LIST OF GREEK ROOTS IN ENGLISH
A
| ábax |  | abac | slab | ἄβαξ, ἄβακος (ábax, ábakos), ἀβακίσκος (abakískos) | abaciscus, abacus, abax |
| áke |  | ac-, acm-, acr-[3] | point | ἀκή (akḗ), ἀκίς, ἀκίδος (akís, akídos), ἀκόνη (akónē), ἄκρος (ákros), ἄκρον (ákron), ἄκρα | acidanthera, acme, acmeism, acmesthesia, acmic, acne |
| akeîsthai |  | ac-, ace-[4] | cure | ἀκεῖσθαι (akeîsthai), ἀκή (akḗ), ἄκος, ἄκεος (ákos, ákeos) | aceology, autacoid, panacea |
| Akádēmos |  | academ- | Akademos | Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) | academe, academia, academic, academy |
| ákantha |  | acanth- | thorn | ἀκή, ἄκανθα (ákantha) | Acanthaster, acanthion, acanthite, Acanthocephala, acanthocephaliasis, acanthocyte, Acanthomintha, Acanthosaura, Acanthus, Metriacanthosaurus, neuroacanthocytosis |
| akarí |  | acar-[5] | mite | ἀκαρί (akarí) | acariasis, acarid, acariphagous, acaroid, acarology, acarophobia, acarus |
| akros |  | acr- | height, summit, tip, top | ἀκή (akḗ), ἄκρος (ákros) high, extreme, ἄκρον (ákron) | acrobat, acrobatics, acrochordon, acromegalia, acromegaly, acromion, acronym, acrophobia, acropolis, acrostic, acroterion, acrotomophilia |
| aktís |  | actin-[6] | beam, ray | ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος (aktís, aktînos) | actinic, actinism, actinium, actinocerid, actinodrome, actinoid, actinomere, actinometer, actinomorphic, actinomyces, actinophryid, actinopod, Actinopterygii, actinotherapy, actinozoa |
| adḗn |  | aden-[8] | gland | ἀδήν, ἀδένος (adḗn, adénos) | adenocarcinoma, adenoid, adenoidectomy, adenology, adenoma, adenomyosis, adenosis |
| aeírein |  | aer- (ΑΕΡ)[9] | lift, raise | ἀείρειν (aeírein), ἀορτή (aortḗ), αἰρόμενον, ἀϝείρω | aorta, aortic, endaortitis, meteor, meteorology |
| aḗr |  | aer-, aero-[10] | air, atmosphere | ἀήρ, ἀέρος (aḗr, aéros) air | aerobic, aerodynamic, aeronautics, aeroplane, aerorrhachia, aerosol, aerotitis |
| aisthētós |  | aesth- | feeling, sensation | αἰσθητός (aisthētós), αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós) of sense perception from αἰσθάνεσθαι (aisthánesthai) to perceive | aesthesia, aesthesis, aesthete, aesthetics, anaesthetic, synesthesia |
| aíther | | aether-, ether- | upper pure, bright air | αἴθειν (aíthein), αἰθήρ (aithḗr) | ether, ethereal, etheric, hypaethros |
| ágein |  | ag-[11] | lead | ἄγειν (ágein) (cognate with Latin agere), ἀγωγός (agōgós) | agony, antagonist, antagonize, demagogue, pedagogue, pedagogy, strategy, synagogue |
| agápē |  | agap-[12] | love | ἀγάπη (agápē) | agape |
| agrós |  | agr-[13] | field | ἀγρός, ἀγροῦ (agrós, agroû) | agronomist, agronomy |
| aílouros |  | ailur-[14] | cat | αἴλουρος (aílouros) | Ailuroedus, ailuromancy, ailurophile, ailurophilia, ailurophobia |
| alkuṓn |  | alcyon-[15] | kingfisher | ἀλκυών, ἀλκυόνος (alkuṓn, alkuónos) | Halcyon, halcyon |
| áleuron |  | ale-[16] (ΑΛ) | wheat flour | ἀλέω, ἄλευρον (áleuron), ἀλείατα | aleuromancy, aleurone, aleuronic |
| álgos |  | alg-[17] | pain | ἄλγος (álgos), ἀλγεινός, ἀλγεῖν (algeîn), ἄλγησις (álgēsis) | analgesic, arthralgia, neuralgia, nostalgia |
| állos |  | all-[18] | other | ἄλλος (állos) | allegory, allogenic, allograph, allophone, parallactic, parallax |
| allḗlōn |  | allel-[19] | one another | ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn) | allele, allelomorph, allelotaxis, parallel, parallelism, parallelogon, parallelogram |
| álpha |  | alph-[20] | A, a | Α, α, ἄλφα (álpha) | alphabet, alphabetic, analphabetic, panalphabetic, polyalphabetic |
| alphós |  | alphit- | barley | ἀλφός (alphós), ἄλφιτον, ἀλφίτου (álphiton, alphítou) | alphitomancy |
| amath |  | amath- | sand | amathophobia | |
| amblús |  | ambly-[21] | dull | ἀμβλύς (amblús) | amblygeustia, amblygonite, amblyopia, Amblypoda |
| ámmos | | amm-[22] | sand | ἄμμος (ámmos), ἄμαθος (ámathos) | amathophobia, Ammophila |
| amnós |  | amn-[23] | lamb | ἀμνός (amnós), ἀμνεῖος, ἀμνειός, ἀμνίον (amníon) | amniocentesis, amnion, amnioscope, amniote, amniotic, anamniote |
| amphí |  | amph-, amphi-[24] | both, on both sides of, both kinds | ἀμφί (amphí) on both sides | amphibian, amphibious, amphibole, amphibolic, amphimacer, Amphipoda, amphistyly, amphitheatre, amphoterism |
| amugdálē |  | amygdal-[25] | almond | ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), ἀμύγδαλον (amúgdalon) | almond, amygdala, amygdale, amygdalin, amygdaloid, amygdule |
| an |  | an-, a-, am-, ar- | not, without | Greek ἀν-/ἀ- not | ambrosia, anaerobic, anarchy, anemia, anesthesia, anhydrous, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, arrhythmia, atheism, atypical |
| aná |  | ana-, am-, an-[26] | again, against, back, up | ἀνά (aná) | anagram, anabaptist, anaphylaxis, anarrhexis, anion, anode |
| anḗr |  | andr-[27] (ΑΝΕΡ) | male, masculine | ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anḗr, andrós), ἀνδρότης | Andrew, Alexander, androcentric, androcentrism, androgen, androgenous, androgyne, androgynous, androgyny, android, andrology, androphobia, androspore, diandry, misandry, monandry, philander, polyandrous, polyandry, protandry, pseudandry, synandrous |
| ánemos |  | anem-[28] (ΑΝ) | wind | ἄνεμος (ánemos) | anemograph, anemometer, anemometric, anemone, anemophilous, anemophily, anemophobia, anemoscope, anemotropism |
| antí | | ant-, anti-[29] | against, opposed to, preventive | ἀντί (antí) against | antagonist, antagonize, antibiotic, antibody, antichrist, antidepressant antidote, antifreeze, antifungal, antigen, antinomies, antipathy, antipodes, antirrhinum, antiseptic, antisocial, antithesis |
| antheîn |  | anth-[31] | flower | ἀνθεῖν (antheîn), ἄνθος (ánthos), ἄνθησις (ánthēsis), ἄνθημα (ánthēma), ἀνθηρός (anthērós) | anther, anthesis, Anthocoridae, anthodite, anthology, anthophobia, anthophore, Anthozoa, chrysanthemum, dianthus, enanthem, enanthema, exanthem, exanthematic, hydranth, hypanthium, perianth, zoanthid |
| ánthrax |  | anthrac- | coal | ἄνθραξ, ἄνθρακος (ánthrax, ánthrakos) | anthracite, anthracnose, anthracycline, anthrax |
| ánthrōpos |  | anthrop- | human | ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) man | anthropology, anthroposophy, anthropomorphic, misanthrope, philanthropy |
| apó |  | ap-, apo-[32] | off, away from, separate, at the farthest point | ἀπό (apó) from, away, un-, quite, sometimes changed, switched | aphelion, apocrine, apocryphal, apogee, aporrhinosis, apostasy, apostate |
| Aphrodítē |  | aphrod- | Aphrodite | Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios), ἀφροδισιακόν (aphrodisiakón) | aphrodisiac, pseudohermaphroditism |
| arákhnē |  | arachn- | spider | ἀράχνης, ἀράχνη (arákhnē) | Arachne, arachnid, arachnodactyly, arachnoid, arachnology, arachnophobia |
| árkhein |  | arch-, arche-, archi- | ruler | ἄρχειν (árkhein), ἄρχων (árkhōn), ἀρχή (arkhḗ) rule (in compounds: ἀρχε-, ἀρχι-) | anarchism, anarchist, anarchy, andrarchy, antarchy, archangel, archetype, architect, archon, autarch, autarchism, autarchy, eparch, eparchy, exarch, gynarchy, monarch, monarchism, monarchist, monarchy, navarch, octarchy, oligarchy, patriarchy, plutarchy, polyarchy, synarchism, synarchy, tetrarchy, triarchy, trierarch |
| arkhaîos |  | archae-, arche- | ancient | ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) ancient from ἀρχή (arkhḗ) rule | Archaea, archaeoastronomy, archaeology, archaic, archaism, archegonium, archeology |
| árktos |  | arct- | Relating to the North Pole or the region near it; relating to cold | ἄρκτος (árktos) bear, ἀρκτικός (arktikós) | Antarctic, arctic, Arctic Ocean, palearctic |
| aretḗ |  | aret- | virtue | ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς (aretḗ, aretês) | aretaic, arete |
| áristos |  | arist- | excellence | ἄριστος (áristos) | aristocracy, aristocrat |
| arithmós |  | arithm- | count, number | ἀριθμός (arithmós), ἀριθμέω, ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós) | antilogarithm, arithmetic, arithmomania, logarithm, logarithmic |
| ársēn | | arsen-[33] | male | ἄρσην, ἄρσενος (ársēn, ársenos), ἀρσενικός (arsenikós) | arsenic, arsenopyrite |
| árthron |  | arthr- | joint | ἄρθρον (árthron) | anarthria, arthritic, arthritis, arthrogryposis, arthropathy, arthroplasty, arthropod, arthroscope, arthroscopic, arthroscopy, arthrosis, dysarthria, osteoarthritis, spondyloarthropathy |
| ártios |  | arti- | even | ἄρτιος (ártios), ἀρτιότης evenness, ἀρτιάκις | artiodactyl, artiodactylous |
| askós |  | asc-[34] | bag | ἀσκός (askós), ἀσκίδιον (askídion) | ascidium, ascites, ascitic, ascocarp, ascoma, ascomycete, Ascomycota, ascospore, ascus |
| áspros |  | aspr-[35] | white | ἄσπρος (áspros) | diaper |
| astḗr |  | aster-, astr- | star, star-shaped | ἀστήρ, ἀστέρος (astḗr, astéros), ἄστρον (ástron) star | aster, asterisk, asteroid, astrology, astronomy, astronaut, diasterism geaster, monaster |
| asthenḗs |  | asthen- | weak | ἀσθενής (asthenḗs) | asthenopia, asthenosphere, asthenozoospermia |
| athárē |  | ather-[36] | gruel | ἀθάρη (athárē) | atherogenic, atheroma, atherosclerosis |
| âthlos |  | athl- | contest | ἆθλος (âthlos) contest, feat, ἄεθλος | athlete, athletic, decathlon, pentathlon, triathlon |
| athroízein |  | -athroid- | gathered or lumped together | ἀθροίζειν (athroízein) to gather together | epiathroid, hypoathroid |
| aulētḗs |  | aul- | flute, tube | ἄημι (ἄϝημι), αὐλός (aulós), αὐλέω, αὔλησις, αὐλητής (aulētḗs) | aulete, aulos, hydraulic, hydraulus |
| autós |  | aut-, auto-[37] | self; directed from within | αὐτός (autós) self, same | autarchism, autarchy, autarky, authentic, autism, autistic, autobiography, autocracy, autograph, autoimmune, automatic, automaton, automobile, autonomy, autopilot |
| aúxein |  | aux-[38] | increase | αὔξειν (aúxein), αὐξάνειν auxánein, αὔξησις (aúxēsis), αὐξητικός (auxētikós) | auxanogram, auxanography, auxanology, auxanometer, auxesis, auxetic, auxin, auxochrome, auxology, auxotroph, auxotrophy |
| áxios |  | axi-[39] | merit, worth | ἄξιος (áxios) worth | axiology, axiom, axiomatic |
| áxōn |  | axon-[40] | axis, axle | ἄξων, ἄξονος (áxōn, áxonos) | axon, axonography, axonometric, axonotmesis |
B
| baínein |  | ba-[41] | βαίνειν (baínein), βατός (batós), | acrobat, acrobatic, adiabatic, aerobatic, anabasis, anabatic, antiparabema, base, basic, basidiocarp, basidioma, basidiomycete, basidiospore, basidium, basion, basionym, basis, basophilic, bema, catabasis, catabatic, diabase, diabatic, diabetes, diabetic, dibasic, hyperbaton, hypobasis, katabasis, katabatic, monobasic, polybasic, stereobate, stylobate, tribasic | |
| bállein |  | bal-, bel-, bol- | throw | βάλλειν (bállein), βολή (bolḗ), βλῆμα (blêma) | ametabolic, ametabolism, amphibole, amphibolic, amphibolite, amphibolous, amphiboly, anabolic, anabolism, astrobleme, ball, ballism, ballista, ballistic, ballistospore, belomancy, belonephobia, bolide, bolometer, catabolic, catabolism, devil, diabolic, emblem, emblematic, embolic, embolism, embolismic, embolize, embolon, embolus, emboly, hemiballismus, holometabolism, hyperbola, hyperbole, hyperbolic, hyperboloid, metabolic, metabolism, metabolite, metabolize, palaver, parable, parabola, parabolic, paraboloid, parle, parley, parol, parole, problem, problematic, symbol, symbolic, symbolism, symbolist, symbolize, symbology, taurobolium, thromboembolism |
| báptein |  | bapt- | dip | βάπτειν (báptein), βάμμα (bámma) | abaptiston, Anabaptist, baptism, baptize |
| barús |  | bar-[45] | weight, pressure | βαρύς (barús), βάρος (báros) | abarognosis, antibaryon, baresthesia, bariatric, baritone, barognosis, barogram, barograph, barometer, barometric, barophobia, barostat, barycentre, barycentric, baryogenesis, baryon, barysphere, baryton, barytone, hyperbaric, hypobaric, isobar, isobaric |
| bas |  | bas- | step | βάσις | |
| bathús |  | bath- | deep, depth | βαθύς (bathús), βάθος (báthos) | batholith, bathophobia, bathos, bathymetry, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, isobathic |
| b |  | bet- | B, b | beta | alphabet, alphabetic, analphabetic, panalphabetic, polyalphabetic |
| bíblos |  | bibl-[46] | book | βίβλος (bíblos), βιβλίον (biblíon) book | bible, biblioclasm, biblioclast, bibliogony, bibliographic, bibliography, biblioklept, bibliomancy, bibliomania, bibliophile, bibliophilia, bibliophobe, bibliophobia, bibliotaph |
| bioûn |  | bio-, bi-[47] | life | βιοῦν (bioûn), βίος (bíos) life, βιωτός (biōtós), βιωτικός (biōtikós), βίωσις (bíōsis) | abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobiology, anhydrobiosis, anoxybiosis, antibiotic, astrobiology, autobiography, biocentrism, biochron, biocoenosis, biogenesis, biographic, biography, biologism, biologist, biology, biome, biometric, biomorph, biomorphism, biophilia, biophysicist, biophysics, biopoiesis, biopolymer, biopsy, biorhythm, biosemiotic, biosphere, biostasis, biosynthesis, biota, biotic, biotin, biotope, biotype, biozone, chemobiosis, cryobiosis, cryptobiosis, ectosymbiosis, endosymbiont, endosymbiosis, enterobiasis, exobiology, macrobiotic, microbiology, osmobiosis, probiotic, symbiogenesis, symbiology, symbiont, symbiosis, symbiotic |
| blastánein |  | blast-[48] | germ, embryo, bud, cell with nucleus | βλαστάνειν (blastánein), to sprout, bud, βλαστός (blastós), βλάστημα (blástēma) | blastema, blastochyle, blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocyst, blastoderm, blastoma, blastula, cytotrophoblast, diploblasty, ectoblast, endoblast, entoblast, fibroblast, osteoblast, sideroblast |
| blénnos |  | blenn- | slime | βλέννος (blénnos) | blennadenitis, blennophobia, blennosperma, blennorrhagia |
| boll | | bol- | throw | ||
| bôlos |  | bol-[49] | clod, lump | βῶλος (bôlos) | bole, bolus, embolism |
| bomb |  | bomb-[50] | boom | βομβεῖν, βόμβος, βόμβησις | bomb, bound |
| botánē |  | botan- | plant | βοτάνη, βότανον (botánē, bótanon), βοτανικός | botanic, botanist, botanology, botany |
| brakhíōn |  | brachi-, brachio-, brachion-, brachioni- | arm | βραχίων (brakhíōn) | brachialgia, brachionerysipelas, brachionigraph, brachiorrhachidian, brachiosaurus |
| brakhús |  | brachy-[51] | short | βραχύς (brakhús) | amphibrach, brachistochrone, brachycephaly, brachydactyly, brachyury, dibrach, tribrach |
| bradús |  | brady-, bradys-[52] | slow | βραδύς (bradús), βράδος (brádos) | bradycardia, bradysuria, bradytelic |
| bránkhion |  | branchi- | gill | βράγχιον (bránkhion) | branchiopneustic, branchiopod, nudibranch |
| brôma |  | bromat-, bromato-, broma-, bromo- | food | βρῶμα (brôma) | bromatium, bromateccrisis, bromatherapy, bromatology, bromography |
| brómos |  | brom-[53] | oats | βρόμος, βρόμη (brómos, brómē) oats | brome, Bromus, Bromus ramosus |
| brômos |  | brom- | stench | βρῶμος (brômos) stench, clangor | bromate, bromide, bromine, bromoderma, organobromine |
| brónkhos |  | bronch-[54] | windpipe | βρόγχος (brónkhos), βρόγχια (brónkhia) | bronchia, bronchiole, bronchion, bronchitis, bronchomalacia, bronchopneumonia, bronchus, tracheobronchomalacia |
| brontḗ |  | bront-[55] | thunder | βροντή (brontḗ) | brontology, brontophobia, Brontosaurus |
| brotós |  | brot-[56] | mortal | βροτός (brotós) | ambrosia, ambrotype |
| boúturon |  | butyr-[57] | butter | βούτυρον (boúturon) | butyric |
| bussós |  | byss-[58] | bottom | βυσσός, βυσσοῦ (bussós, bussoû) | abyss, abyssopelagic, hypabyssal |
| bússos |  | byss-[59] | flax | βύσσος (bússos) | byssus |
C
| kakós |  | cac-, kak-[60] | bad | κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos) | cachexia, cacistocracy, cacodemon, cacoepy, cacography, cacophobia, cacophobe, cacophobic, cacophonous, cacophony, cacorrhacitis, kakistocracy, kakistocrat |
| kalós |  | cal-, call- | beautiful | καλός (kalós) beautiful; κάλλος (kállos) beauty, κάλλιστος (kállistos) | calisthenics, calligraphy, Callista, Callisto, calophyllous, kaleidoscope |
| kalúptein |  | calyp-[61] | cover | καλύπτειν (kalúptein), καλυπτός (kaluptós), κάλυξ, κάλυκος (kálux, kálukos) | apocalypse, apocalyptic, apocalypticism, calyce, calyptra, Calyptrogyne, calyx, epicalyx, eucalypt, eucalyptus |
| kapnós |  | capn-[62] | smoke | καπνός (kapnós), καπνόομαι | capnogram, capnograph, capnography, capnolagnia, capnomancy, capnometer, capnometry, capnomor, capnophile, hypercapnia, hypocapnia |
| kardiá |  | cardi-[63] | heart | καρδιά (kardiá) | cardiac, cardialgia, cardiograph, cardioid, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiomegaly, cardiomyopathy, cardioplegia, cardioplegic, cardiospasm, electrocardiogram, electrocardiography, endocardium, epicardium, hemicardia, myocardium, neurocardiology, pericardium |
| karpós |  | carp-[64] | fruit | καρπός (karpós) | acarpous, acrocarpous, amphicarpous, angiocarpous, anisocarpic, Carpo, carpogonium, carpology, carpophagous, carpophore, carpospore, cystocarp, dipterocarp, endocarp, epicarp, exocarp, Karpos, mericarp, mesocarp, monocarpic, pericarp, polycarpic, procarp, pseudocarp |
