Greek Roots:

ROOT

MEANING

EXAMPLE

agogos

Lead, leader

Pedagogue, demagogy

allos

other

Allopathic,

alter

other

Alternate, altercation, alter-ego,

altruism

algia

pain

Nostalgia, neuralgia, analgesic

ambi

both

Ambivalent, ambidextrous

ambulo

Walk, move

Ambulatory, amble

anima

Soul, breath, life

Animated, magnanimous,
equanimity, unanimous

ante

before

Antediluvian, antecedent, anterior

anti

against

Antiseptic, antithesis

10

anthropos

mankind

Misanthrope, anthropology

11

arch

rule

Anarchy, hierarchy

12

astron

Stars, heavens

Aster, astrology

13

Bene

good

Benediction, benefactor

14

Bibre

drink

Bibulous, imbibe

15

Bios

life

Biology, biosphere, biopsy

16

Cadere

To fall

Decadent, cadaver

17

Caedo

kill

Suicide, matricide, regicide

18

Card

heart

Cardiac, cardiogram,

19

Carnus

flesh

Carnal, carnelian, carnage

20

Caval

horse

Cavalier, cavalcade, chivalrous,

cavalry

21

celer

Speed

Accelerate, celerity

22

Cheval

Horse

Chevalier

23

Chiros

hand

Chiropodist,

24

Chondria

Cartilage of breastbone

Hypochondria (since the ancients

believed that all ailments
originated here)

25

Cilium

eyelid

Supercilious

26

Clast

break

Iconoclast

27

crac

rule

Autocracy, democracy,
bureaucracy

28

dia

through

diaphanous