Greek Roots Flashcards by Tamsin Pargiter

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anthrop-

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Human being

Anthropology

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arch-

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To rule

Chief, ruler

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arist

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Best

Aristocrat

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aut

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Self

Autonomous

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bi

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Life

Biology

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chron

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Time

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dem

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People

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gam

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Marriage

Hierogamy ( sacred marriage)

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ge

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Earth

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graph

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Write, record

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gynae, gyn

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Woman

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kines, kinet, cine

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Motion

Kinetic, cinema

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cosm

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Universe, order

Cosmos, cosmology, cosmetics

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crat

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Power, rule

Democrat

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log

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Word, study, explanation

Sociology

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man

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Madness

Hydromania

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mis

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Hatred

Misanthrope

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morph

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Shape

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phan

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Show

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pol, polit

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City

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psych

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Mind, soul

Psychology

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Soph

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Wise

Sophisticated

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tele

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Far away

Telephone

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the

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God

Theology

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Geron

Old people Gerontocracy

Start

Military Strategy, stratocracy

Plut

Wealth Plutocracy

Ochl

Mob Ochlocracy

Klept

Thieves Kleptocracy = corrupt

Agora

Outside

nyct

Dark

ornith

Birds

arachn

Spiders

Photo

Light

necro

Dead people

helio

Sun

Pono

Overworking

Thanat

Death

Acro

Heights

Ailiro

Cats

Zoo

Animals

ichthy

Fish

seis

Earthquakes

Petr

Rocks

Conch

Shells

Dendr

Trees

Path

Causes Pathology - studying the causes of diseases.

Spele

Caves Spelunking, speleology

Herpet

Amphibious animals

Pharma

Drugs

Ethno

Characters of various people ?

Oeno

Wine Oenology. Also vianology

Hippo

Horse

Pyro

Fire

Hypno

Sleep

Megal

Power

Hedon

Pleasure

Cyno

Dogs

Gymn

Nakedness

Haem

Blood Haemophilia - don't scab, bleed profusely

Therm

Warmth, temperature

Entom

Bees Entomologist

Haigi

Relating to saints

agog

lead

archae

old, ancient

dogma, dogmat

principle

dox

opinion

empiric

tested, experience

erg

work

ethn

race

ethos, eth

nature, deposition, custom

gen

family, race

gon, gen

to be born, produce, originate Protagonist

gno, gnost

knowledge Agnostic

heter

different

homo

same

crit, critic, cris

hide

lex

word

ly

loosen

mne, mnes

memory

mnemon

remembering

neo

new

nom

rule

onym

name

orth

straight

path

feeling, suffering, disease Sympathy, empathy

phet

speak Prophet

scop

observe

tax

arrangement, order

therm

heat

thes, thet

placing, setting

top

place

typ

impression, model

Ophid

Snakes

Pseph

Elections and voting

Aichmo

Needles and pointed objects

Selacho

Sharks

Amath

Dust

Astra

Thunder and lightening

Trypo

Holes (trypophobia - fear of falling into holes)

Atychi

Failure

andr-

Man Android