Common Latin and Greek Root Words

a, an acro adagogos, agein agon, agonia agro, agros -al algia allo, allos alt am ambiamphi ana andros, aner, anthropos anemo, anemos ann anteanti aqu arch, archos archaeo, archaios aristo, aristos -arium astron, aster, astro audi auto, autos baro, baros bas barys bene biblos, biblion bio / bios brev caco cata carn centichiro, cheir chloro chroma, chromato chrono, chronos circumnot, without tip, top, apex, pointed to to lead, to direct, to incite struggle, contest field, earth, soil relating to pain other, departure from normal height friend, love both around, both up, against man, stamen wind year before against, opposite water chief, first, rule, ancient ancient, old, original best place of star hear self pressure, weight low heavy good/well book, of books life, living things short bad, poor, evil down flesh hundred hand green color time around amoral, anarthria acropolis, acrophobia addict demagogue, pedagogic antagonist, agony agronomy, agrostology maternal neuralgia, diaphragmalgia allopath, allogamy altimeter, altitude amourous ambidextrous amphibian, amphibolite anapest, anasarca anthropomorphic, androsphinx anemometer, anemophilous annum, annual antecedent antivivisection, antipodes, antifreeze aquatic, aquifer monarch, archipelago, archangel archaeology, archeozoic aristocracy, aristocrat aquarium aster, astral, astronomy audible autoharp, autoimmune, autochthon barograph, barometer basal barium, hyperbaric benefit bibliopole, bibliolatry bionics, biopsy, biology abbreviation cacophony, cacoethes catacomb, catapult carnal, carnage centimeter chiromancy, chiropter chlorophyll chromomere, chromoprotein chronograph, chronicle, chronology circumvent

concosmos cracy, crat crypto cyclos dedeca / deci demos dendron derma deutero, deuter dia, di dic/dict didonai, dosis disdis, di -dom domin doxo dynamis epi esthesia ethnos eu exexo fer fix gamos gastro ge, geo gen geo glot, glossa1 glyphe gon gonos gramma, gram graph, graphy gyn, gyneco hedron, hedral, hedra helios hemi hemo, hema hepta herb

with world, order type of government hide circular, wheel from/down ten people tree skin second across, through speak give opposite twice, doubly quality/state lord / master opinion, praise power upon, over the ability to feel sensation race, nation well out outside, outer part carry fasten marriage stomach earth birth, creation earth tongue, language carving figure having angles to produce something written or drawn write woman, women side, base, seat sun, bright half blood seven plants

concert cosmography, cosmic theocracy, bureaucrat cryptogam, cryptogenic cyclothymia, cyclorama depart Decapolis, decaliter, decimeter demographics, endemic, democrat dendrochronology, dendroid hypodermic, dermoid, dermatologist Deuteronomy, deuterocanonical dialysis, dialect dictionary dose, dosage disable dichotomy, dipody freedom dominion, dominant, dominus heterodox, doxology dynamo, dyne episode, epistle anesthesia, aesthetics ethnomusicology, ethnocentrism euphemism, euthanasia, eugenics exit exoteric, exostosis transfer affix monogamy, polygamy gastritis, gastrolith, gastric geodesic, geometry generate, oogenesis, spermatogenesis geography glossary, monoglot, glossalalia petroglyph, glyphography pentagon, polygon cosmogony, theogony telegram, electrocardiogram graphic, lithography, graphology misogyny, gyniatrics, gynarchy hexahedral, polyhedron heliotropic, helium, heliograph hemisphere, hemicranial hemoglobin, hematoma heptahedron, heptameter herbaceous

heteros hexa hiero homos hydor, hydro hyper hypno hypo -ic icono ideo -ile ininterintra-ism isos -ist -ject jur/just kilo, chilioi klastes latreia lithos, lite logos luc lysis macros, macro mania manu mega megalo meso meta meter/metr micros, micro millimismiso, misein monos morphe mytho nanonat naus, nautes3 necro

other, different six sacred, holy same water over, extremely sleep under, in smaller measure relating to image, likeness, figure idea quality/state not between within quality/state equal, alike, identical one who practices throw law thousand breaker, broken service, worship stone word, study, thought light to loosen enlarged, elongated madness hand large, powerful large, great, enlarged middle after, over, between measure small thousand bad to hate one, alone form myth billion born / birth ship, sailor physical death, corpse