| karpós |  | carp-[65] | wrist | καρπός (karpós) | carpal, carpal tunnel syndrome, carpus, metacarpus |
| katá |  | cata-, cat- | down, against, back | κατά (katá) down, against, back | catabolic, catacomb, catalyst, catarrhine, catastrophe, catatonia, cathode, cation |
| katharós |  | cathar-[66] | pure | καθαρός (katharós) | catharsis, cathartic |
| kaíein |  | caust-, caut- | burn | καίειν (kaíein), καυστός, καυτός (kaustós, kautós), καυστικός (kaustikós), καῦσις (kaûsis), καῦμα (kaûma) | calm, catacaustic, causalgia, causalgic, caustic, cauter, cauterize, cautery, diacaustic, encaustic, holocaust, hypocaust |
| kainós |  | cen-, caen-[67] | new | καινός (kainós) | caenogastropod, caenogenesis, Cenozoic |
| kenós |  | cen- | empty | κενός (kenós) | cenotaph, kenosis |
| koinós |  | cen-, coen-[68] | common | κοινός (koinós) | cenobite, coenesthesia, coenocyte, epicene, epicœne, koinonos, koinophilia |
| kéntron |  | centr- | center | κεντεῖν, κέντησις, κέντρον (kéntron) needle, spur, κεντρικός, κεντρισμός | acentric, acrocentric, amniocentesis, anthropocentric, anthropocentrism, barycenter, biocentric, biocentrism, centaur, centauromachy, centesis, centre, centric, centrism, centrist, centroid, centromere, centromeric, centrosphere, centrosymmetric, centrosymmetry, centrum, eccentric, eccentrism, eccentrist, ecocentric, ecocentrism, ecocentrist, egocentric, egocentrism, enterocentesis, epicentre, holocentric, metacentric, monocentric, neocentromere, orthocenter, orthocentric, paracentesis, pericardiocentesis, technocentric, technocentrism, telocentric, thoracentesis, thoracocentesis |
| kephalḗ |  | cephal- | head | κεφαλή (kephalḗ) | acephalic, acephaly, anencephaly, autocephaly, brachiocephalic, brachycephalic, cephalic, cephalomancy, cephalometry, cephalon, cephalopagus, cephalopod, diencephalon, dolichocephalic, encephalitis, encephalogram, encephalopathy, holoprosencephaly, hydrocephalus, macrocephaly, mesaticephalic, mesencephalic, mesocephalic, metencephalon, microcephaly, myelencephalon, neencephalon, paleencephalon, prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, rhombencephalosynapsis, syncephalus, telencephalon |
| kéramos |  | ceram- | clay | κέραμος (kéramos) | ceramic |
| kéras |  | cerat- | horn | κέρας (kéras), κέρατος (kératos) | keratin, triceratops |
| khaítē |  | chaet-[69] | hair, bristle, or seta | χαίτη (khaítē) long hair | chaetophobia, chaetophorous, Chaetomium, Chaetomorpha, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, polychaete, spirochaete, spirochete |
| kheír |  | chir-[70] | of the hand or hands | χείρ (kheír) hand | chiral, chiropractic, chiroptera, chirurgy, enchiridion, Haplocheirus |
| khelṓnē |  | chelon- | relating to a turtle | χελώνη (khelṓnē) tortoise | Archelon, chelonia |
| khlōrós |  | chlor-[71] | green | χλωρός (khlōrós) | chloranthy, chlorine, chlorophobia, chlorophyll, chloroplast, pyrochlore |
| khóndros |  | chondr- | cartilage | χόνδρος (khóndros) | hypochondriasis, osteochondritis |
| khoreía |  | chore- | relating to dance | χορεία (khoreía) dancing in unison from χορός (khorós) chorus | chorea, choree, choreia, choreography, chorus, hemichorea |
| khrêsthai |  | chres- | use | χράω, χρῆσθαι (khrêsthai), χρηστός (khrēstós), χρήστης, χρῆσις (khrêsis), χρήσιμος | chresard, chresonym, chrestomathic, chrestomathy, heterochresonym, heterochresonymy, orthochresonym, orthochresonymy |
| khrôma |  | chro-, chrom- | color | χρῶμα (khrôma) | achromat, achromatic, achromatism, achromatopsia, achromatopsic, amphichroic, apochromat, auxochrome, chroma, chromatic, chromatid, chromatophore, chrome, chromium, chromogen, chromolithography, chromophobia, chromophore, chromosome, dichroic, dichroism, dichromatic, heliochrome, heterochromatic, heterochromatin, microchromosome, monochromatic, monochrome, photochromism, pleochroism, polychromatic, polychrome, trichroism, trichromatic, trichromic |
| khrónos |  | chron-[73] | time | χρόνος (khrónos) | anachronism, asynchronous, biochronology, chronaxie, chronic, chronicle, chronogram, chronograph, chronology, chronometer, chronometry, chronophobia, chronophotography, chronostasis, geochronology, heterochrony, hydrochronometer, isochron, protochronism, synchronic, synchronism, synchronize, synchronous, tautochrone |
| khrusós |  | chrys-[74] | gold | χρυσός (khrusós), χρύσεος golden | chrysalis, chryselephantine, chrysolite, chrysophobia, chrysoprase |
| kirrhós |  | cirr-[75] | orange | κιρρός (kirrhós) | cirrhosis |
| kládos |  | clad-[76] | branch | κλάδος (kládos) | clade, cladistics, cladogenesis, cladogram, heterocladic |
| klastós |  | clast- | broken | κλᾶν, κλαστός (klastós), κλάσις, κλάσμα | anorthoclase, antanaclasis, clastic, iconoclast, orthoclase, osteoclast, plagioclase, pyroclastic, synclastic |
| kleís |  | clav- | key | κλείς (kleís) key from κλείειν, (kleíein) to close | clavichord, clavicle, conclave |
| kleistós |  | cleist- | closed | κλείειν, κλειστός (kleistós), κλεῖσμα | cleistogamy, cleistothecium, enterocleisis, kleisma |
| kleîthron |  | cleithr- | bar, key | κλεῖθρον (kleîthron) | Clathrus, cleithrophobia, cleithrum |
| ekklēsíā |  | cle-[77] | call | ἐκκλησίᾱ, κλῆσις, κλητός (ekklēsíā, klêsis, klētós) | ecclesia, Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastic, ecclesiology, ecclesiophobia, epiclesis, paraclete |
| klínē |  | clin- | bed | κλίνη (klínē) | clinic |
| kókhlos |  | cochl-[78] | snail, spiral shell | κόχλος (kókhlos) | cochlea |
| koîlos |  | coel- | hollow | κοῖλος (koîlos) | blastocoel, coelom, coelomate, coelomic, enterocoely, pseudocoelomate, sarcocele, schizocoelomate, schizocoely, spongocoel |
| kônos |  | con-[80] | cone | κῶνος (kônos), κωνικός (kōnikós) | conic, conical, conicoid, conodont, conoid, conoscope, orthocone, orthoconic, polyconic |
| kópros |  | copr-[81] | dung | κόπρος (kópros) | copremia, coprographia, coprolagnia, coprolalia, coprolite, coprolith, coprology, coprophagia, coprophagy, coprophilia, copropraxia, encopresis, encopretic |
| kórax |  | corac-[82] | raven | κόραξ, κόρακος (kórax, kórakos) | coracoid |
| kósmos |  | cosm-[83] | universe | κόσμος (kósmos) | cosmic, cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, cosmos, microcosm |
| kosmeîn |  | cosmet- | the art of dress and ornament | κοσμεῖν (kosmeîn), κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ) from κόσμος (kósmos) | cosmesis, cosmetics, cosmetologist, cosmetology |
| kotúlē |  | cotyl-[84] | cup | κοτύλη (kotúlē) | cotyledon, dicotyledon, dicotyledonous, eudicotyledon, monocotyledon, monocotyledonous, tricotyledonous |
| krátos |  | -cracy, -crat | government, rule, authority | κράτος (krátos), κρατία (kratía) | acrasia, akrasia, akratic, anocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, autocrat, autocratic, bureaucracy, democracy, democratic, pancratium, plutocracy, technocracy, technocrat, theocracy |
| kraníon |  | crani-[85] | skull | κρανίον (kraníon) | craniologist, craniometry, craniosynostosis, cranium, hemicrania, megrim, migraine |
| krēpís |  | crepid-[86] | boot, shoe | κρηπίς, κρηπίδος (krēpís, krēpídos), κρηπίδιον, κρηπίδωμα | crepidoma |
| kríkos |  | cric-[87] | ring | κρίκος (kríkos), κρικοειδής (krikoeidḗs) | cricoid, cricoidectomy, Cricosaurus, cricothyroid, cricothyrotomy, cricotomy |
| krínein |  | crit-, crisi-[88] | judge, separate | κρίνειν (krínein), κρίσις (krísis), κρίμα (kríma) | apocrine, crisis, criterion, critic, critical, criticaster, criticise, criticism, critique, diacritic, eccrine, eccrinology, eccrisis, eccritic, endocrine, endocrinology, exocrine, heterocrine, holocrine, hypercriticism, hypocrisy, hypocrite, kritarchy, Kritosaurus, merocrine, syncrisis |
| krossós |  | cross-[89] | fringe, tassel | κροσσός (krossós) | crossopterygii |
| krúptein |  | crypt-[90] | hide, hidden | κρύπτειν (krúptein) to hide, κρυπτός (kruptós) | apocrypha, apocryphal, archaeocryptography, crypt, cryptanalysis, crypteia, cryptic, cryptobiosis, cryptobiotic, cryptochrome, cryptogam, cryptogenic, cryptography, cryptology, cryptomonad, cryptophyte, cryptosystem, grot, grotesque, grotto |
| kteís |  | cten-[91] | comb | κτείς, κτενός (kteís, ktenós) | ctenidium, ctenoid, ctenophore |
| kúbos |  | cub-[92] | cube | κύβος (kúbos) | cubic, cuboctahedron, cuboid, hemicube, hypercube |
| kuanós |  | cyan-[93] | blue | κυανός (kuanós) | cyanic, cyanide, cyanogen, cyanophobia, cyanophore, cyanosis, cyanotic, isocyanic |
| kúklos |  | cycl-[94] | circle | κύκλος (kúklos), κυκλικός (kuklikós) | acyclic, anticyclone, anticyclonic, bicycle, cycle, cyclic, cyclide, cycloid, cyclone, cyclops, cyclosis, cyclotomic, dicyclic, eccyclema, epicycle, epicycloid, hemicycle, hemicyclium, heterocyclic, homocyclic, hypercycle, hypocycloid, isocyclic, mesocyclone, monocyclic, polycyclic, pseudocyclosis, tetracyclic, tricycle, tricyclic, unicycle |
| kulíndein |  | cylind-[95] | roll | κυλίνδειν (kulíndein), κύλινδρος (kúlindros) | cylinder, cylindric, cylindroid, cylindroma, pseudocylindric |
| kúōn |  | cyn-[96] | dog | κύων, κυνός (kúōn, kunós) | cynic, cynicism, cynodont, cynology, cynophagy, cynophilia, cynophobia, Cynosaurus, cynosure, eucynodont |
| kústis |  | cyst-[97] | capsule | κύστις (kústis) | cysteine, cystic, cysticercus, cystine, cystolith, cystoma, oocyst, polycystic |
| kútos |  | cyt-[98] | cell | κύτος (kútos) | astrocyte, cnidocyte, cytapheresis, cytaster, cytokine, cytokinesis, cytokinin, cytology, cytoplasm, cytostasis, cytostatic, exocytosis, gonocyte, hypercytosis, leukocyte, leukocytosis, monocyte, monocytopoiesis, pancytopenia, phagocytosis, polycythaemia, polycythemia, syncytium |
D
 | da-, dida-[99] (ΔΑ) | learn | δάω | autodidact, Didache, didact, didactic, didacticism | |
| dákruma |  | dacry-[100] | tear | δάκρυον, δακρύειν, δάκρυμα (dákruma) | dacryoadenitis, Dacryphilia |
| dáktulos |  | dactyl-[101] | digit, finger, toe | δάκτυλος (dáktulos) | anisodactyly, antidactylus, arachnodactyly, artiodactyl, brachydactyly, clinodactyly, dactyl, dactylic, dactylology, dactylomancy, dactylomegaly, dactylus, dactyly, date, didactyly, ectrodactyly, heterodactylous, heterodactyly, leptodactylous, monodactyly, oligodactyly, pamprodactyly, pentadactyl, pentadactylous, pentadactyly, perissodactyl, polydactyly, pterodactyl, schizodactyly, syndactylous, syndactyly, tetradactylous, tetradactyly, tridactyly, zygodactyly |
| dámasis |  | dam-[102] (ΔΑΜ) | tame | δάμασις (dámasis), ἀδάμας (adámas) untameable, invincible | adamant, adamantine, adamantinoma, Damian |
| deîn |  | de-[103] | bind | δεῖν (deîn), δετός, δέσις (detós, désis), δέμα (déma), δεσμός (desmós), δέσμα (désma) | arthrodesis, asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma, polysyndeton, syndesis, syndesmosis, syndetic, syndeton |
| délta |  | delt-[105] | D, d | Δ, δ, δέλτα (délta) | delta, deltoid, deltahedron |
| démein |  | dem-, dom-[106] | build | δέμειν (démein), δῶμα, δῶματος, δομή, δόμος (dómos), δέμας (démas) | apodeme, monodomy, opisthodomos, polydomy |
| dêmos |  | dem-[107] | people | δῆμος (dêmos) | Damocles, demagogue, deme, democracy, demographic, demography, demonym, demophobia, demotic, ecdemic, endemic, epidemic, epidemiology, pandemic |
| déndron |  | dendr-[108] | tree | δένδρον (déndron); akin to δρύς (drús) tree | dendric, dendrite, dendrochronology, dendrogram, dendromancy, Epidendrum, rhododendron |
| dérein |  | der-[109] | skin | δέρειν (dérein), δέρμα, δέρματος (dérma, dérmatos) | Dermaptera, dermatology, dermis, ectoderm, endoderm, epidermis, hypodermic, mesoderm, scleroderma, taxidermy, xeroderma |
 | despot-[110] | master | δεσπότης, δεσπότου, δεσποτικός, δεσποτεία, δεσποτίσκος | despot, despotic, despotism | |
| deúteros |  | deuter-[111] | second | δεύτερος (deúteros) | deuteragonist, deuteranomaly, deuteranopia, deuteride, deuterium, deuterogamist, deuterogamy, Deuteromycota, deuteron, Deuteronomy, deuterostome |
| dexiós |  | dexi-[112] | right | δεξιός (dexiós) | Dexiarchia |
| di- |  | di- | two | δι- (di-) | diatomic, dicot, digamy, diode, dipole |
| diá |  | dia-[113] | apart, through | διά (diá) | deacon, diagram, dialysis, diameter |
| diakósioi |  | diacosi-[114] | two hundred | διακόσιοι (diakósioi), διακοσιάκις two hundred times | diacosigon, diacosipentecontaheptagon |
| didáskein |  | dida- | teach | διδάσκειν (didáskein) | autodidact, Didache, didact, didactic |
| deinós |  | din-[115] | terrible, fearfully great | δεινός (deinós) | dinosaur |
| diplóos |  | dipl-[116] | twofold | διπλόος (diplóos), δίπλωσις (díplōsis), δίπλωμα (díplōma) | diploblasty, diploid, diploidy, diploma, diplomacy, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatics, diplonema, diplophase, diplopia, diplosis, diplotene, haplodiploid, haplodiploidy |
| didónai |  | do-[117] (ΔΟ[118]) | give | διδόναι (didónai), δοτός, (dotós,), δόσις (dósis), δόμα, δόματος (dóma, dómatos) δῶρον, διδόμενον | anecdote, antidoron, antidote, apodosis, dose |
| dṓdeka |  | dodec-[119] | twelve | δώδεκα (dṓdeka) | dodecagon, dodecahedron, Dodecanese, dodecaphony, dodecastyle, dodecasyllabic, hemidodecahedron |
| dokeîn |  | dog-, dox- | opinion, tenet | δοκεῖν (dokeîn) to appear, seem, think, δόξα (dóxa) opinion, δόγμα (dógma) | dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, doxology, heterodox, orthodox, paradox |
| drân |  | dra-[120] | do | δρᾶν (drân), δραστικός (drastikós), δρᾶσις (drâsis), δρᾶμα, δράματος (drâma, drámatos), δραματικός (dramatikós) | dramatic, dramaturgy, drastic, melodramatic, monodrama |
| drássesthai |  | drach-[121] | grasp | δράσσεσθαι (drássesthai), δράγμα (drágma), δραχμή (drakhmḗ) | didrachm, drachm, drachma, dram, tetradrachm |
| drameîn |  | dram-, drom- (ΔΡΑΜ) | run | δραμεῖν (drameîn), δρόμος (drómos) | aerodrome, anadromous, antidromic, catadromous, diadromous, dromaeosaurid, heterodromous, hippodrome, loxodrome, monodromy, palindrome, syndrome |
| drósos |  | dros-[122] | dew | δρόσος, δρόσου (drósos, drósou) | drosometer, Drosophila |
| drûs | | dry-[123] | tree | δρῦς, δρυός (drûs, druós), Δρυάς | dryad, dryadic, hamadryad |
| dúo | | dy-[124] | two | δύο (dúo), δυάς, δυάδος (duás, duádos) | dyad, dyadic |
| dúnasthai |  | dyna-[125] | power | δύνασθαι (dúnasthai), δυνατός, δύναμις (dúnamis), δυνάστης (dunástēs) | aerodynamic, aerodynamics, antidynastic, autodyne, didynamous, dynamic, dynamism, dynamite, dynamo, dynast, dynastic, dynasty, heterodyne, metadynamics |
| dus- |  | dys- | badly, ill | δυσ- (dus-) | dysentery, dysphagia, dysphasia, dysplasia, dystrophy |
E
| ek |  | ec-[126] | out | ἐκ (ek) | eccentric, ecstasy, ecstatic |
| ekklēsía |  | ecclesi- | assembly, congregation | ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía) from ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō) I summon or I call out | Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastical |
| ēkheîn |  | ech- | sound | ἠχή, ἠχώ, ἠχοῦς, ἠχεῖν (ēkheîn), ἤχημα | anechoic, catechesis, catechism, catechist, catechize, catechumen, echo, echoic |
| oîkos |  | eco- | house | οἶκος (oîkos) | ecology, economics, economy, ecumenism |
| ektós |  | ecto-[127] | outside | ἐκτός (ektós) | ectoderm, ectoparasite, ectotherm |
| aíx |  | eg-[128] | goat | αἴξ, αἰγός (aíx, aigós) | egophony |
| aigyptos |  | egypt- | Egypt, egyptian | αἰγυπτος (aigyptos) | egyptology |
| eirḗnē |  | eiren- (iren-)[130] | peace | εἰρήνη (eirḗnē) peace | irenic (eirenic), irenology |
| ḗlektron |  | electr-[131] | amber | ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron) | electric, electricity, electrolysis, electrolyte, electromagnetic, electron, electronic, polyelectrolyte |
| éleos |  | elem-, alm-[132] | pity | ἔλεος, ἐλέου (éleos, eléou), ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē) | almoner, alms, eleemosynary |
| emeîn |  | eme-[133] | vomit | ἐμεῖν (emeîn), ἔμετος (émetos) | antiemetic, emesis, emetic, emetine, emetophobia, haematemesis |
| en |  | en-, el-, em-[134] | in | ἐν (en) | emphasis, enclitic, enthusiasm, ellipsis, elliptic |
| enantíos |  | enanti-[135] | opposite | ἐναντίος (enantíos) | enantiomer, enantiomerism, enantiomorph, enantiornithine |
| enképhalos |  | encephal- | brain | ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos) | encephalopathy |
| éndon |  | endo-[136] | inside, within | ἔνδον (éndon) | endocardial, endocerid, endocrine, endocytosis, endogamy, endogenous, endoscopy, endoskeleton, endosperm, endospore |
| engús |  | engy-[137] | narrow | ἐγγύς (engús) | Engystomops, hypengyophobia |
| ennéa |  | ennea-[138] | nine | ἐννέα (ennéa), ἐννεάς, ἐννεάδος (enneás, enneádos) | ennead, enneadic, enneagon, enneagram, enneahedron, enneamer, enneastyle, enneasyllabic, enneode |
| Ēṓs |  | eo-, eos-[139] | dawn, east | Ἠώς, Ἕως (Ēṓs, Héōs) | Eocene, eohippus, Eosentomon, eosin, eosinophil, eosinophilic, Eozoic |
