1. aero-, aer-, aeri - (Greek: air, mist, wind).
2. aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-,
-aesthesia, -esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical,
-aesthetically, -esthetically (Greek: feeling, sensation, perception).
3. ampho-, amph-, amphi- (Greek: around, about, both, on both
sides of, both kinds).
4. anti-, ant- (Greek: against, opposed to, preventive; used
as a prefix).
5. astro-, astra-, astr- (Greek: star, star shaped; also
pertaining to outer space).
6. auto-, aut- (Greek: self; directed from within).
7. biblio-, bibli-, bibl- (Greek: book).
8. bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis,
-bium, -biotic, -biotical, -biotic (Greek: life).
9. cardio-, cardi-, card- (Greek: heart, pertaining to the
heart).
10. chromato-, chromat-, chromo-, chrom-, chro-, -chrome,
-chromasia, -chromia, -chromatism, -chromatic, -chromatically, -chromy
(Greek: color).
11. chrono-, chron- (Greek: time).
12. cine-, cinem-, cinema-, cinemat-, cinemato-, -cinesia,
-cinesis, -cinetic, -cinesias, -cineses, -cinetical, -cinetically (Greek:
move, movement, set in motion).
13. -crat, -cracy, -cratic, -cratism, -cratically, -cracies
(Greek: a suffix; govern, rule; strength, power).
14. dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia,
-dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly (Greek: finger,
toe).
15. deca-, dec-, deka-, dek- (Greek: ten; a decimal prefix
used in the international metric system for measurements).
16. demo-, dem-, demio-, -demic, -deme, -demically (Greek:
people).
17. dermo-, derm-, derma-, dermato-, dermat-, -derm, -derma,
-dermatic, -dermatous, -dermis, -dermal, -dermic, -dermoid, -dermatoid
(Greek: skin).
18. dyna-, dyn-, dynamo-, -dyne, -dynamia, -dynamic (Greek:
power, strength, force, mightiness).
19. dys- (Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to, difficult
at; slow of; disordered; used as a prefix).
20. eco-, oeco-, oec-, oiko-, oik- (Greek: house, household
affairs [environment, habitat], home, dwelling; used in one extensive sense as,
“environment”).
21. endo-, end- [before vowels or “h”] (Greek: within, inside,
into, in, on, inner; used as a prefix).
22. epi-, ep- [before vowels or “h”] (Greek: above, over, on,
upon; besides; in addition to; toward; among; used as a prefix).
23. ergo-, erg- (Greek: work). Also: urg-, [erg-], -urgy,
-urgia, -urgical, -urgically, -urgist, -urge (Greek: work).
24. etym- (Greek: truth, true meaning, real [the root meaning,
true meaning or literal meaning of a word]).
25. eu- (Greek: good, well, normal; happy, pleasing; used as a
prefix).
26. exo-, ec-, e- (Greek: out of, out, outside; away from;
used as a prefix).
27. geo-, ge- (Greek: earth, world).
28. glotto-, glot-, -glott (Greek: tongue; by extension,
“speech, language”). Also: glosso-, gloss- (Greek: tongue; language,
speech).
29. grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia
(Greek: to scratch; write, record, draw, describe).
30. gymno-, gymn- (Greek: naked, uncovered; unclad).
31. gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-,
-gynist, -gynous, -gyny (Greek: woman, female).
32. helio-, heli- (Greek: sun).
33. hemi- (Greek: half).
34. hetero-, heter- (Greek: different, other, another, unlike;
used as a prefix).
35. hippo-, hipp- (Greek: horse).
36. homo-, hom- (Greek: same, equal, like, similar, common;
one and the same).
37. hydro-, hydra-, hydr-, hyd- (Greek: water).
38. hyper-, hyp- (Greek: above, over; excessive; more than
normal; abnormal excess [in medicine]; abnormally great or powerful sensation
[in physical or pathological terms]; highest [in chemical compounds]; used as a
prefix).
