Greek and Latin Roots, Affixes, and Their Meanings

sophia

wisdom

sent/sens

feel

sapio

understand, be wise

sci

know

mens

mind

psych

soul, spirit

anima

soul

eco

house, environment

domus

house

gyne

woman

andr

man

serv

slave, serve

manus

hand

liber

free

ager

field

cult

cultivation, tilling

vers

turn

naus

ship

navis

ship

techn

skill, art

Tele

far away/from afar

Chronos

time

Protos

first

Memor

mindful of, memory

Finis

end

Primus

first

Tempus

time

Annus

year

Polis

city-state

Nomos

law

Cide

murder, killing

Demos

the People

Urbs

city

Civitas

state

Civis

citizen

theos

god

deus

god

gony

birth

cosmos

universe, order

mus

< Muses

mnemo

memory

ge

earth

terr

earth

ero

desire

taure

bull

plut

wealth

mart

< Mars

merc

< Mercury

archy

rule by

arch

ruler

cracy

rule by, ruling body of

crat

supporter of rule by, member of ruling body

graphy

art or method of writing; descriptive science

graph

something written; instrument that writes

logy

subject of study; discourse

mania

madness; excessive enthusiasm

metry

art or process of the science of measuring

nomy

law of, arrangement of, science of

pathy

feeling

philia

love of

phile

lover of

phobe

one who fears

scopy

observation or examination of or by

scope

instrument for observing or examining

accr

high, topmost

all

other

arist

best

aut

self, one's own; of or by oneself or itself

cac

bad

heter

other

hier

holy

hol

whole

hom

same

home

similar, same

idi

own, personal

macr

long, large; large-scale

mega

great, large, powerful; one million (in metric system)

megal

great, large, powerful

mes

middle

micr

small; (denoting a factor of) one millionth

mon

single, one, alone

neo

new

olig

few

orth

straight, correct

pale

old

pan

all

pant

all

poly

many

pseud

false

scler

hard

therm

hot

eu

well, favorable

agog

lead

acou

hear

ball

throw

bol

throw

cri

judge

do

give

gno

know

graph

write