Common Greek Root Words used in English Today
Here are common Greek root words (and their definitions) we use in English.
- Arch – chief
- Auto – referring to the self
- Biblio – anything pertaining to a book
- Bios – life or living things in general
- Cosmos – order or world
- Cracy – any type of government entity
- Demos - pertaining people
- Derma - referring to the skin
- Ethnos – race or nation
- Gastro – pertaining to the stomach
- Geo – pertaining to the earth
- Hydro – pertaining to water
- Hypno – pertaining to sleep
- Isos – equal, alike or identical
- Kilo - thousand
- Lithos – referring to stone
- Logos – word or study
- Mania – pertaining to madness
- Mega – large or powerful
- Monos – pertaining to one
- Neuron – pertaining to the nerve
- Nomos – law or science
- Octo - eight
- Pan – pertaining to all or every
- Phobia – fear or dread of something
- Phone – referring to sound or speaking
- Psycho – pertaining to the soul or the mind
- Scopos – to spy, watch or see
- Static –causing to stand
- Tele – referring to something far off
- Therapy – pertaining to curing
- Thermo – pertaining to heat
- Thesis – a position or opinion
- Zoon – pertaining to animals
