Greek
and Latin
Morphemes in
English Words |
These are some Greek and
Latin morphemes found in
English words, in no particular order.
-ic |
A,N |
-ize |
V |
-y |
N |
anthrop |
human |
bio |
life |
cac |
bad |
chrom |
color |
chron |
time |
circum- |
around |
cosm |
universe, order, ornament |
de- |
in reverse, away, down |
ecto- |
outside |
endo- |
inside |
extra- |
outside |
gam |
marriage, sexual union |
iatr |
treat, heal |
idi |
individual, own |
infra- |
below, after |
inter- |
between, among |
intra- |
within |
log |
study, speak |
macro- |
long, large |
micro- |
small |
mis- |
hate |
morph |
shape, form |
nom |
law, system |
path |
feel, illness |
peri- |
around, close |
phil |
love, tendency |
phon |
sound, speech sound |
pol |
community, city, state |
post- |
after, behind |
pre- |
before |
pseud |
false |
psych |
mind, spirit |
pyr |
fire, fever |
supra- |
above, greater |
theo |
god |
top |
place |
xen |
foreign |
a-/an- |
not, without |
anim |
mind, spirit, life |
ab-/abs- |
from, away |
-ary/-ory |
A, N |
-ate |
N, A, V* |
contra-/counter- |
against, facing |
corp/corpor |
body, flesh |
culp |
fault, crime |
duc |
lead, draw, pull |
-ence/-ance |
N |
-ent/-ant |
A, N |
fug |
flee |
grat |
thankful, kind |
greg |
gather |
hom |
earthling, human |
-ion |
N |
-ive |
A, N |
leg |
law, charge |
liber |
weigh, consider |
liter |
letter |
mot |
move |
nat |
source, birth, tribe |
nov |
new |
omni- |
all |
-ous |
A |
par |
beget, produce |
per- |
through, bad |
pet |
go, seek |
petr |
rock |
pot |
be able, powerful |
pro- |
forward, for |
prob |
test, find good |
re-/red- |
again, back |
sci |
know, discern |
se-/sed- |
apart |
sec |
cut, split |
somn |
sleep |
tempor |
time |
ven |
come, bring |
ver |
true |
al/ol |
nurture, grow |
am/im/amor |
love |
ana- |
up, again, back |
ann/enn |
year |
ante-/anti- |
old, before |
apec/apic |
tip |
apt/ept |
fit, capable |
bol/bl |
throw, extend |
cap/cep/cip/cup |
take, contain |
cata- |
down, away, back, opposite |
cer/cre/cr |
separate, judge |
cid/cis |
cut, kill |
con-/co- |
together, with |
cub/cumb |
lie down, remain |
dei/div |
god, augury |
dia- |
through, apart |
equ/iqu |
even, level |
erg/urg/org |
work |
fac/fec/fic |
do, make |
frag/frang/fring |
break |
fus |
pour, melt, blend |
gon/gen/gn |
birth, type, origin |
hypo- |
under, below, partial |
in-/en- |
in, into |
men/mn |
think, mind |
meta- |
beyond |
noc/nec/nic/necr |
harm, death |
-oid |
resembling [A, N] |
para- |
beside, resembling |
pond/pend |
hang, weigh, pay, consider |
sacer/secr |
holy, priestlike |
semen/semin |
seed |
spec/spic |
look, see |
sta/stat/stet/stit |
stand, condition |
tat/teg/tig/tang/ting |
touch, feel |
ten/tin |
hold, maintain |
tom/tm |
cut |
vic/vinc |
conquer |
vor |
eat |
zo |
animal |
-ity |
N [name of quality] |
-sis |
N [name of action or its result] |
ad- |
to, toward |
ag/ig |
act, do, drive |
alt |
high |
ambl |
walk, go |
andr |
male, man |
apo- |
away, from, off |
arch |
first, govern |
av |
bird, fly |
cad/cas/cid |
fall |
ced/ceed/cess |
go, let go |
clud/clus |
to close |
dog/doc |
teach |
epi- |
on, over |
ero |
physical love |
esthet/esthes |
perceive, feel |
eu |
well, good |
ex-/e-/ec- |
out, away |
grad/gred/gress |
step, go |
heli |
sun |
hetero- |
other, different |
homo-/homeo- |
same |
in- |
not |
iso- |
equal |
leg/lig |
pick, read |
lic |
permissible, unrestrained |
meso- |
middle |
neo |
new, recent |
ob- |
towards, against, down |
phot/phos |
light |
prag |
act, do |
reg/rig |
rule, straight |
sent/sens |
feel, think |
sub- |
under, down, secondary |
super- |
above, excessive |
syn- |
with, together |
tele |
far |
ten/tend/tens |
stretch, thin |
trans-/tra- |
across, through |
trud/trus |
thrust |
bell |
war |
bi |
two |
cens |
judge, assess |
cent |
hundred, hundredth |
