- archaeo
- ancient: archaeologist
- anti
- against/opposite: antitoxin
- ornith
- bird: ornithology