Greek Roots
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| acr, acro beginning, tip, end, top, peak,summit acronym, acrophobia actin ray actinology, actinoid agog lead, leader demagogue, synagogue andr male androgynous, misandry anthrop man, mankind anthropology, misanthrope arch first, ancient, chief monarch, archaeology arthr joint arthritis, arthropod aster star astrology, asterisk auto self automaton, autonomy, autocratic bar pressure barometer, isobar bibl book bibliophile, Bible bio life amphibious, biology cac(o) harsh, bad cacophony, cachexia cardi heart cardiologist, pericardium carp fruit monocarpic, carpophgous cephal head encephalitis, cephalopod chrom color chromatic, chromosome chron time synchronize, anachronism chthon earth autochthonous, chthonic cline dip, slope isocline, geosyncline cosm order, world cosmology, microcosm crat power, rule, government democracy, autocrat cry frost cryology, cryogenics crypt secret, hidden cryptic, cryptogram cycl circle, wheel bicycle, cyclic, cyclone cyt cell cytoplasm, cytology dactyl finger dactylic, pterodactyl dem people democracy, demotic, epidemic derm skin epidermis, hypodermic deuter second Deuteronomy, Deuterium dox belief, teaching orthodox, doxology dyn power, strength dynamo, heterodyne, dynasty eo dawn eohippis, Eocene erg work, power erg, energy, energetic ethno race, people, cultural group ethnology, ethnocentric gam marry, mate, sexual union gamete, monogamous, bigamy gen kind, race, source genesis, genealogy geo earth geography, George ger old age geriatrics, gerontology glot language, tongue polyglot, epiglottis gon corner, angle trigonometry, polygon gram write, writing grammar, telegram, epigram graph write, writing graphite, orthography gyn woman, female gynecology, misogynist hagi holy hagiographer, hagiolatry hem blood hemorrhage, hemoglobin helio sun heliotropic, heliacal hepat liver hepatic, hepatitis hetero other, different heterodox, heterogeneous hier holy hierophant, hierarchy homo same homogeneous, homograph hydr water hydrogen, dehydrate, anhydrous hygr moisture hygrometer iatr heal, cure iatric, geriatrics, pediatrics iso same, equal isosceles, isotope, isonomy lith rock, stone monolith, neolithic | log, ology speech, word, study, reason epilogue, logarithm, theology mega large, enlargement megaphone, megacephalic metr, meter measure diameter, metronome, trigonometry miso hatred misoneism, misology mnasthai memory mnemonic, memory mono, mon one, single monogamy, monotonous morph form morphology, amorphous necr dead, die necrology, necrotic neo new, recent neologism, neolithic nephr kidney nephritis, nephron neur nerve neuralgia, neurasthenia nom law, rule autonomy, economy, metronome odont tooth orthodontia, peridontics oeno, eno wine oenologist, oenomania onym, nym name, word anonymous, pseudonym ornith bird ornithology orth straight, correct orthodox, orthodontist paleo old paleonotology, paleolithic pan all, entire panorama, pandemonium path feeling, disease, sufferer psychopath, apathy, pathology ped, paed child, boy orthopedic, pediatrician phan appearance phantom, theophany phil like, love philanthropic, philology phob fear phobia, claustrophobia phon sound phonetics, telephone, euphony phor bearing, carrying, having semaphore, phosphorous phos, phot light phosphorous, photograph phyll leaf phyllopod, chlorophyll plasi formation neoplasm, homoplasy plegia to strike, paralysis paraplegia, hemiplegia pneum air, wine, lung pneumatic, pneumonia pod foot tripod, podiatrics, podium polis city, people metropolitan, political poly many polygon, polygamy pseudo false pseudopod, pseudepigrapha psych mind psychiatry, psychology pyr fire pyrex, pyre, pyrotechnic rhin nose rhinoceros, rhinoplasty rrhage, rrhea flow hemorrhage, logorrhea scop watch, look at microscope, telescope seism earthquake seismograph som body psychosomatic, soma soph wise, wisdom sophomore, philosopher taut same tautology, tautomerism tax, tact arrange, arrangement taxidermy, tactics techn art, craft, technique polytechnical, technician tele far, distant telegram, telepathy theo god thearchy, theology therm heat thermal, thermometer tom cut, split atom, appendectomy trop turn phototropic, tropic troph nutrition, growth atrophy, polytrophic typ model, print type, prototype thanatos death thanatopsis, thanataphobia thaum miracle thaumaturge, thaumatrope |
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