| epí |  | ep-, epi-[140] | upon | ἐπί (epí) | ephedra, ephemeral, ephemeris, epicenter, epidemic, epilog, epiphany, episteme, epistemic, epistemology, epitaph, epitaphios, epithet, epitome, epoch, eponymous |
| eréssein |  | ere-[141] | row | ἐρέσσειν (eréssein), ἐρέτης (erétēs) rower, ἐρετμόν (eretmón), εἰρεσία | trireme, trierarch, hyperetes |
| wérgon |  | erg-, org-, urg-[142] | work | ϝέργον (wérgon), έργον (érgon), ἐργάτης (ergátēs), ὄργανον (órganon), ὀργανικός (organikós), ὄργια (órgia) | allergic, allergy, argon, demiurge, dramaturgy, endoergic, energetic, energy, erg, ergate, ergatocracy, ergodic, ergometer, ergonomics, ergophobia, exoergic, gamergate, georgic, heterorganic, homorganic, liturgy, metallurgy, microorganism, organ, organic, organism, organist, organize, organogenesis, organoid, organoleptic, orgiastic, orgy, parergon, surgeon, synergism, synergy, theurgic, theurgist, theurgy, zymurgy |
| érōs | | erot-[143] | (sexual) love | ἔρως, ἔρωτος (érōs, érōtos) | erogenous, erotic, erotomania, erotophilia, erotophobia |
| eruthrós |  | erythr-[144] | red | ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), ἐρύθημα (erúthēma) | erythema, Erythraean, erythraemia, erythroblastopenia, erythrocyte, erythrocytosis, erythromelalgia, erythrophobia, erythrophore, erythroprosopalgia |
| ésō |  | eso-[145] | within | ἔσω (ésō) | esophoria, esoteric, esotericism, esotropia |
| etheîn |  | eth-[146] | custom, habit | ἐθεῖν (etheîn), ἦθος (êthos) | ethic, ethics, ethology, ethos |
| ētheîn |  | ethm-[147] | sieve, sift | ἠθεῖν (ētheîn), ἠθμός (ēthmós); ἤθειν (ḗthein) | ethmoid |
| éthnos | | ethn-[148] | people, race, tribe, nation | ἔθνος (éthnos), ἐθνικός (ethnikós) | ethnarch, ethnarchy, ethnic, ethnoarchaeology, ethnography, ethnomusicology, polyethnic |
| étumos |  | etym-[149] | TRUE | ἔτυμος (étumos) | etymologic, etymologicon, etymologist, etymologize, etymology, etymon |
| eû |  | eu-[150] | well, good | εὖ (eû) | aneuploidy, eudaemon (eudemon), eukaryote, euphony, euphoria, euphoric, euploid, euthanasia |
| eurús |  | eur-[151] | wide | εὐρύς (eurús), εὖρος breadth, width | aneurysm, Europe, eurypterid, microaneurysm |
| éxō | | exo-[152] | outside | ἔξω (éxō) | exogamy, exoplanet, exoskeleton, exosome, exosphere, exoteric, exothermic, exotic, exoticism, exotropia |
G
| gála |  | galact-[158] (ΓΛΑΚ)[159] | milk | γάλα, γάλακτος (gála, gálaktos) | galactagogue, galactic, galactorrhea, lactose, polygala, polygalactia, galaxy |
| gámos |  | gam-[160] | marriage, wedding | γάμος (gámos), γαμεῖν (gameîn), γαμέτης (gamétēs), γαμετή (gametḗ) | agamic, agamogenesis, agamospermy, agamy, allogamy, anisogamete, anisogamy, apogamy, autogamy, cleistogamous, cleistogamy, cryptogam, deuterogamist, deuterogamy, digamous, digamy, endogamous, endogamy, exogamous, exogamy, gamete, gametic, gametocyte, gametogenesis, gametophyte, geitonogamy, heterogametic, heterogamous, heterogamy, homogametic, karyogamy, misogamy, monogamous, monogamy, oogamy, planogamete, plasmogamy, polygamist, polygamy |
| gámma |  | gamm-[161] | G, g | Γ, γ, γάμμα (gámma) | gamma |
| gargalízein |  | gargal- | tickle | γαργαλίζειν (gargalízein), γαργαλιζόμενον (gargalizómenon), γαργαλισμός (gargalismós) | gargalesis, gargalesthesia, hypergargalesthesia |
| gargarízein |  | gargar- | gargle | γαργαρίζειν (gargarízein), γαργαρισμός (gargarismós), γαργαρεών | gargarize |
| gastḗr |  | gastr-[163] | stomach | γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós) | epigastric, epigastrium, gasteroid, gastric, gastrin, gastritis, gastroenterologist, gastroenterology, gastrolith, gastronomic, gastronomy, gastroparesis, gastropod, gastroptosis, gastroschisis, gastrotrich, mesogastric, Myxogastria |
| gê |  | ge-, geo-[164] | earth | γῆ (gê), γαῖα, γαίας (gaîa, gaías), γεω- (geō-) | apogee, biogeography, epigeous, Gaia, geocentric, geocentrism, geode, geodesy, geodetic, geography, geoid, geology, geomancy, geometry, geomorphology, geophysicist, geophysics, georgic, Georgics, geosphere, geostatic, geostrophic, geosynchronous, geosyncline, hypogeous, hypogeum, Pangea, perigee |
| geítōn |  | geiton-[165] | neighbor | γείτων, γείτονος (geítōn, geítonos), γειτόνημα | geitonogamy |
| gígnesthai |  | gen-, gon-[166] (ΓΕΝ)[167] | birth, beget, race, kind | γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai), and related γένος (génos), γενετικός (genetikós), γένεσις (génesis); see also γενεά (geneá) | allergen, anagenesis, antigen, autogenesis, autogenous, biogenesis, dysgenic, endogen, endogenous, epigene, epigenesis, epigenetics, epigone, erogenous, Eugene, eugenic, eugenics, exogenous, gametogenesis, gene, genealogy, genesis, genetic, genocide, genotype, genophobia, gonad, heterogeneous, homogenesis, homogenetic, homogeneous, hydrogen, hypogene, hypogenesis, hypogenic, hypogenous, monogenic, oogenesis, paragenesis, pathogen, polygenous, progenesis, pseudogene, spermatogenesis |
| géphura |  | gephyr-[169] | bridge | γέφυρα (géphura), γεφυρόω | gephyrophobia |
| gérōn |  | ger-[170] | old | γέρων, γέροντος (gérōn, gérontos) old man, γηράσκω grow old | erigeron, gerascophobia, geriatric, geriatrics, gerontocracy, gerontology, gerontophile, gerontophilia, gerontophobia, gerontoplast, gerousia, progeria, progeroid |
| géranos |  | geran-[172] | crane | γέρανος (géranos), γεράνιον (geránion), γερανώδης | Geranium |
| geúein |  | geu-[173] (ΓΕΥΣ)[174] | taste | γεύειν (geúein), γεύεσθαι (geúesthai), γεῦσις, γευόμενον | ageusia, dysgeusia, hypergeusia, hypogeusia, parageusia |
| glaukós |  | glauc-[175] | gray | γλαυκός (glaukós), γλαυκότης, γλαύξ, γλαῦκος | glaucophane, Glaucopsyche, glaucophobia |
| glía |  | glia-[176] | glue | γλία (glía) | glial, glioblastoma, glioma, gliosis, microglia, neuroglia |
| glôssa |  | gloss-, glot-[177] | tongue | γλῶσσα (glôssa), γλωττίς (glōttís) | aglossia, anthropoglot, aryepiglottic, diglossia, epiglottis, gloss, glossary, glossophobia, glottis, heterogloss, heteroglossia, idioglossia, isogloss, monoglot, monoglottism, polyglot, polyglottism |
| gloutós |  | glut-[178] | rump | γλουτός (gloutós) | gluteus |
| glukús |  | glyc-[179] | sweet | γλυκύς (glukús) | glycogen, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, glycolipid, glycophyte, glycoprotein, glycoside, glycosidic, hypoglycaemia |
| glúphein |  | glyph-[180] | carve | γλύφειν (glúphein), γλυφή (gluphḗ), γλυπτός (gluptós), γλυπτικός (gluptikós) | aglyphous, anaglyph, ditriglyph, ditriglyphic, glyph, glyptic, Glyptodon, glyptograph, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, monotriglyph, opisthoglyphous, petroglyph, proteroglyphous, solenoglyphous |
| gnáthos |  | gnath-[181] | jaw | γνάθος (gnáthos), γναθμός | Agnatha, agnathous, chilognath, compsognathus, endognathion, epignathous, exognathion, gnathic, gnathophyma, hypognathous, hystricognath, mesognathion, mesognathous, prognathism |
| gignṓskein |  | gno-[182] (ΓΝΩ)[183] | know | γιγνώσκειν (gignṓskein), γνῶναι, γνωτός (gnônai, gnōtós), γνωστός (gnōstós), γνωστικός (gnōstikós), γνῶσις (gnôsis), γνῶσμα, γνώμη (gnôsma, gnṓmē), γνώμων (gnṓmōn) | agnosia, agnostic, agnosticism, anagnorisis, diagnosis, dysanagnosia, gnomic, gnomon, gnomonic, gnosia, gnosis, Gnostic, gnosticism, pathognomonic, physiognomy, prognosis, telegnosis |
| gōnía |  | gon-[184] | corner, angle, knee | γωνία (gōnía), γόνυ (gónu) | goniometer, gonion, gonioscope, gonitis, gonyaulax, gonycampsis, hexagon, pentagon, polygon, trigon, trigonometry |
| gráphein |  | gramm- | letter, writing | γράφειν (gráphein), γράμμα, γράμματος (grámma, grámmatos), γραμματικός (grammatikós) | anagram, anagrammatic, diagram, diagrammatic, engram, epigram, epigrammatic, grammar, grammatic, grammaticist, hologram, lipogram, monogram, pangrammatic, pentagram, program, programmatic, telegram, telegramme, tetragram, tetragrammaton, trigram |
| gráphein |  | graph-[186] | draw, write | γράφειν (gráphein), γραφικός (graphikós), γραφή (graphḗ), γραφία (graphía), γραφεῖον (grapheîon) | allograft, anepigraphic, autograft, autograph, digraph, epigraphic, epigraphy, graft, graph, grapheme, graphemics, graphene, graphic, graphite, graphology, graphomania, graphospasm, heterograph, hexagraph, holography, homograph, isograft, logographic, micrograph, monograph, orthography, paragraph, photograph, photographic, photomicrograph, polygraph, pseudepigraphy, syngraft, telegraph, telegraphy, tetragraph, trigraph |
| grupós |  | gryp-[187] | hooked | γρυπός (grupós), γρυπότης, γρύπωσις (grupótēs, grúpōsis) | arthrogryposis, Grypoceras, Gryposaurus |
| gumnós |  | gymn-[188] | nude | γυμνός (gumnós) | gymnasium, gymnast, gymnastics, gymnophobia, gymnoplast, gymnosophist, gymnosperm, gymnospore |
| gunḗ |  | gyn-, gynaec-[189] | woman | γυνή, γυναικός, (gunḗ, gunaikós) | acrogynous, androgyne, androgynous, androgyny, epigyne, epigynous, epigynum, gymnogynous, gynaeceum, gynaecocracy, gynarchy, gyne, gynecocracy, gynecology, gynecomastia, gynodioecious, gynoecium, gynoid, gynophobia, heterogynous, hypogynous, misogynist, monogyny, oligogyny, philogyny, polygynist, polygyny |
| gûros | | gyr-[190] | ring | γῦρος (gûros), γυρός (gurós) | agyria, autogyro, gyre, gyrectomy, gyrencephalic, gyrodyne, gyroid, gyromagnetic, gyromancy, gyroscope, gyrosphere, gyrostat, gyrostatic gyrotropic, gyrus, microgyrus, micropolygyria, pachygyria, polygyria, polymicrogyria, ulegyria |
| gurós |  | gyrin- | tadpole | γυρός, γυρῖνος (gurós, gurînos), γυρινώδης (gurinṓdēs) | Gyrinophilus |
H
| hadrós |  | thick | hadr-[1] | ἁδρός (hadrós) | Hadrocodium, Hadromys, hadron, Hadropithecus, hadrosaur, hadrosaurid |
| haîma |  | blood | haem-, hem-[2] | αἷμα, αἵματος (haîma, haímatos) | anaemia, anemia, haematemesis, haematopoiesis, haematuria, haemochromatosis, haemophilia, haemophobia, haemoptysis, haemorrhage, haemorrhoid, haemosiderosis, haemostatic, hematocrit, hematogenesis, hematoma, hematophagous, hematophagy, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic, hematuria, hemocoel, hemocyte, hemoglobin, hemoglobinuria, hemophagy, hemophilia, hemophiliac, hemoptysis, hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, hemorrhea, hemorrhoid, hemorrhoidectomy, hemosiderin, hemosiderosis, hemostat, hemotherapy, hyperaemia, hyperemia, hyphaema, hyphema, methemoglobin, methemoglobinemia, microhematuria, microhemorrhage, polycythaemia |
| haireîn |  | choose, take | haere-[3] | αἱρεῖν (haireîn), αἱρεῖσθαι (haireîsthai), αἱρετός (hairetós), αἱρετικός (hairetikós), αἵρεσις (haíresis) | aphaeresis, diaeresis, heresiarch, heresy, heretic, plasmapheresis, synaeresis, syneresis |
| háls |  | salt | hal-[4] | ἅλς, ἁλός (háls, halós), | halide, halieutic, halite, halochromic, halochromism, halogen, halomancy, halophile, halophyte, oxohalide, thermohaline |
| haploûs |  | simple, single | hapl-[5] | ἁπλοῦς (haploûs), ἅπλωσις (háplōsis), ἅπλωμα (háplōma) | haplochromine, haplodiploid, haplodiploidy, haplography, haploid, haplology, haplont, haplontic, haplophase, haplopia, haplosis, haplotype |
| hḗbē |  | youth | heb- [6] | ἥβη (hḗbē), ἡβητικός (hēbētikós), ἔφηβος (éphēbos), ἡβᾶν (hēbân), ἡβάσκω, ἡβητής (hēbētḗs) | ephebeum, ephebia, ephebiatrics, ephebic, ephebiphobia, ephebophilia, ephebos, hebephilia, hebephobia, hebephrenia, hebetic, hebiatrics, hebophile, hebophilia |
| hédos |  | sit | hed-[7] (ΕΔ) | ἕδος, ἕδεος (hédos, hédeos), ἕδρα (hédra), ἕζεσθαι (hézesthai) | cathedra, chair, dodecahedron, dodecahemidodecahedron, endohedric, ephedra, exedra, hemipolyhedron, hexahedron, octahedron, pentahedroid, pentahedron, polyhedron, pyritohedron, rhombohedron, sanhedrin, synedrion, tetrahedroid, trapezohedron, trisoctahedron |
| hēdómenon |  | pleasant, sweet | hed-[8] | ἥδεσθαι, ἡδόμενον, ἡδύς (hēdómenon, hēdús), ἡδύτης, σϝηδύς, ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) | anhedonia, anhedonic, hedonics, hedonism, hedonist, hedonistic, hedonology, hyphedonia |
| hēgeîsthai | | lead | heg-[9] | ἄγω, ἡγεῖσθαι (hēgeîsthai), ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos), ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn), ἡγεμονία, ἡγεμονικός | diegesis, diegetic, eisegesis, exegesis, exegete, exegetic, hegemon, hegemonic, hegemony, hegumen, hypodiegetic, metadiegetic, protohegumen |
| hḗlios |  | sun | heli-[10] | ἥλιος (hḗlios) | aphelion, heliocentric, heliocentrism, heliodor, heliograph, heliolatry, heliomania, heliometer, heliopause, Heliophila, heliophobia, heliophyte, Helios, helioscope, heliosphere, heliostat, heliotherapy, heliotrope, heliotropic, heliotropism, helium, parhelion, perihelion |
| helíssein |  | something twisted or spiral | helic-[11] | ϝελίσσω, ἑλίσσειν (helíssein), ἕλιξ, ἕλικος (hélix, hélikos), ἕλιξις, ἕλιγμα (hélixis, héligma), (helikoeidḗs) | anthelix, antihelix, helicine, helicograph, helicoid, helicopter, helicospore, helix |
| Hellás |  | Greece, Hellas | Hell-[12] | Ἑλλάς, ἑλλάδος (Hellás, helládos) | Helladic, Hellenic, Hellenism, Hellenistic |
| hélmins |  | worm | helminth-[13] | ἕλμινς, ἕλμινθος (hélmins, hélminthos) | anthelmintic, antihelminthic, helminth, helminthic, helminthoid |
 | enslaved | helot-[14] | Εἵλως, Εἵλωτος, Εἱλώτης | Helot, helotism, helotry | |
| hēméra |  | day | hemer-[15] | ἡμέρα (hēméra) | Decameron, ephemeral, ephemeris, ephemeron, ephemerous, hemeralopia |
| hḗmeros | | tame | hemer-[16] | ἥμερος (hḗmeros), ἡμερότης (hēmerótēs) | hemeroby, hemerochora, hemerophile |
| hḗmisus |  | half | hemi- | ἥμισυς (hḗmisus) | anhemitonic, hemiballismus, hemicryptophyte, hemicube, hemicycle, hemidesmosome, hemimelia, hemimetabolic, hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, hemiparesis, hemiplegia, hemipolyhedron, hemisphere, hemitonic |
| hén |  | one | hen- | ἕν (hén), ἑνάς, ἑνάδος (henás, henádos), ἕνωσις (hénōsis) | enosis, enotikon, henad, hendiadys, henotheism, hyphen |
| héndeka |  | eleven | hendec-[17] | ἕνδεκα (héndeka) | hendecagon, hendecagram, hendecagrammic, hendecane, hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable hendecahedron |
| hêpar |  | liver | hepat-[18] | ἧπαρ, ἥπατος (hêpar, hḗpatos), ἡπατικός (hēpatikós) | heparin, hepatic, hepatitis, hepatocyte, hepatology, hepatomancy, hepatoscopy, hepatotoxic, hepatotoxin, hepatotropic |
| heptá |  | seven | hept-[19] | ἑπτά (heptá) | heptachord, heptagon, heptagram, heptagraph, heptahedron, heptamer, heptameric, heptameter, Heptateuch, heptathlete, heptathlon, heptatonic, heptode |
| haireîn | | choose, take | heres-, heret-[3] | αἱρεῖν (haireîn) to take, choose | heresy, heretic, heretical |
| Hermês |  | Hermes | herm-[20] | Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús), ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō), ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós), ἑρμήνευσις, ἑρμήνευμα | herm, hermaphrodite, hermeneutic, hermeneutics, hermetic |
| hḗrōs |  | hero | hero-[21] | ἥρως, ἥρωος (hḗrōs, hḗrōos), ἡρωίνη (hērōínē), ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), ἡρωϊσμός (hērōïsmós) | antihero, hero, heroic, heroine, heroism |
| hérpein |  | creep | herp-[22] | ἕρπειν (hérpein), ἕρπης, ἕρπητος (hérpēs, hérpētos) | herpes, herpetology |
| héteros |  | different, other | heter-[23] | ἕτερος (héteros) | heterochromatin, heterodox, heterodoxy, heterogeneity, heterogeneous, heterophobia, heterosexuality, heterosexual, heterosis, heterotic |
| heurískein |  | find | heur-[24] | εὑρίσκειν (heurískein), εὕρηκα (heúrēka), εὕρημα (heúrēma) | eureka, heuristic, metaheuristic |
| héx |  | six | hex-[25] | ἕξ (héx), ἑξάς, ἑξάδος (hexás, hexádos) | hexachord, hexad, hexadic, hexagon, hexagram, hexahedron, hexamer, hexamerous, hexameter, hexapod, hexastyle, hexasyllabic, Hexateuch, hexatonic, hexode, tetrahemihexahedron |
| hidrṓs |  | sweat | hidrot-[26] | ἱδρώς, ἱδρῶτος (hidrṓs, hidrōtos), ἱδροῦν (hidroûn), ἵδρωσις (hídrōsis) | anhidrosis, dyshidrosis, dyshidrotic, hematidrosis, hidrocystoma, hidropoiesis, hidroschesis, hidrosis, hidrotic, hyperhidrosis, hypohidrosis |
| hierós |  | holy, sacred | hier-[27] | ἱερός (hierós) | hierarch, hierarchy, hieratic, hierocracy, hierodeacon, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hierogram, hierolatry, hieromonk, hierurgy |
| híppos |  | horse | hipp-[28] | ἵππος (híppos) | ephippium, hippeis, hippocampus, hippodrome, hippology, Hippolyte, hippomancy, hippophagy, hippophile, hippophobia, hippopotamus, parahippocampus |
| hodós |  | way | hod-[29] | ὁδός (hodós) | anode, cathode, diode, electrode, episode, ergodic, exodos, exodus, heptode, herpolhode, hodograph, hodology, hodometer, hodonym, hodophobia, hodoscope, hydathode, method, methodic, Methodism, Methodist, methodology, octode, parodos, pentode, period, periodic, synod, tetrode, triode |
| hólos |  | whole | hol-[30] | ὅλος (hólos), ὁλικός (holikós) | catholic, holiatry, holism, holistic, holography, holomorphic, holonomy |
