English-Greek Roots: FINAL

anthrop

man, mankind

phil

love

miso

hate

biblio/bibl

book

phon

sound

graph/gram

write, draw, record, describe

scop/scept/skept

look at, exam

eu-

good, well

caco-

bad, ill

mega-

large

micro-

small

macro-

big, long

tele-/tel-/telo-

far, distant

-mania/-maniac/-maniacal

madness for, excessive desire

-phobia/-phobic/-phobe

dread of, fear of

anthropophobiac

fear of man

philanthropy

love of mankind

misanthrope

one who hates man

bibliomaniac

craze for books

euphonious

good sound

cacography

poor handwriting

megaphone

increases sound

microscopic

very small particle, to small to see

macroscopic

large enough to see

telegraphy

communication by telegraph system

bibliophile

one who loves books

symphony

sound put together, harmounus

megalomaniac

crazy about something large

skeptical

to look at some with suspicion, untrust

aphonic

without sound

arch, archi

rule/govern

dem

people

gen, gon

kind/race/origin

gon

angle

gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec

woman

archae-, archa-

ancient

log

idea/word/discussion/reasoning

hetero-

various/unlike

homo-

same

olig-

few

pan-, panto-

all

poly-

many

anarchy

without government

archaeology

ancient studies

demography

record of population

heterogeneous

unlike or of various origins

homogeneous

same origins

polygon

many angles

gynarchy

woman rule

oligarchy

few rules

epidemic

affect many individuals

pandemic

affects all people

endemic

effects particular people

misogynist

hates women

genealogy

study of your origin

diagonal

through an angle

eulogy

speech of praise

theo

god

geo

earth

helio

sun

dyn, dynam

power/force

chron

time

chrom, chromat, chro

color

meter, metr

measure

center, centr

center

cycl

circle

mono-

one

bi-

two

dis-, di-

two

iso-

equal

ortho-

correct/right/straight

-latry

worship

-mancy

divination/prophecy

polytheist

one who worships many gods

geology

study of the earth

heliolatry

worship the sun

isodynamic

equal forces

chronometer

instrument that measures time

monochrome

one color

heliocentric

measured from subs center

bicycle

two wheeled vehicle

diarchy

rule by 2 people

perimeter

measurement around something

bibliomancy

book of prophecy

symmetry

balanced proportions

eccentric

strange or different

orthophonic

proper sounding

geometry

measure of the earth

path

feeling, disease

batho, bathy

depth

therap

cure

haem, hem, -eam, -em

blood

rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag

flow, gush, burst

stat, stas

stand, stop

erg, urg

work

gno, gnos

know

hemi-

half

apathy

lack of interest

antipathy

against emotion

pathology

study of disease