Greek and Latin word Elements in Chemical Terminology

Question 1

HEDR/O (hē‐ drō)

Answer 1

Current: Side

Ety: Gr. hedra, side

Ex: Polyhedral, dodecahedron

Question 2

MER/O (mĕr‐ ō)
‐MER (mĕr)
‐MERE (mēr)

Answer 2

Current: Part, partial

Ety: Gr. meros, a part

Ex: Merotomy, polymer, blastomere

Question 3

GONI/O (gō‐nē‐ ō)
GON/O (go‐nō)
‐ GON (gon)

Answer 3

Current: Angle

Ety: Gr. gonia, angle

Ex: Goniometer, trigonal, hexagon

Question 4

ERG/O (ĕr‐ gō)
‐URGY (ŭr‐jē)

Answer 4

Current: Work

Ety: Gr. ergon, work

Ex: Synergic, metallurgy

Question 5

PYR/O (pī‐rō)

Answer 5

Current: Fire, fever

Ety: Gr. pyr, fire, fever

Ex: Pyrogen, pyromania

Question 6

HYGR/O (hī‐ grō)

Answer 6

Current: Moisture, wet, humidity

Ety: Gr. hygros, wet

Ex: Hygrometer, hygrophilous

Question 7

THERM/O (thĕr‐mō)
‐THERM (thĕrm)

Answer 7

Current: Heat, temperature

Ety: Gr. thermos, heat

Ex: Thermometer, ectotherm

Question 8

CALOR/O (kă‐lo‐rō)
CAL/O (kă‐lō)

Answer 8

Current: Heat, calorie

Ety: L. calor, caloris, heat

Ex: Caloric, transcalent

Question 9

STOICHI/O (stoy‐kē‐ ō)

Answer 9

Current: Element

Ety: Gr. stoicheion, element

Ex: Stoichiometry, stoichiometric

Question 10

PSYCHR/O (sī‐krō)

Answer 10

Current: Cold

Ety: Gr. psychros, cold

Ex: Psychroalgia, psychrophilic

Question 11

XER/O (zer‐ ō)

Answer 11

Current: Dry

Ety: Gr. xeros, dry

Ex: Xeroderma, xerostomia

Question 12

GE/O (jē‐ ō)

Answer 12

Current: Earth, land

Ety: Gr. ge, earth

Ex: Geobiology, apogeotropic

Question 13

AER/O (ĕ‐rō)

Answer 13

Current: Air

Ety: Gr. aer, air

Ex: Anaerobic, aerobe

Question 14

TOP/O (tō‐pō)
‐TOPE (tōp)

Answer 14

Current: Place

Ety: Gr. topos, place

Ex: Topognosia, isotope

Question 15

TROP/O (trŏ‐pō)
‐TROPE (trōp)

Answer 15

Current: Turn, change

Ety: Gr. trope, turn, change

Ex: Allotropic, somatotrope

Question 16

CIS/O (sīz‐ ō)
‐ CIDE (sīd)

Answer 16

Current: Cut, kill

Ety: L. caedere, caesum, to kill, cut

Ex: Incision, piscicide

Question 17

TRANS‐ (trans)

Answer 17

Current: Across, through Ety: L. trans, across
Ex: Transient, transcalent

Question 18

CIS‐ (sĭs)

Answer 18

Current: On this side

Ety: L. cis, on this side

Ex: Cisgender, cisplatin

Question 19

SESQUI‐ (sĕs‐kwĭ)

Answer 19

Current: One and a half

Ety: L. sesqui, one and a half

Ex: Sesquihora, sesquicentennial

Question 20

IS/O (ī‐ sō)

Answer 20

Current: Equal

Ety: Gr. isos, equal

Ex: Isomer, isotope

Question 21

HOM/O (hōm‐ ō)

Answer 21

Current: Same

Ety: Gr. homos, like, same

Ex: Homograft, homoblastic

Question 22

HETER/O (hĕt‐ ĕr‐ ō)

Answer 22

Current: Different from, other

Ety: Gr. heteros, other of two

Ex; Heterogeneous, heteroalbumose

Question 23

ENANTI/O (ĕn‐ăn‐tē‐ ō)

Answer 23

Current: Opposite

Ety: Gr. enanta, opposite

Ex: Enantiomer, enantiomorph

Question 24

ALL/O (al‐ ō)

Answer 24

Current: Different, other, foreign

Ety: Gr. allos, other of a group

Ex: Allomerism, alloantigen

Question 25

NEUTR/O (nū‐trō)

Answer 25

Current: Neither, neutral Ety: L. neuter, neutra, neutrum, neither Ex: Neutron, neutrocytic

Question 26

ELECTR/O (ĕ‐lek‐trō)

Answer 26

Current: Electricity ety: Gr. elektron, amber Ex: Electrode, electron

Question 27

HOD/O (hō‐ dō) OD/O (ōd‐ ō) ‐ ODE (ōd)

Answer 27

Current: Road, path, traveling Ety: Gr. hodos, road, path Ex: Hodograph, method, anode

Question 28

MOL/O (mōl‐ ō) MOLECUL/O (mŏ‐lek‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 28

Current: Mass, mole Molecule Ety: L. moles, a mass L. molecula, little mass Ex: Molar, molecular Loan word Mole (mōl)

Question 29

OSM/O (oz‐mō)

Answer 29

Current: Impulse, push, osmosis Ety: Gr. osmos, impulse, push Ex: Osmotic, osmosi

Question 30

VAL/O (va‐lō) or (vā‐lō)

Answer 30

Current: Strength Ety: L. valere, to be strong Ex: Covalence, monovalent

Question 31

STERE/O (stĕr‐ ē‐ ō)

Answer 31

Current: Solid, three‐ dimensional Ety: Gr. stereos, solid Ex: Stereoacuity, stereotropism