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CC 303: Latin and Greek Elements in English

Greek Lesson VII

AESTHE-, ESTHE- to feel, perceive
aesthete/esthete, aesthetic/esthetic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthesiologyist, anesthesiology, hyperesthesia

ANTHROP- human being
anthropoid, anthropocentric, anthropologist, anthropology, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, anthropophagi (cannibals), lycanthrope, lycanthropy (lycos wolf), misanthrope, masanthropy, philanthropic, philanthropy

ARCHA(E)-, ARCHE- ancient, primitive, beginning [related to suffix -archy 'rule by'
archaic, arch (main, chief, principal), archive, archon, anarchism, anarchy, anarchist, archduke, archenemy, archetype, archeology, archipelago (a sea w/ many islands, pelagos = sea), autarky (self-sufficiency), matriarch, patriarchy, monarch, monarchal, monarchy, oligarch, oligarchy

AST(E)R- star
asterisk, disaster, asteroid, astrobiology, astrodome, astrodynamics, astronomy, astrology, astronaut, astronomical, astrophysics,

GEN(E)-, GON- to produce, originate
gender, gene, genesis, generate, generation, generative, generator, generosity, generous, genial, genius, genital, genre, gens, genuine, genus, degeneracy, degenerate, degeneration, ingénue, disingenuous, genealogical, genocide, homogeneous, gonad, gonorrhea (rhein to flow), cosmogony

GER(ONT)_ old age, old people
geriatrics, gerontocracy, gerontology, agerasia (an unusually youthful appearance in a person of advanced years)

HOL- whole
holiness, holism, holistic, catholic, holocaust, hologram, holograph

IATR_ physician, medicine
iatrarchy (gvt. by physicians), geriatric, geriatrics, geriatrician, pediatric, pediatrician, pediatrics, psychiatrist, psychiatry

PEP(T)- to digest
peptic, peptide, dyspepsia, peptogenic, peptolysis, eupeptic, Pepto- (trade name)

TECHN- art, skill, craft
technical, technicality, technician, technique, technocracy, technological, technology, pyrotechnic

Greek Lesson VIII

CHROM(AT)- color [from the noun chroma 'color']
chromasome, chromatid, chromatography, monochrome, polychrome, Kodachrome, chromatic, chrome, chromium (Cr), achromatic, hyperchromatic

CRI- to judge, decide, separate
crisis (pl. crises), criterion, critic, critical, criticize, critique, endocrine, hypocrisy (in Gk drama, the playing of a part, speaking from under a mask, pretending to be what one is not), diacritical, hypercritical

ETHN- race, cultural group
ethnic, ethnos, ethnocentrism, ethnography, ethnomusicology

LECT- (LEG-, LEX-) to speak, choose
lexeme, lexical, lexicon, dialect, dialectic, dialectology, prolegomenon, dyslexia, alexia, lexicographer, lexicology, (contrast latin root LEG-/LEX-/LIT- 'law')

PHA(N)- to show, appear (to say, assert, to show by saying) IE: bha- to gleam, shine
phantasia, phantasm, phantasy, phantom, phenomenal, phenomenon, diaphanous, epiphany, theophany, Disguised Root: fantastic, fantasy

PHIL- to love
philander (to engage lightly in passing love affairs), philanthropic, philanthropy, philharmonic, philhellene, philodendron, philogyny, philology, philosophy, bibliophile, hemophilia, hemophiliac, necrophilia, Philip (philos + hippos), Philadelphia

PHON- sound, voice
phone, phoneme, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, telephone, phonograph, phonogram, euphony, euphonious, stereophonic (stereo, solid), ebonics

POLY- many, much
polychromatic, polygamous, polyglot, polygon (gon, angle), polygraph, polymer (mere, part), polymorph, oplyphonic, polysyndeton, polytechnic, polysemy

TAUT- the same
tautology,

THERM- temperature...
heatectotherm, endotherm, hyperthermia, thermodynamics, thermometer, thermostat (stat, to set)


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