Etymology ego - greg

ego

I

erg, urg

work

err

to wander

eu

good, well, beautiful

fac, fic, fec, fect

to make, to do

fall, fals

to deceive

fer, lat

to bring, to bear

fid

belief, faith

fin

end, limit

gam

marriage

gen, gener

class, race

graph, gram

writing

greg

flock, herd

egoist

person who is self-interested

egotist

selfish person

egocentric

revolving about self

energy

power

ergatocracy

ruler of the workers

metallurgy

science and technology of metals

error

mistake

erratic

not reliable, wandering

knight-errant

wandering knight

eupeptic

having good digestion

eulogize

praise

euphemism

substitution of pleasant way of saying something blunt

factory

place where things are made

fiction

manufactured story

affect

cause to change

fallacious

faulty

infallible

not prone to error, perfect

falsify

lie

transfer

bring form one place to another

translate

bring from one language to another

coniferous

bearing cones, as pinetrees

infidel

nonbeliever, heathen

confidence

assurance, belief

confine

keep within limits

finite

having define limits

monogamy

marriage to one person

bigamy

marriage to two people at the same time

polygamy

having many wives or husbands at the same time

genus

group of animals with similar characteristics

generic

characteristic of a class

gender

class organized by sex

epigram

pithy statment

telegram

instantaneous message over great distance

stenography

shorthand (writing narrowly)

gregarious

tending to group, together as in a herd

aggregate

group, total

egregious

out of the group, wicked