39. hypo-, hyp- (Greek: under, below, beneath; less than; too
little; deficient, diminished; used as a prefix).
40. icono-, icon- (Greek: image, likeness; sacred or holy
image).
41. -itis (Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation;
by extension, disease associated with inflammation).
42. kilo-, kil- (Greek: one thousand; a decimal prefix used in
the international metric system for measurements).
43. kine-, kin-, kino-, kinesio-, kinesi-, kineto-, kinet-,
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic, -kinesias, -kineses, -kinetical, -kinetically
(Greek: move, set in motion; muscular activity). Also: cine-, cinem-,
cinema-, cinemat-, cinemato-, -cinesia, -cinesis, -cinetic, -cinesias, -cineses,
-cinetical, -cinetically (Greek: move, movement, set in motion).
44. -latry, -olatry, -later, -olater, -latress, -olatress,
-latria, -latrous, -olatrous (Greek: a suffix; worship; excessively,
fanatically devoted to someone or something; “service paid to the gods”).
45. litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites
(Greek: stone, rock).
46. logo-, log-, -logia, -logical, -logism, -logician, -logian,
-logist, -logy, -logue (Greek: talk, speech, speak; word).
47. macro-, macr- (Greek: large, great; long [in extent or
duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long).
48. -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically,
-maniacally (Greek: mental disorder).
49. mega-, meg- (Greek: large, great, big, powerful; a decimal
prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).
50. meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron,
-metric, -metrist, -meters, -metry, -metre (Greek: measure).
51. micro-, micr- (Greek: small, tiny; a decimal prefix used
in the international metric system for measurements).
52. miso-, mis- (Greek: hate, hater, hatred; used as a
prefix).
53. mne-, mnem-, mnemon-, mnes-, -mnesia, -mnesiac, -mnesic,
-mnestic (Greek: memory, to remember).
54. mono-, mon- (Greek: one, alone, single; a number used as a
prefix).
55. morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia,
-morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism (Greek: shape, form,
figure, appearance).
56. naus-, nau- (Greek: ship, sailor).
57. neo-, ne- (Greek: new, recent, current, young).
58. odonto-, odont-, odon-, -odont, -odonic, -odontic, -odontia,
-odontoid (Greek: tooth, teeth).
59. -oid, -oidal, -oidism, -ode (Greek: a suffix; like,
resembling, similar to, form).
60. oligo-, olig- (Greek: few, small; abnormally few or small;
used as a prefix).
61. onomato-, onoma-, onomo-, onom-, ono- (Greek: name; word).
62. ortho-, orth- (Greek: right, straight, correct, true;
designed to correct).
63. paleo- (Greek: old; of a past
era).
64. pachy-, pacho-, pach- (Greek: thick, dense; large,
massive).
65. pedo-, paedo-, ped-, paed-, paido-, paid- (Greek: child).
The British tend to use “paed-” while those in the United States tend to use
“ped-”. Remember that the Greek ped- means “child” while the Latin ped- means
“foot”. Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- which means
“ground, soil, earth”. 66. pan-, panto-, pant- (Greek: all, every).
67. patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic,
-pathize, -pathy (Greek: feeling, sensation, perception, suffering, [in
medicine, it usually means “one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats
a disease”]).
68. peri- (Greek: around, about, near, enclosing; used as a
prefix).
69. petro-, petr-, peter- (Greek: stone, rock).
70. phago-, phag-, -phag, -phage, -phagic, -phagia, -phagism,
-phagist, -phagous (Greek: eat, consume).
71. philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily,
-philiac, -philist, -philism (Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness
for, attraction to, strong tendency toward, affinity for). Note: under some
circumstances, -philia means “unwholesome-sexual attraction” to something or
someone, as in pedophilia.
72. -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic,
-phobism, -phobous; phobo-, phob- (Greek: fear, extreme fear of, morbid fear
of, excessive fear of, irrational fear or terror of something or someone;
however, sometimes this Greek element means a strong dislike or hatred for
something). Noun endings are formed with -phobia and -phobe; while adjectives
end with -phobic.