| homós |  | same | hom-[31] | ὁμός (homós) | homiletic, homily, homogeneous, homograph, homologous, homology, homomorphism, homonym, homophobia, homophone, homosexual, homozygous |
| homalós | | even, flat | homal-[32] | ὁμαλός (homalós) even, from ὁμός (homós) same | anomalous, anomaly |
| hómoios |  | like, similar | homoe-, home-[33] | ὅμοιος (hómoios), ὁμοῖος, ὁμοιότης | homeomorphism, homeopathy, homeostasis, homeothermy, homoeopathy, homoiotherm, homoiothermic |
| hóros |  | boundary | hor-[34] | ὅρος (hóros), ὁρίζειν (horízein) | aorist, aphorism, aphorismus, aphorize, diorite, horizon, horopter, horotelic |
| hṓra |  | hour | hor-[35] | ὥρα (hṓra) | horologist, horology, horometry, horoscope |
| hormân |  | that which excites | horm-[36] | ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμεῖν (hormân, hormeîn), ὁρμή (hormḗ), ὅρμησις (hórmēsis), ὁρμῶν (hormôn) | horme, hormephobia, hormesis, hormetic, hormic, hormone |
| húalos |  | glass | hyal-[37] | ὕαλος (húalos) | hyaline, hyaloid |
| húbris |  | wantonness | hybr-[38] | ὕβρις (húbris), ὑβρίζω, ὕβριστος, ὑβριστικός (hubrízō, húbristos, hubristikós), ὑβρισμός, ὕβρισμα, ὑβριστής | hubris, hubristic, hybris, hybristic |
| húdnon |  | truffle | hydn-[39] | ὕδνον (húdnon) | hydnoid, Hydnum |
| húdōr |  | water | hydr-[40] | ὕδωρ, ὕδατος (húdōr, húdatos), ὕδρα (húdra) | clepsydra, dehydrate, hydathode, hydatid, hydatidosis, hydra, hydrant, hydrate, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrochloric, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric, hydrogen, hydrologist, hydrology, hydrolysis, hydromancy, hydrophile, hydrophilic, hydrophily, hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hydroponic, hydrosphere, hydrostat, hydrostatic, hydrothermic, hydrous, hydrozoa, polyhydric |
| hugiḗs |  | healthy | hygie-[41] | ὑγιής (hugiḗs), ὑγίεια (hugíeia), ὑγιεινός (hugieinós), ὑγιάζειν | Hygieia, hygiene, hygienic, hygienics, hygienist |
| hugrós |  | wet | hygr-[42] | ὑγρός (hugrós) | hygric, hygroma, hygrometer |
| humḗn | | skin or membrane | hymen-[43] | ὑμήν, ὑμένος (humḗn, huménos) | hymen, hymenium, hymenomycete, hymenophore, hymenoplasty, Hymenoptera, hymenorrhaphy, hymenotomy |
| huoeidḗs |  | U-shaped | hyo- | ὑοειδής (huoeidḗs) | hyoid, hyostyly |
| hupó |  | under , below | hyp-, hypo-[44] | ὑπό (hupó) | hyphen, hypoallergenic, hypodermic, hypogene, hypothermia, hypotonic, hypoxemia, hypoxia |
| hupér |  | above, over | hyper-[45] | ὑπέρ (hupér) | hyper, hyperbaric, hyperbola, hyperbole, Hyperion, hyperlink, hyperoxia, hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia, hypertonic |
| huphaínein |  | weave | hyph-[46] | ὑφαίνειν (huphaínein), ὕφασμα, ὑφή (huphḗ) web | hypha, hyphomycete, hyphopodium |
| húpnos |  | sleep | hypn-[47] | ὕπνος (húpnos) | hypnagogia, hypnagogic, hypnolepsy, hypnophobia, hypnopompia, hypnopompic, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic, hypnotist, hypnotize |
| húpsos |  | height | hyps- | ὕψι, ὕψιστος, ὕψος (húpsos), ὑψοῦ, ὑψόθεν | hypsography, hypsometer, hypsophobia |
| hûs |  | hog | hys-[48] | ὗς (hûs), ὕαινα (húaina) | hyena, hyenoid |
| hustéra |  | womb | hyster-[49] | ὑστέρα (hustéra) | hysteralgia, hysteratresia, hysterectomy, hysteria, hysteric, hysterosalpingography |
| hustereîn |  | later | hyster-[50] | ὑστερεῖν (hustereîn), ὕστερος (hústeros), ὑστέρησις (hustérēsis), ὑστέρημα (hustérēma) | hysteresis, hysteretic, hysteron proteron |
I
| iénai |  | go | i-[51] | ἰέναι (iénai), ἴμμεναι, ἰόν, ἰών (ímmenai, ión, iṓn) | anion, anionic, cation, cationic, ion, ionic, ionize, polyanion, polycation |
| iâsthai |  | heal | iatr-[52] | ἰᾶσθαι (iâsthai), ἰατρός (iatrós), ἰατρικός (iatrikós), ἰατρεύειν (iatreúein), ἰατρεία (iatreía), ἴασις, ἴαμα | iatrogenic, physiatry, podiatrist, podiatry, psychiatrist, psychiatry |
| ikhthús |  | fish | ichthy-[53] | ἰχθύς, ἰχθύος (ikhthús, ikhthúos) | ichthyology, Ichthyophaga, ichthyophobia, ichthyoplankton, ichthyosis |
| eíkosi |  | twenty | icos-[54] | ϝεικοσι, εἴκοσι (eíkosi), εἰκοσάς, εἰκοσάκις twenty times | hemi-icosahedron, icosagon, icosahedron |
| íkteros |  | jaundice | icter-[55] | ἴκτερος (íkteros), ἰκτερικός (ikterikós), ἰκτεριάω | icteric, icterogenic, icterohemorrhagic, icterohepatitis, icteroid, icterus |
| eîdein |  | shape, form, picture | id- (ϜΙΔ) | εἶδειν (eîdein), εἶδος (eîdos) | eidetic, eidolon, eidos, idol, idolater, idolatry, idyll, idyllic, idyllist, pareidolia |
| ideîn |  | idea, thought | ide-[56] | ἰδεῖν (ideîn), ἰδέα (idéa) | ideogram, ideologue, ideology |
| ídios |  | own, peculiarity | idi-[57] | ϝίδιος, ἴδιος (ídios), private, personal, one's own | idiolect, idiom, idiopathic, idiopathy, idiophone, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, idiot, idiotic |
| ís |  | sinew | in-[58] | ἴς, ἰνός (ís, inós), ἰνίον (iníon) | inion, inotrope, inotropic |
 | I, i | iota- | iota | iotacism | |
| wíswos |  | equal, same | is-, iso-[59] | ϝίσϝος (wíswos), ἴσος (ísos) | isogloss, isograph, isometric, isomorphic, isosceles, isotonic, isotropic |
| iskhíon |  | hip joint | ischi-[60] | ἰσχίον (iskhíon), ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós) | ischiadic, ischium, sciatic, sciatica |
K
| karyon |  | nucleus | -kary- | καρυον (karyon) | Eukaryote, Prokaryote |
| kafé |  | brown | kastan- | καφέ (kafé) | Kastanophobia |
| khílioi |  | thousand | kilo- | χίλιοι (khílioi) | kilobyte, kilogram, kilometer, kiloliter |
| kineîn |  | movement, motion | kine-, cine- | κινεῖν (kineîn), κίνησις (kínēsis), κίνημα (kínēma) | akinesia, akinesis, akinete, akinetic, cinema, cinematic, diakinesis, dyskinesia, dyskinetic, hyperkinesia, hyperkinesis, hyperkinetic, hypokinesia, hypokinesis, hypokinetic, kinematics, kinescope, kinesiologist, kinesiology, kinesis, kinesthetic, kinetic, kineticism, kinetics, kinetochore, kinetophobia, photokinesis, telekinesis |
| kléptein |  | steal | klept- | κλέπτειν (kléptein), κλέπτης (kléptēs) | kleptocracy, kleptomania, kleptophobia, kleptoplasty |
| ktētikós |  | possession, ownership | ktet- | κτητικός (ktētikós), κτήτωρ (ktḗtōr) | ktetic, ktetor |
| kûdos |  | glory | kudo- | κῦδος (kûdos) | kudos |
L
| lambánein | | grasp, seize, take | lab-, lep-[61] | λαμβάνειν (lambánein), λῆψις (lêpsis), λῆμμα (lêmma) | analemma, analemmatic, analeptic, catalepsy, cataleptic, dilemma, dilemmatic, epilepsy, epileptic, hypnolepsy, hysteroepilepsy, metalepsis, narcolepsy, nympholepsy, octosyllabic, procatalepsis, prolepsis, proleptic, proslepsis, syllabic, syllabism, syllable, syllabogram, syllepsis, trisyllabic, trisyllable |
| lagós |  | hare | lag- | λαγός (lagós) | lagomorph, Sylvilagus |
| lámpein |  | shine, torch | lamp-[62] | λάμπειν (lámpein), λαμπάς (lampás) | lamp, lamprid, Lampris |
| lékithos |  | egg yolk | lecith-[63] | λέκιθος (lékithos) | lecithin |
| légein |  | say | leg- [64] | λέγειν (légein), λέγεσθαι (légesthai), λεκτός (lektós), λεκτικός (lektikós), λέξις (léxis), λεξικός (lexikós), λεξικόν (lexikón), λόγος (lógos), (logḗ), λεγόμενον (legómenon), λογεῖον | alexia, alexithymia, apologetic, apologia, apology, dialect, dialectic, dialectologist, dialectology, dialog, dialogue, dyslexia, dyslexic, dyslogia, dyslogism, ethnolect, legomenon, lexeme, lexicography, lexicology, lexicon, lexigram, lexis, logic, logion, logos, prolegomenon |
| leîos |  | smooth | lei-[65] | λεῖος (leîos) | leiomyoma |
| lekánē |  | dish, pot | lekan-[66] | λεκάνη (lekánē) | lekane |
| lépein |  | flake, peel, scale | lep-[67] | λέπειν (lépein), λεπίς, λεπίδος (lepís, lepídos) | antilepton, lepidolite, Lepidoptera, Lepidorhombus, lepidote, lepidotrichia, leprosy |
| leptós |  | small, fine, thin | lepto-[68] | λεπτός (leptós) | leptocyte, leptogenesis, Leptomonas, lepton, leptophyllous |
| leukós | | white | leuc-, leuk-[69] | λευκός (leukós) | aleukemia, aleukocytosis, leucism, leucocyte, leucopenia, leucoplast, leukemia, leukocytopenia, leukopenia, leucophore |
| lípos |  | fat | lip-[70] | λίπος (lípos) | lipolysis, lipophile, lipophilic, lipopolysaccharide, lipoprotein, synaloepha |
| litḗ |  | prayer, supplication | lit-[71] | λιτή (litḗ), λιτανεία (litaneía) | litany |
| líthos |  | stone | lith-[72] | λίθος (líthos) | aerolithology, endolith, endolithic, epilithic, lithagogue, lithic, lithography, lithology, lithophile, lithophone, lithophyte, lithosphere, lithotomy, megalith, Mesolithic, microlite, monolith, monolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic, photolithography, phytolith |
| lógos |  | word, reason, speech, thought | log-, -logy | λόγος (lógos), λογία (logía) | analogy, anthology, apology, biology, dialogue doxology, ecology, epilogue, etymology, eulogy, geology, ideologue, logarithm, logic, logogram, logopaedics, logophile, logotherapy, meteorology, monologue, morphological, neologism, neurology, philology, prologue, psychology, tautology, terminology, theology, toxicology, trilogy, zoology |
| lúein |  | dissolving | ly-, lysi-, lyt-[73] | λύειν (lúein), λυτός (lutós), λυτικός (lutikós), λύσις (lúsis) | analyse, analysis, analytic, aparalytic, autolysis, catalyse, catalysis, catalyst, catalytic, cytolysis, dialysis, electrolysis, electrolyte, electrolytic, Hippolyte, hydrolysis, hydrolyte, hydrolytic, lysigeny, lysine, lysis, lysosome, lytic, meta-analysis, palsy, paralyse, paralysis, paralytic, plasmolysis, proteolysis |
| lýkos |  | wolf | lyc- | λύκος (lýkos) | Lycaon, lycanthropy, lycopersicon |
M
| makrós |  | long | macr-[74] | Greek | μακρός (makrós), μακρότης (makrótēs) length | |
| mágnēs | magnet-[75] | Greek | μάγνης, μάγνητος (mágnēs, mágnētos) | bioelectromagnetism, biomagnetism, diamagnetic, diamagnetism, electromagnet, geomagnetic, magnesium, magnet, magnetic, magnetism, magnetite, magnetize, magnetobiology, magnetologist, magnetometer, magnetosome, manganese, paramagnetic, paramagnetism | ||
| maínesthai |  | crazy | man-, mant-[76] (ΜΑΝ)[77] | Greek | μαίνεσθαι (maínesthai), μανία (manía), μανικός (manikós), μάντις | hypermania, hypomania, kleptomania, mania, maniac, manic, megalomania, monomania, pyromania, pyromaniac |
| mēkhanḗ |  | machine or instrument | mechan-[79] | Greek | μῆχος, μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), μηχανικός (mēkhanikós) | machine, mechane, mechanics, mechanism, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia |
| mégas |  | great, large | meg-, megal-[80] | Greek | μέγας, μεγάλου (mégas, megálou) | acromegaly, Megacles, megacycle, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone |
| meîon |  | less | mei-[81] | Greek | μεῖον (meîon), μείωσις (meíōsis) | ameiosis, ameiotic, meiobenthos, meiosis, meiotic |
| mélas |  | black, dark | melan-[82] | Greek | μέλας, μέλανος (mélas, mélanos), μελανότης | amelanism, aphaeomelanism, eumelanin, hypermelanic, melancholic, melancholy, Melanesia, melanin, melanism, melanoblastoma, melanocyte, melanoma, melanophobia, melanophore, melanosis, melatonin, neuromelanin, pheomelanin |
| mélissa |  | bee | meliss-[83] | Greek | μέλισσα (mélissa) | melissophobia |
| mḗn |  | month | men- | Greek | μήν (mḗn) | menopause, menorrhea |
| mēninx |  | membrane | mening-[84] | Greek | μήνιγξ, μῆνιγγος (mēninx, mēningos) | leptomeninges, meninges, meningioma, meningitis, meninx |
| meíresthai |  | part | mer-[85] | Greek | μείρεσθαι (meíresthai), μέρος (méros) | antimere, antimeria, biopolymer, decamer, decamerous, dimer, dimeric, dimerism, dimerous, enantiomer, enneamer, heptamer, heterodimer, heterotetramer, hexamer, homodimer, homotetramer, isomer, isomeric, isomerism, mereology, merisis, merism, meristem, meristematic, meristic, meromorphic, metamere, metamerism, Moirai, monomer, monomeric, octamer, oligomer, oligomeric, pentamer, pentamerous, photopolymer, phytomer, polymer, tautomerism, telomer, telomere, tetramer, tetrameric, trimer, trimerize |
| mésos |  | middle | mes-[86] | Greek | μέσος (mésos) | Mesolithic, mesophile, mesophilic, mesoscopic, mesosphere, mesozoic |
| metá | | above, among, beyond | met-, meta-[87] | Greek | μετά (metá) | metabolism, metalogic, metamorphic, metamorphosis, metaphase, metaphor, metaphysics, metastatic, meteor, method |
| métallon |  | mine | metall- [88] | Greek | μέταλλον (métallon), μεταλλικός (metallikós) | dimetallic, electrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, metallic, metalloid, metallophobia, metallophone, metallurgist, metallurgy, organometallic, polymetal, polymetallic, pyrometallurgy, tetrametallic, trimetallic |
| métron |  | measure | meter-, metr- | Greek | μέτρον (métron) | anemometer, anemometric, antisymmetric, antisymmetry, asymmetric, asymmetry, axonometric, barometer, barometric, bathometer, diameter, diametric, dysmetria, graphometer, hexameter, hygrometer, hygrometry, isodiametric, isometric, isoperimetric, meter, metre, metric, metrology, metronome, monosymmetric, parameter, parameterize, parametric, parametrize, pentameter, perimeter, polymeter, symmetric, symmetry, telemeter, telemetric, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, trimeter, trimetric |
| mḗtēr |  | mother | metr-[89] | Greek | μήτηρ, μητρός (mḗtēr, mētrós), μητρικός (mētrikós) | haplometrosis, metrocyte, metropolis, pleometrosis |
| mikrós | | small | micr-[90] | Greek | μικρός (mikrós), μικρότης | microbe, microcosm, microeconomics, micrometer, microphone, microscope, microscopic |
| mimeîsthai |  | repeat | mim-[91] | Greek | μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai), μιμητικός (mimētikós), μίμος (mímos) | mime, mimeograph, mimesis, mimetic, mimic, necromimesis, pantomime, phenomime, psychomime, psychomimetic |
| míntha |  | mint | minth-[92] | Greek | μίνθα (míntha), μίνθη (mínthē), μινθάριον | Acanthomintha, Mentha, menthol, mint, Minthostachys |
| miseîn |  | hate | mis-[93] | Greek | μισεῖν (miseîn), μῖσος (mîsos) | misandrist, misandry, misanthrope, misanthropy, misocainea, misogamist, misogamy, misogynist, misogyny, misoneism, misopaedia, misophonia, misotheism |
| mítos |  | thread | mit-[95] | Greek | μίτος (mítos) | mitochondrion, mitosis, mitospore |
| mnâ | mn-[96] | Greek | μνᾶ (mnâ) | mina, mna | ||
| mnâsthai |  | memory | mne-[97] | Greek | μνᾶσθαι (mnâsthai), μνήμη (mnḗmē) | amnesia, amnesty, anamnesis, anamnestic, dysmnesia, Mneme, mneme, mnemonic |
| mónos |  | alone, only | mon-[98] | Greek | μόνος (mónos), μονάς, μονάδος (monás, monádos) | monachism, monad, monadic, monarchy, monastery, monastic, monasticism, monatomic, monism, monist, monk, monoid, monolith, monometer, monopod, monopoly, monopsony, monotone |
| mōrós |  | foolish, dull | mor-[99] | Greek | μωρός (mōrós) | moron, moronic, oxymoron, oxymoronic, sophomore, sophomoric |
| morphḗ |  | form, shape | morph-[100] | Greek | μορφή (morphḗ) | allomorph, amorphous, anamorph, anamorphic, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anthropomorphism, apomorphy, autapomorphy, automorphism, catamorphism, dimorphic, dimorphism, dysmorphic, dysmorphophobia, ectomorph, ectomorphic, enantiomorph, enantiomorphic, endomorph, endomorphic, epimorphism, geomorphology, hemimorphic, holomorph, holomorphic, holomorphism, homeomorphic, homeomorphism, homomorphic, homomorphism, hylomorphism, hypermorphosis, isomorphic, isomorphism, mesomorph, mesomorphic, metamorphic, metamorphism, metamorphosis, monomorphic, monomorphism, morpheme, Morpheus, morphine, morphology, morphosyntactic, morphosyntax, paramorph, peramorphism, peramorphosis, perimorph, plesiomorphy, polymorphic, polymorphism, pseudomorph, synapomorphy, teleomorph, teleomorphic, theriomorphic, trimorphic, trimorphism, zoomorph, zoomorphism |
| mûs |  | mouse | my-[101] | Greek | μῦς, μυός (mûs, muós), μυών | amyotrophic, electromyogram, electromyograph, electromyography, endomysium, epimysium, murine, musophobia, myoelectric, myomancy, myomorphous, myomorphy, myopathy, myositis, myotome, Nectomys, Oryzomys, perimysium, Sigmodontomys |
| múein |  | shut (the eyes) | my-[102] | Greek | μύειν (múein), μύσις (músis), μύστης (mústēs) | miosis, myopia, myopic, myosis, mystery |
| múkēs |  | fungus | mycet-[103] | Greek | μύκης, μύκητος (múkēs, múkētos) | ascomycete, basidiomycete, mycology, Mycoplasma, zygomycete, zygomycosis |
| mudríasis |  | dilate | mydr-[104] | Greek | μύδρος, μυδρίασις (mudríasis) | mydriasis |
| muelós |  | marrow | myel-[105] | Greek | μυελός (muelós) | amyelia, myeloblast, myelocyte, myelogenous, myeloid, myelopoiesis, poliomyelitis |
| múlē |  | mill | myl-[106] | Greek | μύλη (múlē), μύλος (múlos) | amyloid, amyloidosis, amylolysis, amylopectin, amylophagia, amyloplast, amylose, amylum |
| mys |  | muscle | myo- [107] | Greek | μυς (mys) | leiomyoma |
| muríos |  | countless, ten thousand | myri-[108] | Greek | μυρίος (muríos) | myriad, myriagon, myriagram, myriapod, myriapodology |