heterodox, heterogeneous, heterozygous hexameter, hexahedron hieroglyphic, hierophant homonym, homoiothermal hydroponics, hydrology, hydrate hypergamy, hyperpnea autohypnosis, hypnotoxin hypocrite, hypocaust, hypothyroidism poetic iconology, iconostasis ideogram, ideophone juvenile invalid interstate intramurals catholicism isocracy, isometric biologist eject, project jury chiliarch, kilocalorie, kilovolt iconoclast, clastic idolatry, demonolatry chrysolite, lithotomy logic, logomachy, dialogue lucid analysis, electrolysis macrocosm, macropterous, macroevolution pyromania, kleptomania manual megapod, megalith megalocardia, megalomania mesoderm metaplasia, metathesis thermometer, calorimeter, metronome microcosm, microphone, microbiology millipede miscarriage misogyny, misology, misoneism monocle, monosyllable, monotheism metamorphic, morphallaxis mythological, mythos nanosecond neonatal, prenatal naumachia, astronaut, navigation necrology, necrophagia

neg neo, neos neuron, neuro nomos octo ocu olig -ology omnionoma, onym op/oper opsis, optic, ophthalmo ornitho oro orthos osis osteo -ous paleo pan para pater, patri pathos, path ped, pedo penta perperi petros phago, phage phainein philos phobia, phobos phone phos, photo physis, physio phyto plasma pneuma podos, pous polis poly postprepro proto pseudes, pseudo

no new, young nerve law, science, management eight eye few, scant, small study of all name work view, sight bird, birds mountain right, correct state, condition, action bone quality/state ancient, early, prehistoric all, every beside father suffering, disease small child five throughout around, about rock, stone eating, destroying to show, be visible loving fear, dread sound, speak light nature plant form air, breath, spirit foot city many, much after before before first false, fake

negate Neoplatonism, neoprene, neonatology neuritis, neuropteran nomography, astronomer octagonal, octogenarian ocular oligarchy, oligotrophic biology omniscient, omnipotent allonym, homonym operation optical, amblyopia ornithopter, ornithosis orogenic, orology orthography, orthogenesis neurosis, psychosis osteoporosis, ossify nebulous paleontology, paleolithic pandemonium, Pandora, pandemic parable, paradox, parasite patronymic, patrician, patriotic empathy, pathogen, sympathy pediatrics, pedant, pedobaptism Pentateuch, pentathlon pervade perimeter, periphery, periscope petrography, petrol anthropophagite, phagocyte emphasis, fantasy, fancy philharmonic, philately, hyrophilic photophobia, xenophobia, hydrophobic phonograph, phoneme photobiotic, phosgene physiologic, physiocrat, physical phytoplankton plasmodium, deutoplasm pneumothorax, pneumococcus octopus, chiropodist, podiatry, pseudopod politician, Neopolitan, police polygamy, polygraphy, polyploid, polymer postpone precede procrastinate, projectile prototype, protozoam proton pseudoscience, pseudosalt, pseudopod

psycho ptero pyr reretrorheo, rrhea schizo scopos, skopein scrib/script sect seismo semi sol sophia sphero static struct subsupersyn, sym, syl, sys tact taphos techno tele temno, tomos ter/terr tetra thanato theos therapy thermo thesis, tithenai -tion topo typos -ular unvac ver verb vid/vis zoo

soul, mind, breath feather, wing fire again back flow, current cleave, cut spy, watcher, to see write cut earthquake half alone wisdom sphere, ball, layer of gas causing to stand build under more than together, with, by means of touch tomb, bury art far, far off cut, that which is cut off, out earth four death god to cure, nurse heat position quality/state place, local type, figure, model relating to not empty truth word see animal

psychometry, psychosis pterosaur, pteropod pyromaniac, pyrography, pyretic reappear retrogress logorrhea, rheophile schizogenesis, schizogony, schizophrenia telescope, otoscope scribble dissect, bissecty seismology, seismic semipermeable solitary sophomoric, sophist ionosphere, atmosphere, spheroid hydrostatics, electrostatic construct submarine supermarket syllable, synapsis, syncretism, symbiosis contact, tactile epitaph tectonic, technocrat telemetry, telencephalon, telephone appendectomy, lobotomy, tome territory tetrarch, Tetragrammaton thanatology, euthanasia monotheism, theophany therapeutics, heliotherapy thermophile, thermotaxis synthesis, thesis preservation toponym, topographic, topic typography, typify cellular, muscular unwilling vacant, vacuole verify, verbal, verbatim video zoogenic, zoology, zooplankton