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Greek Roots

Sophomore English

2013-2014Slide2

What is a root word?

A "root word" is the basic linguistic unit of a word, the form of a word after all affixes are removed. Also known as the "stem word.”

Ex/ "export" has a root word "

port

"Slide3

Why do I need to learn root words from Greece???

Even if English is your native language, you'll find that learning Greek root words will increase your vocabulary. If you recognize the Greek root words and know what they mean, you'll be able to figure out the definitions of new words, even if you've never seen them before or see them out of context. English is based off Latin and Greek, so these root words are the building blocks of our language.

Greek root words make up much of our medical and scientific language, so you'll find these root words particularly helpful if you're going into one of those two fields. Slide4

Macro-, Macr

Large, great

Long (in extent or duration)

Enlarged or elongatedSlide5

-mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically, -maniacally

Mental disorderSlide6

Mega-, Meg-

Large,

big

, great, powerful

A decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurement. Slide7

Meter-, Metro-,

metr

-, metrical-,

metron

-, metric-,

metrist

-, meters-,

metry

-,

metre

-

Measure

Slide8

Micro-, micr

-

Small, tiny

A decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurement Slide9

Miso-,

Mis

-

Hater, hater, hatred

Used as a prefixSlide10

Mne

-,

Mne

-,

mnemon

-,

mnes

-,

-

mnesia

, -

mnesiac

, -

mnesic

, -

mnestic

Memory

To remember Slide11

Mono-, mon

-

One, alone, single

A number used as a prefixSlide12

Morph-

Shape, form, figure, appearanceSlide13

Nau-

Ship, sailorSlide14

Neo-/Ne-

Recent, current, youngSlide15

Odon/Odont

Tooth, TeethSlide16

-Oid

/-Ode

like, resembling, similar to, formSlide17

Olig-

few, small, abnormally few or smallSlide18

Onomato-,

onoma

-,

onomo

-,

ono

-

name, wordSlide19

Ortho-/Orth

-

right, straight, correct, true; designed to correctSlide20

pachy-,

pacho

-,

pach

-

thick, dense; large,

massive

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pedo

-

,

paedo

-,

ped

-,

paed

-,

paido

-,

paid-

Child

Note: 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

- that means “ground, soil,

earth.”Slide22

pan-, panto

-, pant-

all

,

every Slide23

patho-, -path-, -

pathia

, -

pathic

, -pathology, -pathetic, -

pathize

, -

pathy

feeling

, sensation, perception, suffering, [in medicine, it usually means “one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease

”Slide24

peri-

around

, about, near, enclosing; used as a

prefixSlide25

petro-

,

petr

-, peter-

stone

,

rockSlide26

phago-,

phag

-, -

phag

, -phage, -

phagic

, -

phagia

, -

phagism

, -

phagist

, -

phagous

eat

,

consume Slide27

philo

-,

phil

-, -

phile

, -

philia

, -

philic

, -

philous

, -

phily

, -

philiac

, -

philist

, -

philism

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

(

paedophilia

).Slide28

-phobia, -phobe

, -phobic

Extreme fear, irrational fear or terrorSlide29

-

phon

, -phony, -phonic

Sound; voiceSlide30

-photo, phot

-, -

photic

,

-

phote

Light Slide31

Podo

-, pod-, -

poda

,

-pod, -

pody

, -

podous

Foot or feet

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Polis-, polit

-,

poli

-

City, method of governmentSlide33

Poly-

Many, much; too many, too much, excessive

Often used as a prefixSlide34

-poly, -pole, -

polism

,

-

polist

, -

polistic

, -

polistically

Sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling

Used as a suffixSlide35

seismo-, seism-, -

seism

, -

seisms

, -

seisma

, -

seismically

, -

seismical

, -

seismal

, -seismicGreek: shake, earthquake [move to and fro’; to shake, move violentlySlide36

soma-,

som

-,

somat

-,

somato

-, -

soma

, -

some

, -

somus

, -somia, -somic, -somal, -somite, -somatous

, -

somatia

, -

somatic

Greek: body; massSlide37

sopho-, soph

-,

sophic

, -

soph

, -

sopher

, -

sophy

, -

sophical

, -

sophically, -sophistGreek: wise, wisdom; knowledgeSlide38

stereo-, stere-

Greek: solid, firm, hard; three-dimensionalSlide39

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. Slide40

tacho-, tach-,

tachy

-

Greek: fast, speed, swift, rapidSlide41

techno-,

techn

-,

tect

-, -

technic

[

s

], -

technique

, -

technology

, -technical, -technicallyGreek: art, skill, craft;

techne

,

art, skill, craft;

tekton

,

“builder”Slide42

Tele-, tel, telo

-, -

tect

, -

telical

Greek: far away, far off, distanceSlide43

Thanato-, thanat

-,

thanas

-, -

thanasisa

, -

thanasic

Greek: death, deadSlide44

Theo-, the-, -theism, -theist, theistic-

Greek: God, god, deity, divineSlide45

Therap-, -therapeutics, -therapeutically, therapy, -therapies, -therapist

Greek: far away, far off, distanceSlide46

Thermo-, therm-,

thermi

-, -

thermia

, -

therm

, -thermal, -

thermic

, -

thermous

, -

thermy

Greek: heatSlide47

Toxico-, toxic-,

toxi-,tox

, toxin-, -toxically, -

toxaemia

, -

otxemia

, -

toxaemic

, -toxemic, -

toxical

, -

toxy

, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism, -toxia, -toxin, -toxicity

Greek: poisonSlide48

Xeno-, xen

Greek: foreign, foreigner, stranger, stranger, and by extension– guest.Slide49

Xero- xer-,

xir

-

Greek: drySlide50

Zoo-, zo-, -

zoic

, -

zoite

, -

zoal

, zooid, -zoon, -

zoa

, -

zoan

Greek: animal; living being; lifeSlide51

Pro-, por-

Greek: before, forward, for,

infavor

of, in front of, in place ofSlide52

Pseudo-, pseud-

Greek: false, deception, lying, untrue, counterfeit; used as prefixSlide53

Pyscho- psych-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychically

Greek: mind or the metal process