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Etymology Note Cards Greek Prefixes 1-13
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Note Card #1 Name (First, Last) Period
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Note Card #2 Prefix a not Without lacking
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Note card #3 Prefix amphi Both Around of both sides
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#4 Prefix anti Against Opposite Rivaling In exchange
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#5 Prefix dia Through Across Apart between
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#6 Prefix ec out
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#7 Prefix En Em El In into
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#8 Prefix epi Upon At In addition over
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#9 Prefix hyper Over Above Beyond excessive
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#10 Prefix hypo Under Below Less than
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#11 Prefix peri around
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#12 Prefix para Beside Contrary
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#13 Prefix pro Before In front of
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#14 Prefix Syn Syl Sym With Together like
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Examples Apathy-a Amphitheater- amphi Antitoxin-anti Diameter-dia
Eccentric-ec Endemic-en Epidermis-epi Hyperacidity-hyper 9. Hypodermic-hypo 10. Paradox-para 11. Perimeter-peri 12. Proscenium-pro 13. Synthetic-syn
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Greek Prefixes 14-20 Total Note Cards=20
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14 Prefix ana Up Upon Again back
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15 Prefix apo From Away from Off
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16 Prefix Cata cath Down Completely Concerning
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17 Prefix ecto Outside of
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18 Prefix Endo Ento within
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19 Prefix Meta Met Meth Among With Beyond differently
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20 Prefix pros To Toward In addition
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General Reminders Roots and prefixes may appear at the beginning, middle, and end of a word Example: Megaphone Photosynthesis Orthography
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21 Root Anthrop Man or mankind
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22 phil Love Strong tendency toward
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23 Root Miso Hate
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24 Root Bibl biblio book
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25 Root Graph Gram Write Draw Describe record
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26 Root phon Sound
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27 Root Scop Scept skept Look at examine
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Note Cards 28-34 Write down on lined paper if you do not have note cards Remember prefixes may appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a word!
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28 Prefix Eu Good Well
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29 Prefix Caco Bad ill
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30 Prefix Mega Macro large
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31 Prefix Micro small
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32 Prefix Tele Far Distant
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33 Suffix Mania Madness for… Excessive fondness
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34 Suffix phobia Fear of…
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35-45 Remember to use lined paper if you do not have note cards.
Make sure you get this information on note cards by next Tuesday! Note card checks starting next Tuesday
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35 Suffix logy The study of…
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36 Root arch Rule or govern
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37 Root Dem people
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38 Root Gen Gon Kind Race Origin Descent
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39 Root Gyn Woman Female
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40 Prefix archa ancient
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41 Prefix hetero Various Unlike
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42 Prefix Homo Same
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43 Prefix Olig few
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44 Prefix Pan all
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45 Prefix Poly Many
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Note Cards 46-54 Roots may appear throughout the word!
Read for content and context clues!
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46 Root Path Feeling disease
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47 Root Batho Bathy depth
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48 Root Therap cure
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49 Root Haem (aem) Hem (em) blood
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50 Root Rhea Rheo Flow Gush burst
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51 Root Stat stas Stand Top
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52 Root Erg Urg work
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53 Root Gno Gnos Know
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54 Prefix Hemi Half
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Note cards 55-63 Roots may appear throughout the word!!
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55 Root theo god
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56 Root geo earth
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57 Root helio sun
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58 Root Dyn dynam Power Force
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59 Root chron Time
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60 Root chrom Color
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61 Root meter Measure
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62 Root center Center Middle
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63 Root cycl Circle
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Note Cards 64-73 Roots=Anywhere Prefix=Beginning Suffix=End
This set of words deals mostly with the body. Many medical terms come from these roots. Think of the body, and these roots will be easier to remember.
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64 Root tom cut
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65 Root Ton Ten stretch
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66 Root chir hand
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67 Root pod foot
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68 Root cephal head
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69 Root dactyl Finger toe
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70 Root Gloss Glot Tongue Language
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71 Root Osteo bone
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72 Root derm skin
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73 Root Plas Mold Shape form
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Quarter Two Note Cards Your quizzes will start back at 1.
We will continue to do reviews and exercises with the previous note cards. Your final exam will still have the first 73 note card prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
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Note cards 74-93 74 Root bio life
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75 Root phys Nature growth
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76 Root psych Mind Soul spirit
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77 Root soma body
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78 Root lith stone
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79 Root Petr peter rock
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80 Root glyph carving
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81 Root icon Image Idol
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82 Root astr star
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83 Root nom Arrangement law
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84 Root Onoma Onym name
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85 Root Ec Oec Not the prefix ec which means out! House environment
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86 Root Ethn nation
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87 Prefix paleo ancient
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88 Prefix neo new
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89 Prefix hier sacred
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90 Suffix Clasm clast To break Destruction One who destroys
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91 Suffix Lysis lyst Solution One who solves a problem
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92 Suffix iatry iatrist Healing One who heals
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Note Cards 93-103 Roots may appear throughout the word.
Note Card Check next Tuesday! 30 points, checking first two groups of notes from quarter two! Quiz next Tuesday! Vocabulary due tomorrow.
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93 Root Crat Cras Mix
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94 Root Cosm Order World Universe
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95 Root Polit Polis city
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96 Root Top place
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97 Root Thalass Thalatt sea
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98 Root Nau Naus Ship sailor
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99 Root Plut Wealth
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100 Prefix idio One’s own Individual
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101 Prefix ideo idea idea
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102 Prefix auto self
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103 Rule/government One who rules Pertaining to rule
Do not confuse the suffix crat meaning “rule” with the root crat meaning “mix.” Suffix Cracy Crat cratic
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Note Cards 104-116 Roots may appear throughout the word! Suffix=end
Prefix=beginning Quiz Next Tuesday! 45 points (30 old plus 13 new).
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104 Root Crit Cris Separate Judge Discern Example: Critical
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105 Root Dendr Tree Example: Dendrology
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106 Root Phyte Plant Example: Chlorophyll
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107 Root Anth Flower Example: Polyanthus
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108 Root Zo Animal zoology
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109 Root hipp Horse hippopotamus
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110 Root Drom Running Race hippodrome
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111 Root Entom Insect Entomology
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112 Root Etym True meaning Etymology
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113 Root Ep Word Cacoepy
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114 Root Pronounced: phayg Phag Eat zoophagous
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115 Root Spor Scatter Spore
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116 Suffix Oidism Oid Resemblance That which resembles Cycloid
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