Ch. 2 Greek Chemistry

hydr/o

water, liquid, hydrogen

heli/o

sun, helium

lith/o

stone, lithium

nitr/o

nitrogenous

ox/o

oxygen

neon/o

ne/o

neon

new, recent

phosph/o

phosphorus

chlor/o

green, chlorine

chromi/o

chrom/o

chromat/o

chromium

color

seleni/o

selen/o

selenium

moon, crescent-shaped

brom/o

foul-smelling, bromine

crypt/o

krypt/o

hidden, covered, krypton

rhod/o

rose, red, rhodium

xen/o

foreign, strange, xenon

bar/o

bary/o

weight, pressure

heavy, dull

osm/o

odor, smell, osmium

thall/o

young branch, shoot, simple plants (i.e. fungi, lichens, algae), thallium

akint/o

ray, ray-like, radiation, actinium