| múrmēx |  | ant | myrmec-[109] | Greek | μύρμηξ (múrmēx) | myrmecochory, myrmecoid, myrmecology, myrmecophobia, Myrmidons, myrmomancy |
| músos |  | uncleanness | mys-[110] | Greek | μύσος (músos) | mysophilia, mysophobia |
| mûthos |  | story | myth-[111] | Greek | μῦθος (mûthos) | mythic, mythology, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythos |
| múxa | | slime | myx- | Greek | μύσσομαι, μύξα (múxa) | match, myxedema, myxoedema, Myxini, myxogastrid |
| muzáō |  | suck | myz-[112] | Greek | μυζάω (muzáō), μύζησις (múzēsis) | Myzopoda |
N
| narkân |  | numb | narc-[113] | ναρκᾶν (narkân), νάρκη (nárkē) | narcolepsy, narcosis, narcotic |
| naûs |  | ship | naut-[114] | ναῦς (naûs), ναύτης (naútēs) | aeronautic, Argonaut, astronaut, cosmonaut, nausea, nautical, nautilus |
| neîn |  | spin, thread | ne-[115] | νεῖν (neîn), νῆσις spinning, νῆμα, νήματος (nêma, nḗmatos) | axoneme, diplonema, leptonema, nematocyst, nematocyte, nematode, nematology, pachynema, synnema, treponema, zygonema |
| néos | | new | ne-, neo-[116] | νέϝος, νέος (néos) | Neolithic, neologism, neon, neonate, neophyte |
| nekrós |  | dead | necr-[117] | νεκρός (nekrós), νέκρωσις (nékrōsis) | necromancy, Necronomicon, necrophilia, necrophobia, necropolis, necropsy, necrosis, necrospermia, necrotic, necrotize, necrotomy |
| nēktós |  | swimming | nect- | νηκτός (nēktós) | nectopod, nekton |
| némein |  | arrangement, law | nem-, nom-[118] | νέμειν (némein), νομός (nomós), νόμος (nómos), νέμεσις (némesis), νομάς, νομάδος (nomás, nomádos), νομαδικός (nomadikós), νομαδία, νομή, νομίζειν (nomízein), νόμισμα (nómisma) | anomie, anomy, antinome, antinomic, antinomy, archnemesis, autonomy, isonomy, metronomic, nemesis, nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize, nomarch, nomarchy, nome, nomology, nomothetic, Numidia, numismatics |
| nêma | | hair | nemat- | νῆμα, νήματος (nêma, nḗmatos) | nematocyst, nematocyte, nematode, nematology |
| nephrós |  | kidney | nephr-[119] | νεφρός (nephrós) | mesonephric, mesonephros, metanephridium, metanephros, nephridiopore, nephridium, nephrite, nephritis, nephrogenesis, nephrolith, nephrolithiasis, nephrologist, nephrology, nephron, nephroptosis, nephrostome, pronephros, protonephridium |
| nêsos |  | island | nes-[120] | νῆσος (nêsos) | Chersonesus, Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Peloponnese, Polynesia |
| neûron |  | nerve, sinew | neur-[121] | νεῦρον (neûron) | aponeurosis, endoneurium, epineurium, neural, neurapraxia, neurasthenia, neuritis, neuroblast, neuroblastoma, neurocranium, neurocyte, neuroendocrine, neuroendocrinology, neurologic, neurologist, neurology, neuromorphology, neuron, neurone, neuropathic, neuropathology, neuropathy, neuroplastic, neurosis, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurotic, neuroticism, perineurium, polyneuropathy |
| nómos | | arrangement, law, order | nom- | νόμος (nómos), νομή | agronomy, antinomy, astronomy, autonomous, autonomy, bionomics, economics, economy, gastronomy, metronome, numismatic, polynomial, taxonomy |
| nomás |  | those who let pasture herds | nomad- | νομάς, νομάδος (nomás, nomádos), νομαδικός (nomadikós) | nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize |
| nótos |  | south | not-[122] | νότος (nótos) | Notogaea, Notomys, Nototherium |
| nôton |  | back | not-[123] | νῶτον (nôton), νῶτος, νωτιαῖος | notochord |
| nóthos |  | spurious | noth-[124] | νόθος (nóthos) | nothogenus |
| núx |  | night | nyct-[125] | νύξ, νυκτός (núx, nuktós) | nyctalgia, nyctanthous, nyctinasty, nyctophilia, nyctophobia |
| nustázein |  | nod | nyst- | νυστάζειν (nustázein), (nustagmós) | electronystagmography, nystagmic, nystagmus |
O
| obelós |  | spit, nail | obel-[127] | ὀβελός (obelós), ὀβελίσκος (obelískos) | metobelus, obelisk, obelism, obelus |
| obolós | obol-[128] | ὀβολός, ὀβολοῦ (obolós, oboloû) | obol, obolus | ||
| ōkeanós | ocean-[129] | ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) | Oceania, oceanic | ||
| ókhlos |  | crowd, mob | ochl-[130] | ὄχλος, ὄχλου (ókhlos, ókhlou) | enochlophobia, ochlocracy, ochlophobia |
| oktṓ |  | eight | oct-[131] | ὀκτώ (oktṓ), ὀκτάς (oktás), ὀκτάκις (oktákis) eight times | hemi-octahedron, octad, octadic, octagon, octahedron, octameter, octode |
| hodós |  | path, way | od- | ὁδός (hodós) | anode, diode, odometer, parodos, pentode, tetrode, triode |
| odoús |  | tooth | odont-[132] | ὀδούς, ὀδόντος (odoús, odóntos) | anodontia, conodont, cynodont, dicynodont, dysodontiasis, macrodontia, mastodon, odontoid, odontology, odontophore, orthodontics, orthodontist, pedodontics, periodontal, smilodon, Thrinaxodon, Zanclodon |
| odúnē | | pain | odyn-[133] | ὀδύνη (odúnē) | allodynia, anodyne, glossodynia, mastodynia, pleurodynia |
| woîkos | | house | oec-[134] | ϝοῖκος (woîkos), οἶκος (oîkos) | andromonecy, archdiocese, autoecious, autoecism, dioecious, dioecy, ecesis, ecologist, ecology, economics, economist, economize, economy, ecoregion, ecosystem, ecumenic, ecumenism, gynomonoecy, heteroecious, heteroecism, heteroecy, homoecious, monoecious, monoecy, oecology, oeconomus, oecumenic, oikology, oikophobia, palaeoecology, paleoecology, parish, paroecious, perioeci, trioecious |
| oîdos |  | swell, swollen | oed-, ed- | οἶδος (oîdos), οἰδεῖν (oideîn), οἴδημα, οἴδηματος (oídēma, oídēmatos) | angioedema, edema, edematous, oedema, oedematous |
| woînos |  | wine | oen-[135] | ϝοῖνος (woînos), οἶνος (oînos) | enology, oenochoe, oenologist, oenology, oenophile, oenophilia, oinochoe |
| oisophágos |  | gullet | oesophag-[136] | οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos) | oesophagectomy, oesophagitis, oesophagus |
| oîstros |  | gadfly, sting | oestr-[137] | οἶστρος (oîstros), οἰστράω, οἴστρησις, οἴστρημα | anestrous, anestrus, anoestrus, estrogen, estrogenic, estrus, oestrone, oestrus |
| ógdoos |  | eighth | ogdo-[138] | ὄγδοος (ógdoos), ὀγδοάς, ὀγδοάδος (ogdoás, ogdoádos) | ogdoad |
| oeidēs | | like | -oid | -οειδής (-oeidēs) | asteroid, mucoid, organoid |
| olígos |  | few | olig-[140] | ὀλίγος (olígos) | oligarchy, Oligocene, oligopoly, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic |
| ōmós |  | raw | om-[141] | ὠμός (ōmós), ὠμότης (ōmótēs) rawness | omophagia, Omophagus |
| ômos |  | shoulder | om-[142] | ὦμος (ômos), ὠμία (ōmía) | acromion, omohyoid, omophorion |
 | morbid growth, tumor | -oma | -ωμα | melanoma | |
| ómbros |  | rain | ombr-[143] | ὄμβρος (ómbros) | ombrogenous, ombrology, ombrometer, Ombrophila, ombrophilous, ombrophobe, ombrotrophic |
| ómma |  | eye | ommat- | ὁράω, ὦμμαι, ὄμμα, ὄμματος (ómma, ómmatos) | ommatidium, ommatophore |
| omphalós |  | navel | omphal-[144] | ὀμφαλός (omphalós) | omphalectomy, omphalic, omphalopagus, omphalophobia, paromphalocele |
| ónos |  | ass | on-[145] | ὄνος (ónos), ὀνίσκος (onískos) | Oniscidea, Oniscomorpha |
| ónkinos |  | barb, hook | onc-[146] | ὄγκος, ὄγκινος (ónkinos) | Oncinocalyx, Oncorhynchus |
| ónkos |  | bulk | onc-[147] (ΕΓΚ[148]) | ἐνεγκεῖν, ὄγκος (ónkos), ὀγκόω, ὀγκωτός, ὄγκωσις, ὄγκωμα | oncocyte, oncocytoma, oncogenesis, oncologist, oncology |
| óneiros |  | dream | oneir-[149] | ὄνειρος (óneiros), ὀνειρώσσω, ὀνείρωξις (oneírōxis) | oneiric, oneirism, oneirocritic, Oneirocritica, Oneirodidae, oneirogen, oneirogenic, Oneiroi, oneiroid, oneirology, oneiromancy, oneironaut, oneironautics, oneirophobia, oneirophrenia, oneiroscopy |
| ônos |  | price | oni-[150] | ὦνος (ônos), ὤνιος (ṓnios) | oniochalasia, oniomania, oniomaniac |
| ónoma |  | name | onomat-[151] | ὄνομα, ὀνόματος (ónoma, onómatos), ὀνομάζω, ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós) | antonomasia, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomasty, onomatology, onomatophore, onomatopoeia |
| óntos |  | being, existence | ont- | ὄντος, ὀντότης (óntos, ontótēs), οὐσία (ousía) | dysontogenesis, homoiousia, homoousia, monoousious, ontogenesis, ontogenetic, ontogeny, ontology, ousia, parousia |
| ónux |  | claw | onych-[152] | ὄνυξ, ὄνυχος (ónux, ónukhos), ὀνύχιον (onúkhion), ὀνύχινος, ὀνυχίζω | hapalonychia, Mesonychia, mesonychid, onychectomy, onycholysis, onychomancy, onychomycosis, onychophagia, onychophagy, onychorrhexis, onyx, paronychia, sardonyx |
| ónuma | | name | onym-[153] | ὄνυμα (ónuma) | acronym, allonym, anonymous, antonym, autonym, caconym, cryptonym, eponym, eponymous, eponymy, euonym, homonym, hyperonym, hyponym, hyponymy, meronym, meronymy, metonym, metonymy, metronymic, paronym, paronymous, pseudonym, pseudonymous, synonym, synonymous, synonymy, tautonym, tautonymous, tautonymy, troponym, troponymy, xenonym, xenonymy |
| ōión |  | egg | oo-[154] | ᾠόν (ōión) | bottarga, dioon, epoophoron, oidioid, oidium, ooblast, oocyst, oocyte, oocytogenesis, oogamete, oogamous, oogamy, oogenesis, oogonium, ooid, oolite, oolith, oology, oomancy, oophagy, oophorectomy, oophoron, ootheca, ootid, ootidogenesis, paroophoron |
| opḗ |  | hole | op-[155] | ὀπή (opḗ), ὀπαῖον (opaîon) | metope, opaion |
| óphis |  | snake | ophi-[156] | ὄφις, ὄφεως (óphis, ópheōs) | Brachyurophis, ophicephalous, Ophicephalus, Ophiceras, Ophiclinus, ophidiophobia, ophiolite, ophiologist, ophiology, ophiophagous, Ophiophagus, ophiophagy, ophiophobia, Ophisaurus, Ophisops, ophitic |
| ophthalmós | | eye | ophthalm-[157] | ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós) | exophthalmic, exophthalmos, microphthalmia, ophthalmia, ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, ophthalmologist, ophthalmology, ophthalmoparesis, ophthalmoplegia, parophthalmia, xerophthalmia |
| ópisthen |  | behind | opisth-[158] | ὄπισθεν (ópisthen), ὀπίσθιος | anopisthograph, opisthion, opisthobranch, opisthodomos, opisthoglyphous, opisthognathous, opisthograph, opisthokont, opisthosoma, opsimath, opsimathy |
| ópsesthai | | eye | ops-, opt- (ΟΠ) | ὄψεσθαι (ópsesthai), ὀπτός (optós), ὀπτικός (optikós), ὄψις (ópsis) | amblyopia, anopia, autopsy, biopsy, catadioptrics, catoptrics, catoptromancy, catoptrophobia, cyclops, diopter, dioptre, dioptrics, diplopia, eisoptrophobia, emmetropia, hemianopsia, myopia, opsoclonus, optic, optokinetic, panopticon, pleoptics, synopsis, synoptic, tritanopia |
| opsé |  | late | opsi-[159] | ὀψέ (opsé), ὄψιος | opsimath |
| opsōneîn |  | cook, prepare for eating | opson-[160] | ὀψωνεῖν (opsōneîn), (opsōnia) | opsonin, opsonoid |
| óros |  | mountain | or-, oro-[161] | ὄρος, ὄρεος (óros, óreos), ὀρειάς | Oread, orogenesis, orogenic, orogeny, orographic, orography, oronym |
| órkhis |  | testicle | orch-[162] | ὄρχις (órkhis), ὀρχίδιον (orkhídion) | anorchia, cryptorchidism, monorchism, orchid, orchiectomy, orchiopexy, Orchis, polyorchidism |
| orkheîsthai | | dance | orches-[163] | ὀρχεῖσθαι (orkheîsthai) | orchestra |
| orégein |  | reach | oreg-[164] | ὀρέγειν (orégein), ὀρεκτός (orektós), ὀρεκτικός (orektikós), ὄρεξις (órexis), ὄρεγμα (óregma) | anorectic, anorexia, dysorexia, orectic, orexin, parorexia |
| órgia | | work | org- | ὄργια (órgia) | orgasm |
| órganon |  | organ, instrument, tool | organ- | ὄργανον (órganon) | organic, organism, organogenesis |
| órnis |  | bird | ornith-[165] | ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos) | Avernus, ornithology, ornithomancy, ornithorhynchus, ornithosis |
| orphanós | orphan-[166] | ὀρφανός (orphanós), ὀρφανότης | orphan | ||
| orthós |  | straight | orth-[167] | ὀρθός (orthós), ὀρθότης | orthocenter, orthocentric, orthodontia, orthodontic, orthodontist, orthodox, orthodoxy, orthographic, ortholog, orthologous, orthonym, orthopedic, orthoscope, orthosis, orthostat, orthostyle, orthotic |
| óruza |  | rice | oryz-[168] | ὄρυζα (óruza), ὀρύζιον | Oryza, Oryzomys, rice, risotto |
| osmḗ |  | odor | osm-[169] | ὀσμή (osmḗ), ὄσμησις | anosmia, anosmic, cacosmia, coprosmia, dysosmia, dysosmic, euosmia, hyperosmia, hyperosmic, hyposmia, hyposmic, osmium, osmolagnia, osmophobia, osphresiolagnia, parosmia, phantosmia, troposmia |
| ōsmós |  | push, thrust | osm-[170] | ὠσμός (ōsmós) | osmometry, osmosis, osmostat, osmotic |
| ostéon |  | bone | oste-[171] | ὀστέον, ὀστέου (ostéon, ostéou), ὀστοῦν, ὀστοῦ (ostoûn, ostoû) | dysostosis, endosteum, exostosis, hyperostosis, monostotic, Osteichthyes, osteoarthritis, osteoblast, osteochondritis, osteochondrosis, osteoclast, osteogenic, osteogenesis, osteoid, osteology, osteolysis, osteoma, osteomalacia, osteonecrosis, osteopathy, osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, osteosis, osteothrombosis, osteotome, osteotomy, periosteum, synostosis |
| óstreion |  | shell | ostrac- | ὄστρειον (óstreion), ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō), ὄστρακον (óstrakon) | Entomostraca, Leptostraca, Malacostraca, ostracism, ostracize, ostracod, ostracoderm, ostracon, periostracum |
 | oyster | ostre-[172] | ὄστρεον | ostreophagist, oyster | |
| oûs |  | ear | ot-[173] | οὖς, ὠτός (oûs, ōtós) | anotia, Aotus, microtia, Myosotis, otalgia, otic, otitis, otocephaly, otocleisis, otoconium, otocyst, otodynia, otolith, otology, otopathy, otophyma, otoplasty, otorhinology, otorrhea, otosclerosis, otoscope, otoscopy, ototomy, parotic, parotid, periotic, synotia |
| oxús |  | sharp, pointed | oxy-[174] | ὀξύς (oxús) | anoxia, anoxic, dioxide, hypoxia, monoxide, oxide, oxyanion, oxygen, oxyhalide, oxymoron, oxyntic, oxytone, paroxysm, pentoxide, polyoxide, tetraoxygen, tetroxide, trioxide |
| ózein |  | smell | oz-[175] | ὄζειν (ózein), ὄζων (ózōn), ὄζη | ozocerite, ozone, ozopore |
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| pakhús | | pach-[1] | thick | παχύς (pakhús), πάχος, πάχεος (pákhos, pákheos) | pachydermata, pachyglossia, pachynsis, Pachypodium |
| paíein |  | pae-[2] | strike | παίειν (paíein), (paistos) | anapaest, anapaestic, anapest, anapestic |
| paidós |  | paed-, ped-[3] | child | παῖς, παιδός (paîs, paidós), παιδικός (paidikós) | orthopedic, paediatric, paedogenesis, paedomorphism, page, pedagogue, pedagogy, pedant, pedantic, pediatric, pedodontics, pedophilia |
| palaiós | | palae-, pale-[4] | ancient, old | παλαιός (palaiós) | paleo diet, paleobiology, paleobotanic, Paleocene, Paleogene, Paleolithic, paleology, paleomagnetism, paleontology, paleopolyploidy, paleopsychology, Paleozoic |
| pálin | | palin-, palim-[5] | back | πάλιν (pálin) | palimpsest, palindrome, palingenesis, palinspastic |
| Pán |  | pan- | Pan | πάειν, Πάν (Pán), Πανικός (Panikós) | panic |
| pantós |  | pan-, pam-[6] | all | πᾶς, παντός (pantós), πᾶν (pân), πασῶν, παντότης, πάντοθεν | diapason, panacea, pandemic, pandemonium, panoply, panoptic, pantology, parrhesia |
| pará |  | par-, para-[7] | beside, near | παρά (pará) | parable, parabola, parallel, parallelepiped, parameter, parapagus, paradox, parody |
| parthénos |  | parthen-[8] | virgin | παρθένος (parthénos) | parthenocarpy, parthenogenesis, Parthenon, Parthenope |
| pássein |  | pass-[9] | sprinkle | πάσσειν (pássein), παστός (pastós) | paste |
| pátos | | pat-[10] | path | πάτος (pátos), πατεῖν (pateîn), πατητός, πατητής, πατητήριον | peripatetic, peripateticism |
| páskhein | | path-[11] | feeling, disease | πάσχειν (páskhein), παθητικός (pathētikós), πάθος (páthos) | allopath, allopathy, antipathy, apathetic, apathy, empathy, etiopathogenesis, homeopathic, homeopathy, idiopathic, pathetic, pathoclisis, pathogen, pathogenesis, pathogenic, pathologist, pathology, pathos, psychopath, psychopathic, psychopathy, sympathectomy, sympathetic, sympathy |
| patrós |  | pater-, patr-[12] | father | πατήρ, πατρός (patḗr, patrós), πατριά (patriá), πατριώτης (patriṓtēs) | allopatric, allopatry, eupatrides, patriarch, patriarchy, patriot, patriotic, patriotism, patrology, patronym, patronymic, sympatric, sympatry |
| pēktós |  | pect- | fixed | πηκτός (pēktós) | pectic, pectin |
| pēgnúnai |  | peg-, pect-[13] | fix | πηγνύναι (pēgnúnai), πηκτός (pēktós), πηκτικός (pēktikós), πῆξις (pêxis), | hysteropexy, pagophobia, parapagus, pectic, pectin, rheopectic, rheopecty, rheopexy |
| pēlós |  | pel-[14] | clay, mud | πηλός (pēlós) | pelite, pelitic |
| pélagos |  | pelag-[15] | sea | πέλαγος (pélagos), πελαγικός (pelagikós) | abyssopelagic, allopelagic, archipelagic, archipelago, bathypelagic, epipelagic, hadopelagic, mesopelagic, pelagic, pelagonym |
| pelargós |  | pelarg-[16] | stork | πελαργός (pelargós), πελαργώδης | pelargonic, Pelargonium |
| pémpein |  | pemp-, pomp- | send | πέμπειν (pémpein), πομπή (pompḗ) | apopemptic, hypnopompic, pomp, psychopomp |
| penía |  | penia- | deficiency | πενία (penía) | leukopenia |
| pénte |  | pent-[17] | five | πέντε (pénte), πεντάς, πεντάδος (pentás, pentádos), πεντάκις (pentákis) five times, πενταπλάσιος (pentaplásios) five-fold, πενταχοῦ | diapente, pentachoric, pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentalpha, pentapolis, pentatonic, pentatope, pentode |
| pentakósioi |  | pentacosi-[18] | five hundred | πεντακόσιοι (pentakósioi) | pentacosiomedimni |