73. phono-, phon-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous,
-phonically, -phonetically, -phony (Greek: phone; sound; voice).
74. photo-, phot-, -photic, -phote (Greek: light).
75. pneumo-, pneum-, pneumono-, pneumon- (Greek: lung
[breath]).
76. podo-, pod-, -poda, -pod, -pode, -podium, -podia, -podial,
-podous, -pody (Greek: foot, feet).
77. polis-, polit-, poli- (Greek: city; method of government).
78. poly- (Greek: many, much; too many, too much, excessive;
often used as a prefix). Don’t confuse this poly- with the next -poly that means
“to sell”.
79. -poly, -pole, -polism, -polist, -polistic, -polistically
(Greek: used as a suffix; sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling).
80. pro-, por- (Greek > Latin: used as a prefix). a)
before, b) forward, c) for, in favor of, d) in front of, e) in place of, on
behalf of
81. pseudo-, pseud- (Greek: false, deception, lying, untrue,
counterfeit; used as a prefix).
82. psycho-, psych-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical,
-psychically (Greek: the mind or the mental processes). Etymologically, this
word also means, breath, life, soul, spirit, mind, and consciousness.
83. pyro-, pyr- (Greek: fire, burn; and sometimes “fever”;
heat, produced by heating).
84. sarco-, sarc-, -sarcous, -sarc, -sarcoma, -sarcomatous,
-sarcomatoid (Greek: flesh, meat).
85. sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur, -sauria, -saurian
(Greek: lizard).
86. scopo-, scop-, scept-, skept-, -scope-, -scopy, -scopia,
-scopic, -scopist (Greek: see, view, sight, look at, examine).
87. seismo-, seism-, -seism, -seisms, -seisma, -seismically,
-seismical, -seismal, -seismic (Greek: shake, earthquake [move to and fro’;
to shake, move violently]).
88. soma-, som-, somat-, somato-, -soma, -some, -somus, -somia,
-somic, -somal, -somite, -somatous, -somatia, -somatic (Greek: body; mass).
89. sopho-, soph-, sophic, -soph, -sopher, -sophy, -sophical,
-sophically, -sophist (Greek: wise, wisdom; knowledge).
90. stereo-, stere- (Greek: solid, firm, hard;
three-dimensional).
91. syn-(sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-) (Greek: together, with, along
with). By extension, syn- may also mean: together, with; united; same, similar;
at the same time.
92. tacho-, tach-, tachy- (Greek: fast, speed, swift, rapid).
93. techno-, techn-, tect-, -technic[s], -technique, -technology,
-technical, -technically (Greek: art, skill, craft; techne, art, skill,
craft; tekton, “builder”).
94. tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical (Greek: far away, far
off, at a distance). Don’t confuse this tele- with the teleo- that means “end,
last”.
95. thanato-, thanat-, thanas-, -thanasia, -thanasic (Greek:
death, dead).
96. theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, -theistic (Greek: God, god,
deity, divine).
97. therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy,
-therapies, -therapist (Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the
sick, a waiting on).
98. thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal,
-thermic, -thermous, -thermy (Greek: heat).
99. toxico-, toxic-, toxi-, tox-, toxin-, -toxically, -toxaemia,
-toxemia, -toxaemic, -toxemic, -toxical, -toxy, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism,
-toxia, -toxin, -toxicity (Greek: poison).
100. xeno-, xen- (Greek: foreign, foreigner, strange,
stranger; and by extension, guest). Greeks are said to have considered any
stranger a “guest” and modern Greek includes xenodochion a “guest house” or
“house for guests” or its modern version of “hotel”.
101. xero-, xer-, xir- (Greek: dry).
102. zoo-, zo-, -zoic, -zoid, -zoite, -zoal, -zonal, -zooid,
-zoon, -zoa, -zoan (Greek: animal; living being; life).
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