Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes - Sets 1-7

Flashcards covering Greek and Latin roots and affixes divided into categories: People and Society, Thought and Knowledge, Nature, Measurement, Health and Body, Motion and Time, and Opposites.

anthrop

human; humankind

phil

love

miso

hate

gyn, gyne

woman

pan-, panto-

all

polit, polis

city

ethn

nation

-mania, -maniac, -manic, -maniacal

madness for; excessive fondness for

-phobia, -phobe

dread of; morbid fear of

-cracy, -crat, -cratic

rule; government; one who rules

dem

people

gam

marriage

arch, archi

rule; govern

neo-

new

theo-

god

paed-, ped-

child; instruction

soph

wise

log

idea; study of

graph, gram

write; draw; describe; record

scop, scept, skept

look at; examine

crit, cris, krites

separate, discern, judge

mnem, mne, mnes

memory

psych

mind; soul; spirit

idio-

one's own; individual, peculiar

auto-

self

techn

art; skill

biblio, bibl

book

opt, ops, op

sight; view; eye

archae-

ancient

tele-, tel-, telo-

far; distant

gramma

letter

phon

sound

pro-

before

bio

life

phys

nature; growth

geo

earth

helio

sun

chrom, chromat, chro

color

hydr

water

therm

heat

pyr

fire

astr

star

cosm

order; world

ornith

bird

entom

insect

zo

animal

tox, toxic

poison

Phot, phos

light

Necro-

dead

agr

field

meter, metr

measure

cycl

circle

gon (Set 4)

angle

mono-

one

bi-

two

di-

two; twice

tri-

three

tetra-

four

penta-

five

hex-

six

kilo-

thousand

hepta-

seven

octo-

eight

deka-, deca-, dec-

ten

hecato-, hecto-

hundred

poly-

many

path

feeling; disease

therap

cure

haem, hem

blood

neur

nerve

cardi, cardio

heart

gastr, gastro

stomach

osteo

bone

derm, dermat

skin

pneum, pneumat, -phea

breath; wind

ger, geront

old age; old people

schiz, schis

split; cleave

plas, plasm, plast

mold; shape; form; substance

gen, gon (Set 5)

kind; race; origin

pod-

foot

peri-

around

caust, caut

burn

hypo-, hyp-

under; less than; too little

kin, kino, cinem, cinemat

movement

taktos, taxis

arrange, arrangement

chron

time

dyn, dynam

power; force

holo-

whole

pseudo-

false, counterfeit

aesth, esth

feeling; perception

morph

form

micro-

small

macro-

large; long

Iso-

equal

Center, centr-

center

proto-

first

hemi-

half

ec-, ecto-, ex-

out

hyper-

over; excessively

eu-

good; well