| pentḗkonta |  | pentecont-[19] | fifty | πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta), πεντηκοντάς, πεντηκοντάδος (pentēkontás, pentēkontádos) | pentecontad, pentecontagon |
| pentēkostós |  | pentecost-[20] | fiftieth | πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós) | Pentecost, pentecostalism |
 | peper-[21] | pepper | πέπερι, πεπέρεως | paprika, pepper | |
| péponos |  | pepon-[22] | ripe | πέπων, πέπονος (pépōn, péponos) | pumpkin |
| péssein |  | pept- | digest | πέσσειν (péssein), πεπτός (peptós), πεπτικός (peptikós), πέψις (pépsis) | dipeptide, dyspepsia, dyspeptic, eupepsia, eupeptic, monopeptide, oligopeptide, pepsin, peptic, peptide, peptone, polypeptide, tetrapeptide, tripeptide |
| pḗra |  | per- | wallet | πήρα (pḗra), πηρίδιον (pērídion) | peridium |
| péran |  | peran- | across, beyond | πέραν (péran) | Perates |
| pérdikos |  | perdic-[23] | partridge | πέρδιξ, πέρδικος (pérdix, pérdikos) | Melanoperdix, partridge |
| perí |  | peri-[24] | around | περί (perí) | Pericles, pericope, perigee, perihelion, perimeter, period, periphery, periscope |
| persikós |  | persic-[25] | peach | περσικός (persikós) | |
| pétra |  | petr-[26] | rock | πέτρα (pétra) | epipetric, petroglyph, petrographic, petrography, petroleum, petrology, petrosomatoglyph |
| phaiós |  | phae-, phe-[27] | dark | φαιός (phaiós) | phaeohyphomycosis, phaeomelanin, pheochrome, pheochromocytoma |
| phageîn |  | phag- | eat | φαγεῖν (phageîn), φαγία (phagía) | autophagosome, autophagy, bacteriophage, dysphagia, esophagitis, geophagia, hematophagy, macrophage, odynophagia, phagocyte, phagocytosis, phagolysosome, phagophilia, phagophobia, phagosome, phagy, polyphagia, pseudodysphagia, sarcophagus |
| phálangos |  | phalang-[28] | close formation of troops, finger bones | φάλαγξ, φάλαγγος (phálangos) | aphalangia, phalanges, phalanx |
| phálaros | | phalar-[29] | having a patch of white | φάλαρος (phálaros)[30] | phalarope |
| phármakon |  | pharmac-[31] | drug, medicine | φάρμακον (phármakon) | alexipharmic, pharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomic, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, pharmacophobia, pharmacy |
| phaínein |  | phan-, phen-[32] | to show, visible | φαίνειν (phaínein), φαντός (phantós), φαινόμενον (phainómenon), φάσις (phásis) | diaphanous, emphasis, epiphany, fantasy, phanerozoic, phantasm, phantom, phase, phene, phenetic, phenology, phenomenon, phenotype, photic, prophase, sycophant, telophase, theophany, tryptophan |
| phébesthai |  | pheb-, phob-[33] | fear | φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), φόβος (phóbos), φοβέω | autophobia, hydrophobia, panphobia, phobophobia |
| phérein |  | pher-, phor-[34] | bear, carry | φέρειν (phérein), φορά (phorá), φόρος (phóros) | adiaphora, adiaphorism, anaphor, metaphor, pheromone, phoresis, phoresy, phosphor, prosphora, pyrophoric |
| pheúgein |  | pheug-, phyg-[35] (ΦΥΓ) | flee | φεύγειν (pheúgein), φυγή, φυγάς, φυγάδος (phugás, phugádos) fugitive, φυγαδικός | apophyge, hypophyge |
| phílos | | phil-, -phile[36] | love, friendship | φίλος (phílos), φιλικός (philikós), φιλεῖν (phileîn), φιλία (philía), φίλτρον (phíltron) | bibliophile, heterophil, hydrophile, paraphilia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philophobia, philosophy, philter, philtre, philtrum |
| phīmós |  | phim-[37] | muzzle | φῑμός (phīmós), φιμοῦν (phimoûn), φιμωτικός, φίμωσις (phímōsis) | paraphimosis, phimosis, phimotic |
| phlebós |  | phleb-[38] | vein | φλέψ, φλεβός (phléps, phlebós), φλέβιον | phlebitis, phlebography, phlebosclerosis, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomy, thrombophlebitis |
| phlégein | | phleg-, phlog-[39] | burn, heat, inflammation | φλέγειν (phlégein), φλέγμα (phlégma), φλόξ (phlóx) flame | phlegm, phlegmasia, phlegmatic, phlegmon, phlegmonous, phlogistic, phlogiston, Phlox |
| phloiós |  | phloe-[40] | tree bark | φλοιός (phloiós) | hypophloeodic, phlobaphene, phloem, phloeophagy |
| phóbos | | phob- | fear | φόβος (phóbos) | acrophobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, ergophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, zeusophobia |
| phōnḗ | | phon-[41] | sound | φωνή (phōnḗ), φωνητικός (phōnētikós), φώνημα (phṓnēma) | acrophonic, acrophony, allophone, antiphon, antiphony, aphonia, aphonic, apophony, archiphoneme, cacophony, diaphony, diplophonia, dysphonia, euphonic, euphonious, euphonize, euphony, heterophonic, heterophony, homophone, homophonous, homophony, hypophonesis, ideophone, idiophone, isophone, logophonetic, megaphone, microphone, misophonia, monophonic, monophony, morphophonology, phonaesthesia, phonaesthetics, phone, phonemic, phonesthemic, phonetic, phonetics, phonics, phonogram, phonograph, phonology, phonophobia, phonosemantics, phonotactics, polyphonic, polyphony, stereophonic, symphonic, symphony, telephonic, telephony |
| phōtós |  | phos-, phot- | light | φῶς, φωτός (phōtós) | aphotic, biophoton, cataphote, diphoton, euphotic, microphotograph, phosphor, phosphorus, photic, photo, photobiology, photocatalysis, photochromism, photoelectric, photogenic, photogram, photograph, photography, photolysis, photometer, photometric, photometry, photon, photoperiod, photophobia, photophone, photophore, photopic, photoptarmosis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, phototherapy, phototroph, telephoto |
| phrássein |  | phrag-[42] (ΦΡΑΓ) | fence | φράσσειν (phrássein), φράξις (phráxis), φράγμα (phrágma) | diaphragm |
| phrenós |  | phren-, phron-[43] | mind | φρήν, φρενός (phrḗn, phrenós) | euneirophrenia, euphrasy, Euphrosyne, frantic, frenetic, frenzy, oneirophrenia, phrenetic, -phrenia, phrenic, phrenitis, phrenology, phronema, phronesis, phronetic, schizophrenia, sophrosyne |
| phrúnē |  | phryn-[44] | toad, toad-like | φρύνη (phrúnē) | Phrynobatrachus |
| phthéngesthai |  | phtheg-[45] | utter | φθέγγεσθαι (phthéngesthai), φθεγκτός, φθεγκτικός, φθέγξις, φθέγμα, φθέγματος (phthégma, phthégmatos), φθεγματικός, φθόγγος (phthóngos), φθογγή | apophthegm, apophthegmatic, diphthong, diphthongize, monophthong, monophthongize |
| phúkeos |  | phyc-[46] | seaweed | φῦκος, φύκεος (phûkos, phúkeos) | phycology, Phycomyces, schizophyceous |
| phúlon |  | phyl- | tribe | φύλον (phúlon) | phylogenetics, phylum |
| phúllon |  | phyll-[47] | leaf | φύλλον (phúllon) | chlorophyll, phyllotaxis |
| phûsa |  | phys-[48] | bladder | φῦσα (phûsa) | physogastric, physostomous, Triplophysa |
| phúsis |  | physi- | nature | φύσις (phúsis) | physics, physician |
| λ | | physalid- | bladder | φυσαλ(λ)ίς (phusal(l)is) | physalis |
| phúein | | phyt- | plant | φύειν (phúein), φυτόν (phutón) | archaeophyte, autophyte, bryophyte, dermatophyte, neophyte, phytonym, phytoplankton |
| piézein |  | piez-[49] | squeeze | πιέζειν (piézein), πιεστός (piestós), πίεσις, πίεσμα, πίεσματος, πιεστήρ | isopiestic, piezochromism, piezoelectric, piezometer |
| pínein |  | pin-[50] (ΠΟ) | drink | πίνειν (pínein), πῶμα | pinocytosis |
| peíras |  | pir-[51] | try | πεῖρα, πείρας (peîra, peíras), πειρᾶν (peirân), πειρατής (peiratḗs), πειρατικός (peiratikós), (peirāteía), πειράζω, πείρασις, πειρασμός | antipiracy, apeirogon, apeirohedron, piracy, pirate, piratic |
| písos |  | pis-[52] | pea | πίσος (písos) | pisoid, pisolite |
| píthēkos |  | pithec-[53] | ape, monkey | πίθηκος (píthēkos) | australopithecine, Australopithecus, caenopithecine |
| plakós |  | plac-[54] | plain, plate, tablet | πλάξ, πλακός (pláx, plakós) | Aplacophora, placenta, placode |
| plágos |  | plag-[55] | oblique | πλάγος (plágos), πλάγιος (plágios), πλαγιότης | plage, plagiocephaly, plagioclase, plagiotropic, playa |
| planâsthai |  | plan-[56] | wander | πλάνος, πλανάομαι, πλανᾶσθαι (planâsthai), (planáein), πλανητός (planētós), πλανήτης (planḗtēs) | aplanetic, aplanogamete, aplanospore, exoplanet, planet, planetoid, planetonym, planoblast, planogamete, planospore, protoplanet |
| plássein |  | plas-[57] | mould | πλάσσειν (plássein), πλαστός (plastós), πλαστικός (plastikós), πλάσις (plásis), πλάσμα, πλάσματος (plásma, plásmatos), πλάθω (pláthō) | plasma, plastic, plastique, plastochron, plastromancy, plastron, prosoplasia, protoplasm, pseudoplastic, symplast |
| platús |  | plat-[58] | flat, broad | πλατύς (platús), πλατεῖα (plateîa) | piazza, place, plaice, plateau, platitude, platyhelminth, platypus, Platyrrhini, platysma, Platyzoa, plaza |
| pimplánai |  | ple-[59] (ΠΛΕ) | fill, full | πιμπλάναι (pimplánai), πλέως/πλέος, πλειότερος, πλειότης, πλήρης (plḗrēs), πληρόω, πλήρωσις (plḗrōsis), πλήρωμα (plḗrōma), πλήθειν (plḗthein), πλῆθος (plêthos), πληθύς, πληθύω, πληθύνω (plēthúnō), πληθυντικός, πληθώρα/πληθώρη (plēthṓra), πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), πληθυσμός (plēthusmós) | pleroma, plethodontid, plethora, plethoric, plethysm, plethysmograph, plethysmometry |
| pleîn | | ple-[60] | sail, swim | πλεῖν (pleîn), πλεῦσις (pleûsis), πλόος | pleon, pleopod, pleuston |
| plékein |  | plec-, ploc-[61] | plait, interweave | πλέκειν (plékein), πλεκτός (plektós), πλεκτικός (plektikós), πλέξις (pléxis), πλέγμα (plégma), πλοκή (plokḗ), πλόκος | plectics, plexogenic, ploce, symplectic, symplectomorphism, symploce |
| plḗssein | | pleg-[62] (ΠΛΗΓ) | strike | πλήσσειν (plḗssein), πληκτός (plēktós), πλήκτης, πληγή (plēgḗ), πλῆξις (plêxis), πλῆγμα, πλήκτης, πλῆκτρον | apoplectic, apoplexy, cataplectic, cataplexy, hemiplegia, monoplegia, paraplegia, plectrum, pleximeter, tetraplegia |
| plēsíos | | plesi- | near | πλησίος (plēsíos), πλησιότης (plēsiótēs) | plesiosaur |
| pleurá |  | pleur-[63] | rib, side | πλευρά (pleurá), πλευρόν (pleurón) | metapleural, pleura, pleurisy, pleuritis, pleurodynia, pleuron |
| plínthos |  | plinth-[64] | brick | πλίνθος (plínthos) | plinth, Plinthograptis |
| ploûtos |  | plut-[65] | wealth | πλοῦτος (ploûtos) | ploutonion, plutarchy, plutocracy, plutocrat, plutolatry, plutomania, plutonomics, Plutus |
| pneîn |  | pne-[66] | blow, breathe, lung | πνεῖν (pneîn), πνεῦμα (pneûma), πνεύμων (pneúmōn) | anapnograph, anapnoic, apnea, apnoea, dyspnoea, pleuropneumonia, pneumatic, pneumatology, pneumonia, pneumonic, pneumotaxic |
| pnígein |  | pnig-, pnict-[67] | choke | πνίγειν (pnígein), πνῖγος, πνῖγμα, πνιγμός, πνικτός, πνικτικός | pnictide, pnictogen |
| pínein | | po-, pin-[68] (ΠΟ) | drink | πίνειν (pínein), πόσις, πῶμα | pinocytosis, pinosome, symposium |
| podós |  | pod-[69] | foot | πούς, ποδός (podós), ποδικός (podikós), ποδία (podía), πόδιον (pódion), πέδον (pédon), πεδίον, πέζα | amphipod, antipode, decapod, podiatry, podium, podomancy, podomere, podopaediatric, polyp, polyposis, sympodium, tetrapod, tripod |
| pṓgōnos |  | pogon-[70] | beard | πώγων, πώγωνος (pṓgōn, pṓgōnos), πωγωνίας (pōgōnías) | pogonia, pogoniasis, pogonology, pogonophobia, pogonotrophy, Triplopogon |
| poieîn |  | poie-, poe-[71] | make | ποιϝέω, ποιεῖν (poieîn), ποιητός (poiētós) made, ποιητικός (poiētikós), ποίησις (poíēsis), ποίημα (poíēma), ποιητής (poiētḗs) maker | allopoiesis, autopoiesis, onomatopoeia, piyyut, poem, poesy, poet, poetaster, poetic, poiesis |
| pólos |  | pol-[72] | pole | πόλος (pólos) | dipole, polar |
| pōleîn |  | pole-[73] | sell | πωλεῖν (pōleîn), πώλησις, πώλης seller | duopoly, monopolist, monopolize, monopoly, oligopolist, oligopoly |
| polemeîn |  | polem-[74] | war | πολεμεῖν (polemeîn), πόλεμος (pólemos), πολεμικός (polemikós) | polemarch, polemic, polemology |
| pólios |  | poli-[75] | city | πόλις, πόλιος (pólis, pólios), πολίτης (polítēs), πολιτικός (politikós) | acropolis, biopolitics, cosmopolis, cosmopolitan, Decapolis, ecumenopolis, eperopolis, geopolitics, heptapolis, hexapolis, isopolity, megalopolis, megapolis, metropolis, pentapolis, police, policy, polis, politeia, politic, politicize, politics, politologist, politology, politonym, polity, propolis, tetrapolis, Tripoli |
| poliós | | poli-[76] | gray, grey | πολιός (poliós), πολιότης | poliomyelitis, poliosis |
| pollós |  | poll-[77] | many | πολλός (pollós) | |
| polús | | poly-[78] | many | πολύς (polús), πολλός (pollós), πολλότης (pollótēs), πολλάκις (pollákis) many times, πολλαπλάσιος/πολυπλάσιος, πλείων (pleíōn) more, πλεῖστος (pleîstos) most, πολλοστός (pollostós) | hoi polloi, pollakanth, polyadic, polyandry, polygamy, polygon, polyphase, polysaccharide, polytheistic |
| pomphós |  | pomph-[79] | blister | πομφός (pomphós), πομφόλυξ | podopompholyx, pompholyx |
| póros |  | por-[80] | passage | πόρος (póros), πορεύω, πορίζειν (porízein), πόρισμα (pórisma) | aporetic, aporia, emporium, gonopore, ozopore, polypore, pore, porism, porismatic |
| pórnē |  | porn-[81] | prostitute | πόρνη (pórnē) | pornographic, pornography |
| porphúra |  | porphyr-[82] | purple | πορφύρα (porphúra) | porphyrin, porphyritic, porphyrophobia, porphyry |
| potamós |  | potam-[83] | river | ποταμός (potamós) | autopotamic, hippopotamus, Mesopotamia, potamic, potamodromous, potamology, potamonym, potamophobia, potamoplankton |
| prássein | | prag-[84] | do | πράσσειν (prássein), πράττειν (práttein), πρασσόμενον, πρακτός (praktós), πρακτικός (praktikós), (prāktikḗ), πρᾶξις (prâxis), πρᾶγμα (prâgma) | apraxia, dyspraxia, parapraxis, practic, practice, pragma, pragmatic, pragmatism, pragmatist, praxis |
| práson |  | pras-[85] | leek | πράσον (práson), πράσινος (prásinos) leek-green, πρασιά | chrysoprase, prasinous, prasinophobia |
| présbus | | presby-[86] | old | πρέσβυς (présbus), πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), (presbutérion) | archpresbyter, presbyter, Presbyterianism, presbyterium, presbytery, priest, protopresbyter |
| príein |  | pri-[87] | saw | πρίειν (príein), πρῖσις (prîsis), πρίων, πρίονος (príōn, príonos) | prion |
| priap-[88] | πριάπος | priapism, Priapus | |||
| prísmatos | | prism-[89] | to saw, something sawed | πρίσμα, πρίσματος (prísma, prísmatos), πρισμάτιον (prismátion) | antiprism, prism, prismatic, prismatoid |
| pró |  | pro-[90] | before, in front of | πρό (pró), πρότερος (próteros) former, πρῶτος (prôtos) | prologue, prostate, prow |
| prōktós |  | proct-[91] | anus | πρωκτός (prōktós) | Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, epiproct, hypoproct, paraproct, periproct, proctalgia, proctology |
| prós |  | pros-[92] | forth, forward | πρός (prós), πρόσθεν (prósthen), πρόσθιος (prósthios) | prosenchyma, prosophobia, prosthesis, prosthion |
| prósōpon |  | prosop-[93] | face | πρόσωπον (prósōpon) | aprosopia, diprosopus, prosopography, prosoponym, prosopopoeia, prosopospasm |
| prôtos |  | prot-[94] | first | πρῶτος (prôtos) [note 1] | amphiprotic, antiproton, protagonist, protanomaly, protanopia, protein, protist, protocol, proton, protoplasm, prototype, Protozoa |
| pró |  | proter-[95] | former | πρό (pró), πρότερος (próteros), προτερέω | Proterozoic |
| psân |  | psa-[96] | rub | ψᾶν (psân), ψαφαρός, ψήχειν, (psēstós) | palimpsest |
| psállein |  | psall-[97] | pluck | ψάλλειν (psállein), ψαλμός (psalmós) | psalm, psalmodicon, psalmody, psalter, psaltery, psaltikon |
| | psamath- | sand | |||
| psámmos | | psamm- | sand | ψάμμος (psámmos), ψάμαθος (psámathos) | psammite, psammitic, psammoma, psammophile, Psammophis, psammophyte, psammosere, psammous |
| psêphos |  | pseph- | pebble | ψάω, ψῆφος (psêphos), ψηφίζειν (psēphízein) | isopsephy, psephite, psephitic, psephocracy, psephology |
| pseûdos |  | pseud-[98] | FALSE | ψεύδω, ψεῦδος (pseûdos) | pseudonym |
| pseudḗs | | pseud- | FALSE | ψεύδομαι, ψευδής (pseudḗs) | pseudonym |
| psiloûn |  | psil-[99] | bare | ψιλοῦν (psiloûn), ψιλός (psilós), ψιλότης, ψίλωσις (psílōsis) | epsilon, psilanthropism, psilanthropy, psilocybin, psilosis, psilotic, upsilon |
 | psithyr-[100] | whisper | ψίθυρος, ψιθυρίζω, ψιθυρισμός | Psithyrisma | |
| psittakós |  | psittac-[101] | parrot | ψιττακός, ψιττακοῦ (psittakós, psittakoû) | psittacine, psittacism, psittacosis |
| psóphos |  | psoph-[102] | noise | ψόφος (psóphos), ψοφεῖν, ψοφητικός, ψόφησις, ψόφημα, ψοφοειδής | Psophiidae, Psophocichla, psophometer, psophometric |
| psōrós |  | psor-[103] | itch | ψωρός (psōrós), ψώρα (psṓra), ψωριᾶν (psōriân), (psōríāsis) | psora, psoriasis, psoric, psorosis |
| psúkhein | | psych-[104] | mind | ψύχειν (psúkhein), ψυχή (psukhḗ), ψυχικός (psukhikós) | hylopsychism, panpsychism, psyche, psychedelia, psychedelic, psychiatry, psychic, psychoanalysis, psychologist, psychology, psychopathic, psychopathy, psychopomp, psychosis, psychotherapy, psychotic, psychoticism |
| psukhrós |  | psychr-[105] | cold | ψύχω, ψυχρός (psukhrós), ψυχρότης | psychroalgia, psychrometer, psychrophile, psychrophilic, psychrophily |
| pterón |  | pter-[106] | wing | πτερόν, πτεροῦ (pterón, pteroû), πτέρυξ, πτέρυγος (ptérux, ptérugos), (pterugōtós), πτερίσκος | apterous, apterygote, archaeopteryx, brachypterous, brachyptery, Chiroptera, chiropterologist, Endopterygota, exopterygote, helicopter, hemipterous, heteropterous, homopterous, Neoptera, peripteros, pterodactyl, pteron, pteropod, pterosaur, pterostigma, pterygote, tetrapterous |
