APPENDIX E

Greek morphemes index

Prefixes

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
a-; an-	not; without	hyper-	over; too much
allo-	other	ideo-	idea
ana-	up	idio-	one’s own
anti-	against	iso-	equal
auto-	self	kilo-	thousand
bi-	two; twice	macro -	large
caco-	bad; ill	mega-; megalo -	large
cata-	down; completely; against	micro-	small
deca-	ten	mono	one
deutero-	second	neo-	new
di-	two; twice	olig-	few
dia-	through; across	ortho-	right; correct
dys-	difficult; bad	pachy-	thick
ec-	home	paleo-	ancient
ec-; ex-	out	pan-; pant-; panto-	all
en-	in	penta-	five
epi-	upon	peri-	around
eu –	good	poly-	many
hemi-	half	pro-	before
hetero-	unlike; various	proto-	first
hier-	sacred	pseudo-	false
holo-	whole	sym- ; syn-	with; together
homo-	same	tauto-	same
hypo-	under	tel-; tele-	far; distant

This Greek morphemes section is from: Alene H. Harris, PhD, Greek Morphemes Lessons: It’s NOT Greek to Me! (3rd edition, 2010). Her website is http://readytoteach.com.

Roots

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
acro	tip; top; end	dem	people
aer	lower air	dendr	tree
aesth	feeling; perception	derm; dermat	skin
agog	lead	dox	belief; opinion
anth	flower	drom	a running; course
anthrop	man; mankind	dyn; dynam	power; force
arch	govern	entom	insect
archae	ancient	ep	word
arthr	joint	erg; urg	work
astr	star	esth	feeling; perception
athl	prize	eth	moral; habit
ball	throw	ether	upper air
bar	weight; pressure	ethn	nation
bat	step; go	etym	word
batho	depth	gam	marriage
bibl; biblio	book	gen	kind; race; origin
bio	life	geo	earth
caust	burn	glot	tongue; language
centr; center	center	glyph	carving
cephal	head	gno; gnos	know
chir	hand	gon	angle
chlor	light green	graph; gram	write; draw; record
chrom	color	gyn	woman
chron	time	haem; hem ; aem; em	blood
clin	lie; lean; recline	helio	sun
cosm	world; order	hipp	horse
crat	mix	hydr	water
crit	judge; discern	hygr	moisture
crypt	hidden	ichthy	fish
cycle	circle	icon	image; idol
cyt; cyte; cyto	cell	kine	movement
dactyl	finger; toe	lith	stone

Roots CONTINUED

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
log	idea; word; speech; study	pod	foot
meter; metr	measure	polis; polit	city
mim	imitate	psych	mind; soul; spirit
miso	hate	pyr	fire
mne; mnes	memory	rrh; rhea; rheo	gush; flow
morph	form	schism	split; cleave
nau	ship	scop; skept	look at; examine
necro	dead	sept	poison by decay
neur	nerve	somat	body
nom	law; arrangement	soph	wise
od	way; path	spor	seed; sowing
onym; onoma	name	stas; stat	stop; stand
op; ops; opt	eye; view; sight	tact; tax	arrangement; order
opthalm	eye	taph	tomb
ornith	bird	techn	art; skill
osteo	bone	thalass	sea
path	feeling; disease	thana	death
ped	child; instruction	thaumat	wonder
petr	rock	the	put; place
phag	eat	theo	god
phan	shine; show; appear	therap	cure
phil	love	therm	heat
phon	sound	tom	cut
phos; phot	light	top	tune; stretch
phyll; phyllo	leaf	top	put; place
phys	nature; growth	tox	poison
phyt	plant	trop	turn
plasm; plast	substance; form; shape	troph	feed; nourish
plut	wealth	type	model
pneu	air	zo	animal

SUFFIXES

MORPHEME	MEANING	MORPHEME	MEANING
-algia	pain	-mancy	prophecy; prediction
-clast	one who shatters or destroys	-mania	a madness for
-cracy	rule	-maniac	one who has a madness for
-crat	one who rules	-ologist	one who studies
-ia	makes abstract noun	-ology	study of
-iatry; -iatrics	a healing	-orama	view
-ic	makes a noun or adjective	-ous	full of
-ics	makes a noun	-phobia	a fear of
-ism	makes an abstract noun	-phobiac	one who has a fear of
-ist	one who	-phor; -phoria	a bearing; carrying; production
-itis	inflammation	-poly	sale
-latry	worship	-sis	makes abstract noun
-lysis	loosening; solution	-y	makes abstract noun
-machia; -machy	war; fight