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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)