Starts with S

Question 1

s-

Answer 1

Language Of Origin : Italian from Latin
Definition : out

*see ex-/ef-.
Example :
sfogato
sforzando
sfumato

Question 2

sacchar-

Answer 2

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition : from
[ Greek -sugar ]
Example :
saccharify
saccharolytic
oleosaccharum
[Cf. glycy-]

Question 3

salt-

Answer 3

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition : to jump

Example :
saltant
saltimbocca
saltimbanco
saltigrade
salta

[Cf. L salire
silire]

Question 4

sanguin-

Answer 4

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition : blood
Example :
sanguinolent
sanguineous
sanguivorous
sanguimotor
consanguina

Question 5

sapon-

Answer 5

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :soap

Example :
saponaceous
saponin
saponary
saponify
savonnerie

Question 6

scel-/skel-

Answer 6

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : leg
Example :
makroskelic
triskelis
brachyskelous
triskelion
sceloporus

Question 7

sci-

Answer 7

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : to know
Example :
scienter
scientia
scientifiction
sciolism
scilicet
adscititious
sciential

Question 8

scia-/skia-/scio-

Answer 8

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : shadow
Example :
sciamachy
scialytic
sciophyte
sciomancy
sciapod

Question 9

scler-

Answer 9

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : hard, hardened

Example :
sclerophylly
sclerocauly
scleretinite
sclera
[Cf. L dur-hard]

Question 10

schiz-

Answer 10

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : to split, divided
Example :
schizophrenia
diaschisis
schizaxon
schizaffin
schizogenous

Question 11

-sect

Answer 11

Language Of Origin :Latin
Definition: cut,divide

Example :
venesect
pinnatisect
resect
dissect
sectarian
insect
[Cf. tom-/-tomy]

Question 12

-scope

Answer 12

Language Of Origin: Greek
Definition : instrument for seeing

Example:
auriscope
cavascope
aethrioscope
chromascope
laproscopy
cheiroscope
duodenoscope
epidiascope
ebullioscope
kinescope
laparoscope
lychnoscope

Question 13

selen-

Answer 13

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : moon
Example :
antiselene
selenium
paraselene
selenodont
[Cf. L lun- moon.]

Question 14

secund-/secundi-

Answer 14

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :second

Example :
secundogeniture
secundigravid
secundiparous

[Cf. deut]

Question 15

semi-/demi-/hemi-

Answer 15

Language Of Origin : Latin\Greek
Definition : 1/2

Example :
hemiolia
demy
semitendinosus
semibejan
demivol
hem

Question 16

sem-/semat-

Answer 16

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : sign
Example :
polysemant
semeiotic
semaphore
semasiology
[Cf. L sign-]

Question 17

set-

Answer 17

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :bristle
Example :
setaceous
seton
setula
[Cf. New Latin chaet- bristle.]

Question 18

sex-

Answer 18

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :six
Example :
sexennial
sextuplex
sexpartite
seicento
[Cf. Greek hex- six.]

Question 19

sial-

Answer 19

Language Of Origin : New Latin from Greek
Definition : saliva
Example :
sialagogue
sialography
sialolithiasis
[Cf. Greek ptyal- saliva.]

Question 20

siphon-

Answer 20

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : tube, pipe
Example :
siphoneous
siphonapterology
siphorhinal
siphonoglyph
siphonaceous

Question 21

-sis

Answer 21

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : action, process
Example :
ecthlipsis
rutidosis
synaesthesis
synderesis
yellowsis
madarosis

Question 22

-sol

Answer 22

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition : soil
Example :
mollisol
lithosol
regosol
planosol
pergelisol
[Don’t confuse w/ Latin soli- sun.]

Question 23

som-
somato-

Answer 23

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : body
Example :
somatochrome
somatomedin
somatopleure
plasmosoma
proteasome

Question 24

-sphere

Answer 24

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : sphere
Example :
aesthenosphere
Sphoeroides
sphaeraphis
spherocyte
icosasphere
plasmasphere

Question 25

spir-

Answer 25

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :breathe, spiral

Example :
spiracle
spirantization
spirillary
suspire
Cristispira
spiritoso

Question 26

spondyl-

Answer 26

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : vertebra
Example :
asterospondylic
lepospondylous
spondylolisthesis

[Different than condyl-!]

Question 27

stat-/stas-

Answer 27

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : to stand
Example :
epistasis
iconostas
parastas
peristalith
psychostasia

[Latin stare.]

Question 28

steato-

Answer 28

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : fat
Example :
steatopygous
steatogenous
steatolysis
cholesteatoma

[Cf. Latin adipo-.]

Question 29

sten-

Answer 29

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : narrow
Example :
stenoecic
stenecious
stenion
stenogastry
stenopaic
[Cf. Greek eury-.]

Question 30

sthen-

Answer 30

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : strength
Example :
phonasthenia
myasthenia
asthenobiosis
clinohypersthene
Demosthenean

Question 31

stom-

Answer 31

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : mouth
Example :
stomochord
camerostome
epistoma
etheostomoid
cylicostome
scyphistoma

Question 32

sub-
suc-
suf-
sus-
sup-

Answer 32

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :under, below
Example :
succinctorium
subalmoner
sustentaculum
suppletive

Question 33

sud-

Answer 33

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :sweat
Example :
sudoriferous
sudoriparous
sudamen
sudadero
sudaminal

[Cf. Greek hidr-.]

Question 34

super-

Answer 34

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :above, over
Example :
supercilious
superaurale
supersedeas
soubresaut

[Cf. L. supra- above.]

Question 35

sur-

Answer 35

Language Of Origin :French from Latin
Definition :over
Example :
surexcitation
surcoat
surcingle
surjection
surtout

[Cf. super-.]

Question 36

sylv-
silv-

Answer 36

Language Of Origin : Latin
Definition :wood
Example :
Sylvaner
pinosylvin
sylvatic
sylvicoline
sylvinite
silvical
selva

Question 37

sy-
syn-
sym-
syl-
sys-

Answer 37

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : together
Example :
syssarcosis
synecphonesis
syntenosis
synechthran
syndesis
Synedrion
synallagmatic
tenosynovitis
systyle
sylloge
systole
synapheia
synaxarist
symmelus

Question 38

syring-

Answer 38

Language Of Origin : Greek
Definition : tube
Example :
syringobulbia
syringomyelia
syringadenous

[Cf. Latin :tubi-.]