| pterídos |  | pterid-[107] | fern | πτερίς, πτερίδος (pterís, pterídos) | pteridology, pteridophyte, pteridosperm |
| píptein |  | pto-[108] | fall | πίπτειν (píptein), πτωτός (ptōtós), πτωτικός (ptōtikós), πτῶσις (ptôsis), πτῶμα, πτῶματος (ptôma, ptômatos) | anaptotic, asymptomatic, apoptosis, peripeteia, peripety, polyptoton, proptosis, proptotic, ptomaine, ptosis, ptotic, symptom, symptomatic, symptosis |
| ptōkhós |  | ptoch-[109] | poor | πτωχός (ptōkhós), πτωχότης | ptochocracy, ptochology |
| ptúon | | pty-[110] | spit | πτύειν, πτύον (ptúon), πτύσις (ptúsis), πτύαλον | hemoptysis, ptyalin, pyoptysis |
| ptússein |  | ptych-[111] | fold, layer | πτύσσειν (ptússein), πτύγμα (ptúgma), πτύξ (ptúx), πτυχός (ptukhós), πτυχή (ptukhḗ) | anaptyctic, anaptyxis, diptych, heptaptych, hexaptych, octaptych, pentaptych, polyptych, tetraptych, triptych |
| púon |  | py-[112] | pus | πύον (púon), (pyeîn) | empyema, pyemia, pyemesis, pyesis, pyocyst, pyogenesis, pyorrhea, pyorrhoea, pyosis, pyoureter |
| púelos |  | pyel-[113] | trough | πύελος (púelos), πυελίς | pyelectasis, pyelitis, pyelogram, pyelography, pyelonephritis, pyeloscopy |
| pugḗ | | pyg-[114] | rump | πυγή (pugḗ) | callipygian, pygopagus, pygostyle, steatopygia |
| púlē |  | pyl-[115] | gate | πύλη (púlē), πυλών, πυλῶνος (pulṓn, pulōnos) | apopyle, micropyle, propylaea, prosopyle, pylon, pyloric, pylorus, tetrapylon, Thermopylae |
| púr |  | pyr-[116] | fire | πύρ, πυρός (púr, purós), πυρά (purá), πυρότης, πυρετός, πυρέττειν | antipyretic, Empyreuma, pyre, pyrite, pyroclastic, pyrolysis, pyromancy, pyromania, pyromaniac, pyrometric, pyrophobia, pyrophoric, pyrosis, pyrosome, pyrotechnic |
| pyramid-[117] | πυραμίς, πυραμίδος | dipyramid, pyramid, pyramidion | |||
| pyrrh-[118] | flame-colored | πῦρ, πυρρός, πυρρότης, πυρράζω | pyrrhic |
R
| rháptein |  | raph-[119] | sew, seam | ῥάπτειν (rháptein), ῤαφή (raphḗ) | raphae, raphe |
| rhábdos |  | rhabd-[120] | rod | ῥάβδος (rhábdos) | Rhabdodon, rhabdoid, rhabdom, rhabdomancy, rhabdomyolysis, rhabdomyosarcoma |
| rhákheōs |  | rhach-, rach- [121] | spine | ῥάχις, ῥάχεως (rhákhis, rhákheōs) | rachipagus, rachis, rachischisis, rhachiodont, rhachis |
| rhēgnúnai |  | rhag-, rheg-[122] | rend, tear | ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai), ῥαγίζω, ῥῆξις (rhêxis), ῥῆγμα (rhêgma) | bronchorrhagia, hemorrhage, menorrhagia, regma, rhagades, rhegma, rhegmatogenous, rhexis |
| rheîn |  | rhe-[123] | flow | ῥεῖν (rheîn), ῥυτός (rhutós), ῥύσις (rhúsis), ῥεῦμα (rheûma), ῥοία (rhoía), ῥυθμός (rhuthmós) | antiarrhythmic, arrhythmia, arrhythmic, diarrhoea, dysrhythmia, endorheic, eurhythmia, eurhythmic, eurhythmy, gonorrhoea, hemorrhea, logorrhea, polyrhythm, rheology, rheometer, rheostat, rheum, rheumatic, rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumatology, rhythm, rhythmic, rhyton |
| rhētínē |  | rhetin-[124] | resin | ῥητίνη (rhētínē), ῥητινώδης, ῥητινόω | retinite |
| rhîgos |  | rhig-[125] | chill | ῥῖγος (rhîgos) | rhigosaurus |
| rhinós |  | rhin-[126] | nose, snout | ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós) | catarrhine, haplorhine, platyrrhine, rhinoceros, rhinophyma, rhinoplasty, strepsirrhine |
| rhíza |  | rhiz-[127] | root | ῥίζα (rhíza), ῥιζοῦν (rhizoûn), ῥίζωμα (rhízōma) | ectomycorrhiza, rhizoid, rhizomatous, rhizome, rhizomorph, rhizomorphous, rhizophagous, rhizophagy, Rhizopogon, Rhizopus, rhizosphere |
| rhô |  | rho-[128] | R, r | Ρ, ρ, ῥῶ (rhô) | rho, rhotacism, rhotacize, rhotic |
| rhódon |  | rhod-[129] | rose | ῥόδον (rhódon) | rhododendron, rhodophyte, rhodopsin, rhodophobia |
| rhómbos |  | rhomb- | spinning top | ῥόμβος (rhómbos) | orthorhombic, rhomb, rhombic, rhomboid, rhombus, rhumb |
| rhúnkhos |  | rhynch-[130] | snout | ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos) | Oncorhynchus, Rhynchobatus, rhynchophore |
S
| sákkos | | sacc-[131] | bag | σάκκος (sákkos) | sack |
| sákkharon |  | sacchar-[132] | sugar | σάκχαρ, σάκχαρον (sákkharon) | disaccharide, heteropolysaccharide, homopolysaccharide, lipooligosaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, pentasaccharide, polysaccharide, saccharin, trisaccharide |
| sálpinx |  | salping-[133] | trumpet | σάλπιγξ, σάλπιγγος (sálpinx, sálpingos) | endosalpingiosis, hysterosalpingography, salpiglossis, salpinx |
| saprós |  | sapr-[135] | rotten | σήπειν, σαπρός (saprós), σαπρότης | sapraemia, saprogenic, saprophagous, saprophyte, saprotrophic |
| sarkós |  | sarc-[136] | flesh | σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós) | perisarc, sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcocele, sarcoid, sarcoidosis, sarcoma, sarcophagus, Sarcopterygii, sarcosine, sarcosinemia, sarcosome |
| saúra |  | saur-[137] | lizard, reptile | σαύρα (saúra), σαῦρος (saûros) | dinosaur, Saurischia, sauropod |
| skalēnós |  | scalen-[138] | uneven | σκαληνός (skalēnós) | scalene, scalene muscles, scalene triangle, scalenohedron |
| skándalon |  | scandal- | snare | σκάνδαλον (skándalon), σκανδαλίζω (skandalízō) | scandal, scandalize |
| skâpos |  | scap-[139] | shaft | σκᾶπος (skâpos) | scape, scapus |
| | scaph- | anything hollow, bowl, ship | σκάφη, σκάφος | Scaphirhynchus, scaphoid bone, scaphopod | |
| skatós | | scat-[140] | dung | σκῶρ, σκατός (skôr, skatós) | scatemia, scatology, scatoma, scatomancy, scatophagy, scatoscopy |
| skedannúnai |  | sced-[141] | scatter | σκεδαννύναι (skedannúnai), σκέδασις (skédasis), (skedastós), (skedastikós) | heteroscedastic, homoscedastic |
| skéleos |  | scel-[142] | leg, thigh | σκέλος, σκέλεος (skéleos) | isosceles, triskele, triskelion |
| skēnḗ |  | scen-[143] | booth, tent | σκηνή (skēnḗ) | parascenium, proscenium, scene, scenic, scenography |
| sképtesthai |  | scept-, scop- | look at, examine, view, observe | σκέπτεσθαι (sképtesthai), σκέψις (sképsis), σκέμμα, σκεπτικός (skeptikós), σκοπεῖν (skopeîn), σκοπός, σκοποῦ (skopós) | Abroscopus, diascopic, diascopy, endoscope, endoscopic, endoscopy, epidiascope, episcope, episcopic, gastroscopy, kaleidoscope, macroscopic, microscope, microscopic, panendoscopy, periscope, periscopic, scope, scopophobia, skeptic, stereoscopic, stereoscopy, stethoscope, telescope, telescopic, Telescopium |
| skhêma |  | schem- | plan | σχῆμα (skhêma) | schema, schematic, schematism, schematize, scheme |
| skhízein |  | schid-[144] (ΣΧΙΔ)[145] | split | σχίζειν (skhízein), σχιστός (skhistós), σχίσις (skhísis), σχίσμα (skhísma), σχίζα | diaschisis, diaschisma, schisis, schism, schisma, schismatic, schizocarp, schizogamy, schizogony, schizoid, schizophrenia, schizotrichia |
| skiá |  | sci-[146] | shade, shadow | σκιά (skiá), σκιάς | sciamachy, sciaphobia |
| skéllein |  | scler-[147] | hard | σκέλλειν (skéllein), σκληρός (sklērós), σκληρότης (sklērótēs) | sclera, sclerectomy, scleredema, sclereid, sclerema, sclerenchyma, sclerite, scleritis, scleroderma, sclerophyll, sclerophyllous, sclerosis, sclerotic, sclerotium, sclerotize |
| skṓlēkos | | scolec-[148] | worm | σκώληξ, σκώληκος (skṓlēx, skṓlēkos) | scolex |
| skoliós |  | scoli-[149] | crooked | σκολιός (skoliós), σκολιότης | scoliokyphosis, scoliosis |
| skómbros |  | scombr-[150] | mackerel | σκόμβρος (skómbros) | scombrid, scombroid |
| scop- | |||||
 | scot-[151] | darkness | σκότος, σκότου, σκοταῖος | scotobiology, scotochromogen, scotogenic, scotograph, scotoma, scotoperiod, scotophase, scotophilia, scotophilic, scotophobe, scotophobia, scotophobic, scotophobotaxis, scotopic, scotoscope, scotosis, scototactic, scototaxis, scototherapy | |
| skúphos | | scyph-[152] | cup | σκύφος (skúphos) | scyphoid, Scyphozoa, scyphus |
| seíein |  | sei-[153] | shake | σείειν (seíein), | aseismic, microseism, microseismic, paleoseismology, seism, seismic, seismogram, seismograph, seismology, seismometer, seismonasty, sistrum, teleseism, teleseismic |
| selḗnē |  | selen- | moon | σελήνη (selḗnē) | paraselene, selaphobia, Selene, selenium, selenocentric, selenography, selenology |
| sêma |  | sema- | sign | σῆμα (sêma) | aposematic, asemasia, asemia, asemic, pentaseme, polyseme, polysemic, polysemous, polysemy, semantics, semaphore, semasiology, sematic, seme, sememe, semiotic, tetraseme, triseme |
| sḗps |  | sep- [154] | rot | σήψ (sḗps), | antisepsis, antiseptic, asepsis, aseptic, sepia, sepsis, septic |
| sḗr |  | ser-[155] | silk | σήρ (sḗr), σηρικός | sericin, serigraph |
| síkuos |  | sicy- | cucumber | σίκυος (síkuos) | Sicyos |
| sídēros |  | sider- | iron | σίδηρος (sídēros), σιδήρεος | siderodromophobia, siderophile |
| sîgma |  | sigm-[156] | S, s | σίγμα, σῖγμα (sîgma) | sigma, sigmatism, sigmatropic, sigmoid, sigmoidoscopy |
| sínapi |  | sinap-[157] | mustard | σίναπι (sínapi), (sināpízein), (sināpismós) | sinapine, sinapism |
| siōpḗ |  | siop-[158] | silence | σιωπή (siōpḗ), σιωπᾶν (siōpân), σιωπητέος (siōpētéos), σιώπησις (siṓpēsis) | aposiopesis, aposiopetic |
| síphōn | | siph-[159] | tube | σίφων (síphōn) | siphon, siphonoglyph |
| sîtos | | sit-[160] | food, grain, wheat | σῖτος, σίτου (sîtos, sítou) | ectoparasite, endoparasite, endoparasitoid, epiparasite, hyperparasitism, kleptoparasitism, mesoparasite, parasite, parasitic, parasitism, parasitoid, sitology, syssitia |
| síxis |  | siz-[161] | hiss | σίζω, σίξις (síxis) | |
| smáragdos |  | smaragd-[162] | emerald | σμάραγδος (smáragdos), σμαράγδινος (smarágdinos) | smaragdine |
| smílē |  | smil-[163] | carving knife | σμίλη (smílē), σμιλεύω, σμιλευτός, σμίλευμα | smilodon |
| sōlḗn |  | solen-[164] | channel, pipe | σωλήν (sōlḗn) | solenocyte, solenodon, solenogaster, solenoid, Solenopsis |
| sṓmatos |  | soma-[165] | body | σῶμα, σώματος (sôma, sṓmatos) | allosome, asomatous, autosome, centrosome, chromosome, decasomy, disomic, disomy, episome, gonosome, heptasomy, heterochromosome, heterodisomic, heterodisomy, hexasomy, isodisomic, isodisomy, macrosomia, metasomatic, metasomatism, microsome, microsomia, monosome, monosomic, monosomy, pentasomic, pentasomy, plasmosome, polysomic, polysomy, pyrosome, somatic, somatomancy, somatoparaphrenia, somatopleure, somatotype, somite, tetrasomic, tetrasomy, trisomic, trisomy |
| sophós |  | soph-[166] | wise | σοφός (sophós), σοφία (sophía), σόφισμα (sóphisma), σοφισμός (sophismós) | antisophism, pansophism, pansophist, pansophy, philosophize, philosophy, sophism, sophist, sophistry, sophisticate, Sophocles, sophomania, sophomaniac, sophomore, sophomoric |
| spân | | spa-[167] | draw, pull | σπᾶν (spân), σπάσις (spásis), σπασμός (spasmós), σπάσμα (spásma), σπαστικός (spastikós), σπώμενον (spṓmenon), σπάδιξ (spádix), σπαδίζω | antispasmodic, palinspastic, perispomenon, properispomenon, spadix, spasm, spasmatic, spasmodic, spasmogenic, spasmolytic, spastic, spasticity |
| spádos |  | spad-[168] | eunuch | σπάδος (spádos), σπάδων (spádōn), σπαδοειδής | epispadias, hypospadias |
| spáthē |  | spath- | blade | σπάθη (spáthē) | spade, spatha, spathe, spay |
| speírō |  | speir-, spor-[169] | sow | σπείρω (speírō), σπαρτός, σπορά, σποράς, σποράδος (sporás, sporádos), σποραδικός (sporadikós), σπόρος (spóros) | aplanospore, archesporium, carpospore, chlamydospore, diaspora, diaspore, endospore, esparto, eusporangium, exospore, heterosporous, heterospory, homosporous, isosporous, leptosporangium, megasporangium, megaspore, microsporangium, microspore, mitospore, sporadic, sporangiospore, sporangium, spore, sporocarp, sporophyte, teliospore, tetraspore, tetrasporophytic, zygospore |
| spéos |  | spele- | cavern | σπέος (spéos), σπήλαιον (spḗlaion) | speleogen, speleogenesis, speleology, Speleomantes, speleomorphology, speleoseismite, speleothem, speleotherapy |
| spêlynx |  | spelyng-[170] | cave | σπῆλυγξ, (spêlynx, spēlyng-) | spelunk |
| spéndein | spend-, spond-[171] | σπένδειν (spéndein), σπονδή, σπονδάς (spondḗ, spondás), σπονδεῖος, σπονδικός | spondaic, Sponde, spondee | ||
| spérmatos |  | sperm-[172] | seed | σπέρμα, σπέρματος (spérma, spérmatos) | angiosperm, endosperm, gymnosperm, perisperm, sperm, spermatid, spermatocyte, spermatogenesis, spermatogonium, spermatozoon, stenospermocarpy |
| sphállein | | sphal-[173] (ΣΦΑΛ[174]) | cause to fall | σφάλλειν (sphállein), σφαλερός (sphalerós), σφαλλόμενον | sphalerite, sphaleron |
| sphēnós |  | sphen-[175] | wedge | σφήν, σφηνός (sphḗn, sphēnós) | sphenic, Sphenodon, sphenoid |
| sphaîra |  | spher-[176] | ball | σφαῖρα (sphaîra) | aspheric, hemisphere, hypersphere, mesosphere, pseudosphere, sphere, spherics, spheroid, spherometer, spherulite, stratosphere, trimetasphere |
| sphíngein |  | sphing-, sphinct- | strangle | σφίγγειν (sphíngein), Σφίγξ sphings, σφιγκτήρ | sphincter |
| sphóndulos |  | sphondyl- | vertebra | σφόνδυλος, σφονδύλου (sphóndulos, sphondúlou) | spondylitis, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis, spondylosis, Temnospondyli |
| sphragís |  | sphrag- | seal | σφραγίς (sphragís), (sphragistikós), σφραγίζω | sphragistic |
| sphúzein |  | sphyg- | pulse | σφύζειν (sphúzein), σφυγμός (sphugmós), (sphugmikós), (sphúxis) | asphyxia, sphygmic, sphygmochronograph, sphygmograph, sphygmomanometer, sphygmus |
| splḗn |  | splen- | spleen | σπλήν (splḗn), splēnikós | asplenia, hypersplenism, hyposplenia, polysplenia, splenectomy, splenic, splenitis, splenoid, splenomegaly |
| spóndulos | | spondyl- | vertebra | σπόνδυλος (spóndulos) | platyspondyly, spondylid, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis, spondylopyosis, spondyloschisis, spondylosis, spondylosyndesis, Spondylus |
 | st- (ΣΤΑ) | cause to stand | ἵστημι histēmi, histánai, στατικός, στάσις, στατήρ, στήλη | acrostatic, actinostele, anastasis, antistatic, apostasy, apostate, astasia, astasis, astatic, astatine, catastasis, chronostasis, diastase, diastasis, diastatic, diasystem, ecstasy, ecstatic, epistasis, episteme, epistemic, epistemology, eustasis, eustatic, eustele, haplostele, homeostasis, homeostatic, hydrostatic, hypostasis, hypostasize, hypostatic, hypostatize, mesostatic, metastasis, metastasize, metastatic, metasystem, orthostates, orthostatic, protostele, stasimon, stasis, stater, static, statoblast, statocyst, statolith, stela, stele, systasis, system, systematic, systematize, systematology, systemic, teleutostatic | |
| stalaktós |  | stala- | dripping, trickling | σταλακτός (stalaktós) and σταλαγμός (stalagmós), both from σταλάζειν (stalázein) to drip | stalactite, stalagmite |
| staphulḗ |  | staphyl-[177] | bunch of grapes | σταφυλή (staphulḗ) | staphyledema, staphylion, staphylococcus, staphyloderma, staphyloplasty |
| stéatos | | steat-[178] | fat, tallow | στέαρ, στέατος (stéar, stéatos) | stearic acid, steatolysis, steatolytic, steatosis |
| stégē | | steg-[179] | cover | στέγειν, στέγη (stégē), στεγανός (steganós) | steganography, steganopod, Stegosaurus |
| stéllō | | stell-, stol-[180] | send | στέλλω (stéllō), στάλσις (stálsis), στολή (stolḗ) | apostle, centrostaltic, diastole, epistle, epistolic, epistolize, epistolography, eusystole, hypodiastole, peristalsis, peristaltic, peristole, stole, systaltic, systole |
| stenaí | | sten- | stand | στεναί (stenaí) | apostasy, apostate |
| stenós | | sten-[181] | narrow | στενός (stenós) | stenography, stenosis |
| stereós |  | stere-[182] | solid | στερεός (stereós) | allosteric, stereochemistry, stereochromy, stereographic, stereography, stereoisomer, stereometry, stereophonic, stereopsis, stereoscope, stereoscopy, stereotaxis, stereotomy, stereotype, stereotypic, steric |
| stérnon |  | stern-[183] | breastbone | στέρνον (stérnon) | metasternum, prosternum, sternum |
| stêthos |  | steth-[184] | chest | στῆθος (stêthos) | stethoscope |
| sthénos |  | sthen-[185] | strength | σθένος (sthénos) | asthenia, asthenosphere, callisthenics, hyposthenia, sthène, sthenia |
| steíkhein |  | stich-[186] | line, row | στείχειν (steíkhein), στίχος (stíkhos) | acrostic, cadastre, distich, distichous, haplostichous, hemistich, heptastich, monostich, monostichous, orthostichy, pentastich, polystichia, polystichous, stich, stichic, stichomancy, stichometry, stichomythia, telestich |
| stíkhē |  | stich-[187] | tunic | στίχη (stíkhē), στιχάριον (stikhárion) | sticharion |
| stízein |  | stig-[188] | mark, puncture | στίζειν (stízein), στίξις (stíxis), στίγμα, στίγματος (stígma, stígmatos) | anastigmat, anastigmatic, astigmatic, astigmatism, stigma, stigmata, stigmatic |
| stókhos |  | stoch-[189] | aim | στόχος (stókhos), στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), στόχασμα | stochastic |
| stómatos |  | stom- | mouth | στόμα, στόματος (stóma, stómatos) | anastomosis, anastomotic, deuterostome, monostomous, ozostomia, pentastomid, protostome, stoma, stomach, stomatalgia, stomatic, stomatoplasty, -stome |
