Greek

anthropo-

means “human.”

anti-

Meant “against” or “opposite.”

aristo-

Meaning "best," also best of its kind, noblest, bravest, most virtuous."

astro-

"Star."

auto-

Auto- means self.

baro-

meaning pressure.

biblio-

meaning book.

caco-

bad, of poor quality, worthless, low-born, unsightly,

calis-; kaleido-

Meaning beautiful, meaning form.

chiro-

meaning "hand"

chole-; cholo-

meaning “bile,” “gall,”

cymo-

meaning “wave,”

-dactyl; dactylo-

Prefix or suffix denoting the digits (fingers or toes).

demo-

Fmeaning people, population.

en-; em-

A prefix meaning within, in.

encephalo-

meaning brain.

ergo-; -ergy; -ergic

Meaning "work."

gamo-; -gamy; -gamic; -gamous

Combining form meaning joined, united.

hydro-; hydato-

Water.

ideo-

Indicating idea or ideas ideologue.

lepido-; -lepis

Scale.

morpho-; -morph-morphy; -morphic; -morphous

Combining form meaning form, structure.

philo-; -phile; -philia

Loving.

-philic; -philous

Love for, tendency toward or excessive appetite or craving for.

acr-; acro-

meaning "high."

aer-; aero-

Air or referring to the lower atmosphere.

amphi-

Meaning "both; on two sides."

ana-

Means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-.”

andro-

"Male; man."

anemo-

“Wind.”

angio-

Container primarily for blood

antho-

“Flower.”

batho-

“Depth.”

bathy-

“Deep.”

bio-

'Life.'

cardio-

“Heart.”

carp- (-carpous)

Fruit.

chrono-

“Time.”

cyano-

“Dark blue.”

derma-; dermo-

"To split, flay, peel."

dermato-

Skin.

glyph; glypt

I carve, engrave.”

gyneco-; gyno-

"Woman, female."

mega-; megalo-

Large, great, grand.

mono-

One.

nomo- (-nomy)

Custom, law.

pter-; ptero-

Wing, feather.

xanth-; xantho-

Relating to yellow.

zoa-; zoo-

Animals.

-agogue

“Leader, bringer.”

-algia (-algic)

Pain.

-archy (-arch)

“Rule,” “government.”

-bathy (-bathic)

"Deep."

-biosis (-biotic)

“Mode of life.”

-blast

"Shoot, bud, embryo, germ."

-carpous (-carp; -carpic)

“Fruited.”

-chrome (-chromous; -chromic)

"Color."

-clast (-clasm)

“To break.”

-crat (-cracy)

“Rule,” “rule by.”

-drome (-dromous)

Meaning “running,” “course,” “racecourse.”

-ectomy

"Act of cutting out," usually surgical from the body.

-emic (-emia; hemo-)

Blood disorders

-ergy (-ergic)

“Work.”

-gamy (-gamous; -gamic)

“Marriage,” “union,” “fertilize”

adreno-  

the name of a ductless gland above the kidney, is composed of near, and a root, which means kidney

freebie

free card

agro-; agrosto-

meaning “field,” “soil,” “crop production,”

allo-

meaning “other,”

cata-

meaning “down,” “against,” “back,”

chromato-

means color

crypt; crypto-

“hidden, concealed, private, secret cryptonym

dich-; dicho-

: in two : apart.

dys-

diseased, abnormal, or faulty

ex-; exo-

mean “out.” 

hepato-

prefix denoting the liver.

holo-

meaning “whole,” “entire,”

onto-

“being,”

para-

alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and abnormal.

patro-

father.”

phobo-; -phobe; -phobia

“panic fear” 

psycho-

mind

pyre; pyro- pyreto-

fire

sarco-

flesh

stereo-; -sterol

Three-dimensional solid

sym-; syn-

with

-tome; -tomy

cut

zygo-

yoke