Word List Greek Root words and meanings 79 words

Greek Root words and meanings Vocabulary Word List (79)

• A

  acouo=hear, acro= farther point/top, aero=air, agri=field, ante=before, anth=flower, anthrop=man/human, aqua=water, arch=ruler/chief, aster=star, auto=self

• B

  biblio=book

• C

  cardia/crdio=heart, carto=map, chroma=color, chronos=time, cosmo=of the world, crania=skull, cycl= circle

• D

  dactyl=fingers/toes, deca=ten, dendro=tree, derma=skin, doxy=opinion

• E

  embryo=swelling inside, ethos=nation/race, exo=outside

• F

  form

• G

  geo=earth, gram=alphabet letters, graph= write, gyro=circular

• H

  helios=sun, hemi=half, hept=seven, heteros=other, hexa=six, hippos=horse, horti=garden, hydro=water, hypno=sleep

• I

• J

• K

  kilo=one thousand

• L

  lexico=vocabulary, lexis=speech, lithos=stone, logy=speech/thought

• M

  macros=large/long, mania=madness, manus=hand, mega=large, melo=song, mille=one thiusand, monos=one, morphe=shape

• N

  neuron=nerve

• O

  odon=tooth, ornithos=bird, orthos=normal/straight, osteo=bne

• P

  pathos=suffering, patri=father, philo=loving, phobia= phos=light, pod=foot, pseudo=false, psyche=the mind, pyr=fire

• Q

• R

• S

  schizo=split, scope=view/regard, sophia=wisdom, sphereo=sphere, sympho=harmonious

• T

  taxi=arrangement, tele=from a distance, theos=god, thermo=hot, thrombo=clot

• U

• V

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

  zoon/zoa=living thing