| storénnumi |  | stor-[190] (ΣΤΟΡ)[191] | spread, strew | στορέννυμι (storénnumi), στόρνυμι, στρῶμα (strôma) | biostrome, stroma |
| stratós |  | strat- | army | στρατός (stratós), στρατηγία (stratēgía) | stratagem, strategic, strategist, strategus, strategy, stratocracy, stratography, stratonic |
| stréphein |  | streph-, stroph-, strob-, stromb-[192] | turn | στρέφειν (stréphein), στρεπτός (streptós), στροφή (strophḗ) | anastrophe, antistrophe, apostrophe, boustrophedon, catastrophe, catastrophic, catastrophism, epistrophe, monostrophe, monostrophic, strophe, strophic |
| streptós |  | strept- | twisted | στρέφειν, στρεπτός (streptós), στρεψίς (strepsís) | Strepsiptera, strepsirrhine, streptococcus |
| | stroph- | turn | |||
| Stugós |  | styg-[193] | Styx | Στύξ, Στυγός (Stúx, Stugós), Στύγιος | Stygian, stygiophobia |
| stûlos |  | styl-[194] | column, pillar | στῦλος (stûlos), στυλόω (stulóō) | amphiprostyle, amphistyly, anastylosis, araeostyle, araeosystyle, blastostyle, diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle, monostylous, octastyle, orthostyle, peristyle, prostyle, pycnostyle, stylite, Stylites, stylobate, styloid, stylus, systyle |
 | sybar-[195] | Sybaris | Σύβαρις, συβάρεως, Συβαρίτης Sybarī́tēs, Συβαριτικός | Sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritism | |
| sûkon |  | syc- | fig | συκῆ, σῦκον (sûkon) | sycomancy, sycophant |
| sún |  | syn-, sy-, syg-, syl-, sym-, sys-[196] | with | σύν (sún) | syllogism, symbol, symmetry, sympathy, synonym, synchronous, system |
| súringos |  | syring- | pipe | σύριγξ, σύριγγος (súrinx, súringos) | syringe, Syringodea, Syringoderma, Syringogaster, syringoma, syringomyelia, syrinx |
T
| takhús |  | tach- | swift | ταχύς (takhús), τάχος (tákhos) | tachometer, tachycardia, tachyrhythmia, tachytelic |
| teínein |  | taeni- | ribbon | τείνειν (teínein), ταινία (tainía), ταινίδιον (tainídion) | diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, taenia, taenidia, taenidium, taeniodont, Taeniolabis, zygotene |
| tássein |  | tag- (ΤΑΓ)[197] | arrange, order | τάσσειν (tássein), τακτός (taktós), τακτικός (taktikós), τάξις (táxis), τάγμα (tágma) | ataxia, chemotaxis, epitaxis, eutaxy, hypotaxis, magnetotaxis, metasyntactic, parataxis, phonotactic, phonotactics, phototaxis, rheotaxis, syntactic, syntagma, syntagmatic, syntax, tactic, tagma, taxis, taxonomy, thermotaxis |
| tarássein |  | tarac- (ΤΑΡΑΧ)[198] | stir | ταράσσειν (tarássein), ταρακτός, ταρακτικός, τάραγμα, θράσσω | ataractic, ataraxia |
| tarsós |  | tars- | ankle | ταρσός (tarsós, a flat basket) | metatarsus, tarsal, tarsoclasis, tarsometatarsus, tarsus |
| taûros |  | taur- | bull | ταῦρος (taûros) | Minotaur, taurobolium, taurocholic, tauromachy |
 | tec- (ΤΑΚ)[199] | melt | τήκειν | eutectic, eutectoid | |
| tókos |  | tec-, toc- (ΤΕΚ)[200] | childbirth | τίκτειν, τόκος (tókos) | ditokous, dystocia, embiotocid, monotocous, teknonymous, teknonymy, tokophobia |
| tíktein |  | techn- (ΤΕΚ)[201] | art, skill | τίκτειν (tíktein), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων, τέκτονος (téktōn, téktonos), τεκτονικός (tektonikós) | architect, polytechnic, techne, technique, technocracy, technocrat, technogaianism, technology, technophilia, technophobia, tectonic |
| téknon | | tecn- (ΤΕΚ)[202] | child | τίκτω, τέκνον, τέκνου (téknon, téknou) | teknonymous, teknonymy |
| têle |  | tele- | far, end | τῆλε (têle) | telegram, telegraph, telemetry, telepathy, telephone, telescope, television |
| télos |  | tele- | complete | τέλος, τέλεος (télos, téleos), τέλεσις (télesis) | atelectasis, ateleiosis, atelophobia, teleology, telesis, toll |
| témnein |  | tem-, tom- [203] | cut | τέμνειν (témnein), τομός (tomós), τόμος (tómos), τομή (tomḗ), τμῆσις (tmêsis) | acrotomophilia, anatomy, apotemnophilia, atom, atomic, autotomy, diatom, dichotomous, dichotomy, ectomy, entomology, entomomancy, entomophagous, entomophilous, epitome, monatomic, pentatomic, polyatomic, polytomy, Temnospondyli, tmesis, tome, tomogram, tomography, trichotomous, trichotomy |
| teínein |  | ten-, ton- [205] | stretch | τείνειν (teínein), τεινόμενον, τανύειν (tanúein), τετανός (tetanós), τόνος (tónos), τονικός (tonikós), τονή (tonḗ), τάσις (tásis), ταινία | anhemitonic, atelectasis, atonic, atritonic, barytone, catatonia, catatoniac, catatonic, decatonic, diatonic, ditone, dodecatonic, dystonia, ectasia, enneatonic, entasia, entasis, epitasis, hemitonia, hemitonic, heptatonic, hexatonic, hyperisotonic, hypertonia, hypertonic, hypotenuse, hypotonia, hypotonic, isotonic, microtone, monotone, monotonic, monotonous, monotony, neoteny, octatonic, oxytone, paroxytone, pentatonic, peritoneum, polytonic, proparoxytone, protasis, pyelectasis, syntonic, tetanolysin, tetanospasmin, tetanus, tetany, tetratonic, tone, tonic, tonoplast, tritonic, tune |
| tēreîn |  | tere- | guard | τηρεῖν (tēreîn), τήρησις (tḗrēsis) | synteresis |
| tétartos |  | tetart-[207] | fourth | τέταρτος (tétartos) | tetartanopsia, tetartohedric |
| téssares |  | tetr- | four | τέτϝαρες, τέσσαρες, τεσσάρων (téssares, tessárōn) | diatessaron, tetragon, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetrameter, tetraphobia, tetrapod, tetrode |
| teúkhein | | teuch- | make | τεύχειν (teúkhein), τυγχάνω, τευκτός, τευκτικός, τεῦξις (teûxis), τεῦγμα (teûgma), τεῦχος, τεύχεος (teûkhos, teúkheos), τύχη (túkhē), τυκτός (tuktós) | Heptateuch, octateuch, Pentateuch |
| thálamos |  | thalam- | chamber, bed | θάλαμος (thálamos) | epithalamion, hypothalamus, prothalamion, thalamotomy, thalamus |
| thálassa | | thalass- | sea | θάλασσα (thálassa) | Panthalassa, thalassemia, thalassic, thalassophobia |
| thánatos |  | than- (ΘΑΝ)[208][209] | death | θνήσκειν, θάνατος (thánatos) | euthanasia, thanatocoenosis, thanatoid, thanatology, thanatophobia, thanatophoric, thanatopsis |
| thaumat |  | thaumat- | miracle | θαυματ (thaumat) | thaumatology, thaumaturge, thaumaturgy |
| theós |  | the-, thus- | god | θεός (theós) | atheism, atheistic, ditheism, enthusiasm, monotheism, Pantheon, polytheism, Thea, theobromine, theocracy, theodicy, Theodore, theogony, theology, theophobia, Timothy, tritheism |
| tithénai |  | the- (ΘΕ)[210] | put | τιθέναι (tithénai), θετός (thetós), θετικός (thetikós), θέσις (thésis), θέμα (théma), θήκη (thḗkē) | anathema, anathematic, antithesis, antithetic, apothecium, athematic, Bibliotheca, bodega, boutique, deem, doom, enthesis, enthetic, epenthesis, epenthetic, epitheca, epithet, hypothec, hypothesis, monothematic, nomothetic, oligosynthetic, parenthesis, parenthetic, polysynthetic, prosthesis, prosthetic, prothesis, prothetic, pseudothecium, synthesis, synthetic, theca, thecium, thematic, theme, Themis, thesaurus, thesis, treasure |
| theâsthai |  | thea- | view | θεᾶσθαι (theâsthai), θέατρον (théatron) | amphitheatre, metatheatre, theatre, theatric |
| thēlḗ |  | thel- | nipple | θηλή (thēlḗ) | athelia, endothelium, epithelium, mesothelioma, mesothelium, thelium, thelial |
| theōrētikós |  | theori- | speculation | θεωρητικός (theōrētikós), θεώρημα (theṓrēma), θεωρία (theōría) | theorem, theoretic, theorist, theorize, theory |
| thērós |  | ther- | beast, animal | θήρ, θηρός (thḗr, thērós) | therianthropy, theroid, theropod, theropsid |
| therápōn |  | therap- | serve | θεράπων (therápōn), θεραπεύειν (therapeúein), θεραπευτός, θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós), θεραπεία (therapeía) | therapeutic, therapist, therapy |
| théresthai |  | therm- | heat, warm | θέρεσθαι (théresthai), θέρμη (thérmē), θερμός (thermós) | thermal, athermancy, diathermancy, ectotherm, endotherm, endothermic, exothermic, geothermic, homeothermy, hyperthermia, hypothermia, isotherm, poikilotherm, thermobaric, thermochromism, thermodynamic, thermolysis, thermometer, thermophilic, thermophobia, thermoplastic, thermoplegia, thermos, thermosphere, thermostat, thermostatic |
| thingánein |  | thig- (ΘΙΓ)[211] | touch | θιγγάνειν (thingánein), θίξις (thíxis), θίγημα (thígēma) | antithixotropic, thigmonasty, thigmotaxis, thixotropic, thixotropy |
| thṓrax | | thorac- | chest | θώραξ, θώρακος (thṓrax, thṓrakos) | hemothorax, pneumothorax, thoracic, thorax |
| thumós |  | thym- | mood | θυμός (thumós) | dysthymia |
| thúra |  | thyr- | door | θύρα (thúra) | thyratron |
| thureós |  | thyre- | large shield | θυρεός (thureós) | Thyreophora, thyroid, thyrotropin, thyroxine |
| tomḗ | | tom- | cut | τομή (tomḗ), τόμος (tómos) | anatomy, appendectomy, atom, dichotomy, ectomy, embolectomy, tome, tonsillectomy, vasectomy |
| teínein | | ton- (ΤΑΝ)[213] | stretch | τείνειν (teínein), τόνος (tónos), τονικός (tonikós) | isotonic, monotone, tone |
| tópos |  | top- [214] | place, location | τόπος (tópos) | atopic, atopy, dystopia, ectopia, ectopic, entopic, epitope, eutopia, isotope, nomotopic, polytope, topiary, topic, topography, topology, toponomastics, toponym, toponymy, topos, utopia, zonotope |
| tóxon |  | tox-[216] | arrow, bow, poison | τόξον (tóxon) | anatoxin, antitoxin, autotoxin, exotoxin, intoxicate, neurotoxin, psychotoxic, toxic, toxin, toxoid, toxology, toxoplasmosis |
| trakhús |  | trach-[217] | rough | τραχύς (trakhús) | trachea, tracheids, tracheitis, tracheophyte, tracheostomy, tracheotomy, trachoma |
| trágos | | trag-[218] | he-goat | τράγος (trágos) | tragedy, tragic, tragus |
| trápeza |  | trapez-[219] | four-legged, table | τράπεζα (trápeza), τραπέζιον, (trapézion) | trapeze, trapezium, trapezius, trapezohedron, trapezoid |
| traûma |  | traum-[220] | wound | τραῦμα, τραῦματος (traûma, traûmatos) | trauma, traumatic, traumatize, traumatophobia |
| trékhein |  | trech-, troch-[221] | run, wheel | τρέχειν (trékhein), τρεχόμενον, τρόχος (tróchos), τροχός, τροχοῦ (trochós), τρόχωσις, τροχαῖος (trochaîos), τροχαϊκός (trochaïkós), τροχοειδής | ditrochee, epitrochoid, hypotrochoid, trochaic, trochanter, trochee, trochelminth, trochlea, trochophore, trochoid |
| treiskaídeka |  | treiskaidek- | thirteen | τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka) | triskaidekaphobia, triskaidecagon |
| trêma | | trema- | hole | τετραίνω, τρῆμα (trêma) | monotrematous, monotreme, trema, tréma, trematode |
| trépein | | trep-, trop-[222] | turn | τρέπειν (trépein), τρέψις (trépsis), τρόπος, τρόπου (trópos), τροπή, τροπῆς (tropḗ), τροπικός (tropikós) | allotrope, anisotropy, Atropos, ectropion, entropic, entropion, entropy, heliotropism, isentropic, isotrope, isotropic, isotropy, pleiotropic, pleiotropy, polytrope, protrepsis, protreptic, psychotropic, treponeme, treponematosis, treponemiasis, trope, tropic, tropism, tropopause, troposphere, trove |
| tréphein | | treph-, troph-[223] | feed, grow | τρέφειν (tréphein), τροφός (trophós), τροφή (trophḗ), θρέμμα | amyotrophic, atrophy, autotroph, auxotrophy, chemolithoautotroph, dystrophy, hemidystrophy, heterotroph, hypertrophy, lithoautotroph, lithotroph, mixotroph, organotroph, phagotrophy, photoheterotroph, phototroph, phototrophic, phototrophy, pogonotrophy, poliodystrophy, prototrophy, trophectoderm, trophic, trophobiosis, trophobiotic, trophoblast, trophoblastic, trophozoite |
| tría |  | tri-[224] | three | τρεῖς, τρία (tría), τριάς | atritonic, triad, triadic, Triassic, tricycle, trigon, triode, tripod, trisyllabic, tritonic |
| tríbein | | trib-, tript-[225] | rub | τρίβειν (tríbein), τριπτός, τρῖψις | diatribe, tribochromism, tribology, trypsin, tryptic |
| trikhós | | trich- | hair | θρίξ, τριχός (trikhós) | peritrichous, trichopathophobia, Trichoptera |
| trítos |  | trit- [226] | third | τρίτος (trítos) | tritagonist, tritanomaly, tritanopia, trite, tritium |
| trokhós | | troch- | wheel | τροχός (trokhós) | trochlea |
| tropos | | trop- | turn | τρόπος (tropos) | contrive, heliotropism, isotrope, psychotropic, retrieve, trope, tropic, tropism, troposphere, troubadour, trove |
| trophós |  | troph- | feed, grow | τροφή, τροφός (trophós) | dystrophy, pogonotrophy, trophic |
| trupân |  | tryp-[227] | bore | τρυπᾶν (trupân), τρύπανον (trúpanon) | trepan, trypanophobia, trypanosome |
| túmbos |  | tymb-[228] | mound | τύμβος (túmbos), τυμβεύω, τύμβευμα | entomb, tomb |
| túmpanon |  | tympan- | drum | τύμπανον (túmpanon) | timbre, timpanist, tympani, tympanum |
| túptein |  | typ-[229] (ΤΥΠ[230]) | stamp, model | τύπτειν (túptein), τύπος (túpos), τυπικός (tupikós), τύμπανον (túmpanon) | allotype, archetype, ecotype, ectype, epitype, ergatotype, heterotype, heterotypic, holotype, homeotypic, homotype, homotypic, isosyntype, isotype, lectotype, logotype, monotypic, neotype, paralectotype, paratype, phenotype, prototype, schizotypic, syntype, type, typography, typology |
| túphein | | typh-[231] | smoke | τύφειν (túphein), τῦφος (tûphos), τυφώδης | typhoid, typhous, typhus |
| túrannos | | tyrann-[232] | terrible, tyrant | τύραννος (túrannos) | tyrannize, tyrannosaurus, tyranny, tyrant |
U
| oûlon |  | ul-[233] | gums | οὖλον (oûlon) | ulorrhea |
| oûlos |  | ul-[234] | woolly | οὖλος (oûlos) | Ulotrichi |
| ourá |  | ur-[235] | tail | οὐρά, οὐρᾶς (ourá, ourâs) | anthurium, Anura, brachyurous, colure, cynosure, Diplura, Protura, uroborus, urochord, uroid, uropod |
| oureîn |  | ur-[236] | urine | οὐρεῖν (oureîn), οὖρον, οὔρου (oûron, oúrou), οὔρησις (oúrēsis), οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr), οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra) | antidiuretic, cystinuria, diuresis, diuretic, dysuria, enuresis, homocystinuria, lithuresis, polyurea, polyuria, strangury, uraemia/uremia, urea, uremic, uresiesthesia, uresis, ureter, ureteroscopy, urethra, urology |
| ouranós |  | uran-[237] | heaven, sky | οὐρανός, οὐρανοῦ (ouranós, ouranoû), οὐρανόθεν (ouranóthen) | uraninite, uranium, uranography, uranology, uranometry, uranophobia, Uranus |
| | urg- | work |
X
| xanthós |  | xanth-[238] | yellow | ξανθός (xanthós), ξανθότης (xanthótēs) yellowness | axanthism, heteroxanthine, xanthan, xanthelasma, xanthic, xanthine, Xanthippe, xanthium, xanthochromia, xanthochromism, xanthogenic, Xanthoidea, xanthoma, xanthomatosis, xanthophobia, xanthophore, xanthophyll, xanthopsia, xanthopterin, xanthosis, xanthous |
| xéein |  | xe-[239] | scrape, shave | ξεῖν/ξέειν (xéein), ξέσις (xésis), ξέσμα (xésma) | arthroxesis |
 | xei-, xi-[240] | ks | Ξ, ξ, ξεῖ/ξῖ | xi | |
| xénos |  | xen-[241] | foreign | ξένϝος, ξένος (xénos), ξενικός, ξενία (xenía) | axenic, Xenarthra, xenia, xenic, xenobiotic, xenoblast, xenogamy, xenograft, xenolith, xenology, xenon, xenophobia |
| xērós |  | xer-[242] | dry | ξηρός (xērós), ξηρότης (xērótēs) | elixir, xerasia, xerochilia, xeroderma, xerography, xeromorph, xerophagy, xerophile, xerophthalmia, xerophyte, xerosis |
| xíphos |  | xiph-[243] | sword | ξίφος (xíphos) | xiphisternum, xiphoid, xiphopagus, xiphophyllous |
| xúlon |  | xyl-[244] | wood | ξύλον (xúlon) | metaxylem, protoxylem, xylem, xylene, xylitol, xylocarp, Xylocarpus, xyloid, xylophagous, xylophobia, xylophone, xylostroma |
Z
| zeîn |  | ze-[245] | boil | ζεῖν (zeîn), ζεστός (zestós), ζέσις, ζέμα, ζέματος (zéma, zématos) | eczema, eczematous |
| zêlos |  | zel-[246] | jealousy, zeal | ζῆλος (zêlos), ζηλωτής, ζηλωτοῦ (zēlōtḗs) | zeal, zealot, zealous |
| Zéphuros |  | zephyr-[247] | west wind | Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros) | zephyr |
| zêta |  | zet-[248] | Z, z | Ζ, ζ, ζῆτα (zêta) | zed, zeta |
| zēteîn |  | zete-[249] | seek | ζητεῖν (zēteîn), ζητητός (zētētós), ζητητικός (zētētikós) | zetetic |
| zízuphon |  | zizyph-[250] | jujube | ζίζυφον (zízuphon) | Ziziphus |
| zôion | | zo-[251] | animal, living being | ζῶ, ζῷον (zôion) | anthrozoology, azoic, azotemia, cryptozoology, ectozoon, entozoon, epizoon, Eumetazoa, Mesozoic, Metazoa, protozoa, zoanthropy, zodiac, zoic, zoo, zoochore, zoogamete, zoogeography, zooid/zoöid, zoologic, zoology, zoomorphism, zoon, zoonosis, zoophagy, zoopoetics, zoospore, zootoxin, zooxanthella |
| zōnnúnai |  | zon-[252] | belt, girdle | ζωννύναι (zōnnúnai), ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr), ζῶστρον | phylozone, zonal, zone, zonohedron, zonotope, zoster |
| zeugnúnai |  | zyg-[253] (ΖΥΓ)[254] | yoke | ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai), ζεῦγμα (zeûgma), ζυγωτός (zugōtós), ζυγός, ζυγόν (zugón) | azygous, diazeugma, dizygotic, heterozygote, heterozygous, hyperzeuxis, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, mesozeugma, monozygotic, prozeugma, synezeugmenon, zeugitae, zeugma, zygoma, zygomorphic, zygomorphism, zygomycosis, zygomycota, zygon, Zygoptera, zygote |
| zúmē |  | zym-[255] | ferment | ζέω, ζύμη (zúmē) | alloenzyme, azyme, azymite, enzyme, lysozyme, microzyme, zymase, zyme, zymogen, zymology, zymolysis, zymosis, zymotic, zymurgy |
| sáppheiros | | sapphir-[134] | a precious stone | σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) | sapphire, sapphirine |
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