cephal |
head |
crat/crac |
govern |
cur |
care |
decem/decim/deca |
ten, tenth |
dem |
people |
demi |
half |
di/dich/dy/du |
two |
dipl |
double |
fla |
blow |
hecto/hecato |
hundred, many |
hemi/semi |
half |
hept/sept/septen |
seven, seventh |
hex/sex |
six, sixth |
kilo |
thousand |
loc |
place |
lumen/lumin |
light |
man |
hand, handle |
milli |
thousand(th) |
mono |
one |
myri |
countless, numerous, 10,000 |
noven/nona |
nine, ninth |
octo/octav |
eight |
pauc |
few |
penta |
five |
plur |
many, more |
pol |
community, society |
poly |
many |
prim/prin |
first, foremost |
proto |
first, earliest |
quadr/quarter/quart |
four, fourth |
quin/quint/quinqu |
five, fifth |
sesqui |
one and a half, one half more |
son |
sound |
tetra/tessara |
four |
tri/tris/trich/ter |
three |
un |
one |
vig/viginti/vic |
twenty |
ac/acer/acerb |
sharp, tip, extremities |
agr |
field |
alb/albin |
white |
aster |
star |
aud |
hear |
auto, tauto |
self, same |
bath, bathy |
depth |
bene/bon |
good, well |
brach/brachy |
short |
car/carn |
flesh |
sli/cliv/slin |
lean, lie, bed |
cre/cred |
believe, trust |
crypt/cryph |
secret, hidden |
dam/damn/dem/demn |
loss, harm |
dec/dic/deic |
speak, point |
dit/don/dot |
give |
dos/dow/da/dat |
? |
dol/dolor |
suffer |
flu/fluc/fluv |
flow, river |
glosss/glot/glott |
tongue, speech |
gn/gnos/gnor |
know |
gyn/gynec |
woman, female |
hes/her |
to stick hold back |
hyd/hydr |
water |
jus/jur |
judge, law, ritual |
lith/lite |
stone |
mega/megal |
great, million |
misc/mix |
mix |
nihil/hil |
nothing |
ocl/ocell |
eye |
pen/pun |
punish |
ple/plec/plic |
fold, tangle |
ple/plen |
full, many |
pon/pos |
place, put |
pug/pugn |
fist, fight |
tach/tachy |
fast |
tact/tax |
arrange, order |
terr |
earth |
vac/van |
empty |
ver/verg/vers |
turn |
viv/vit |
life |
soror |
sister |
spor |
scatter, seed |
the |
place, put |
uxor |
wife |
val |
strong, useful |
vac/vok |
speak, call, voice |
al/all/allel |
other |
card/cord |
heart, agree |
cruc |
cross, important point |
dec/decor |
acceptable |
ed/es |
eat |
fa/pha/phe |
speak, spoken of |
fer/pher/phor |
bear, carry, send, bring |
frater |
brother |
ge |
earth |
gem/gemin |
twin |
ger |
old person |
graph/gram |
write, record |
juven |
young |
lat |
carry |
lig |
tie, bind |
lign |
wood |
loqu/locu |
speak |
magn |
great, large |
mater/metr |
mother, womb, surrounding stuff |
myc |
fungus |
noc/nyc |
night |
nomen/onom/onomat/onym |
name |
orth |
straight, correct |
paleo |
old |
pater |
father, country |
ped/paed |
child, teach |
ped/pod/pus |
foot |
phyll |
leaf |
phyt |
plant |
pom |
fruit, apple |
pred |
prey |
rhizo |
root |
sal/saul |
jump |
salv/salu |
safe, healthy |
aden |
gland |
alg |
pain |
aur |
ear |
axill |
armpit |
caud/doc |
tail |
cervic |
neck, neck of uterus |
cut |
skin |
derm/dermat |
skin |
gaster |
stomach |
gravid |
pregnant |
hem/em |
blood |
hepat |
liver |
hist |
body tissue |
hyster |
womb, neurotic disorder |
-ia |
land, state, medical condition |
-it is |
inflammation |
lab |
lip |
lac |
milk |
lacrim/lachrym |
tear, tear duct |
laryng |
voice box, vocal cords |
mamm |
breast |
nas/nar |
nose |
nephr |
kidney |
-oma |
tumor, growth |
op/ophthalm |
eye, see |
os/osteo |
bone |
os/or |
mouth, opening |
phleb |
vein |
phob |
fear |
phylac |
guard |
pne/pneum |
lung, respiration |
pulmo |
lung |
rhin |
nose |
sarc |
flesh |
scler |
hard |
sep |
putrid, infected |
stom |
mouth, opening |
thromb |
clot |
vas/ves |
blood vessel, duct |
ven |
vein |
ali |
wing |
api |
bee |
arachn |
spider |
bov/bu/bos/bou |
cow, milk |
chir |
hand |
clam/claim |
cry out, call |
clav |
key, locked |
col |
live, inhabit, grow |
curs/curr |
run |
den/odon |
tooth |
dendr/dr/dry |
tree |
dyn |
power |
ev |
age, time |
formic |
ant |
herp/herpet/serp |
creep, reptile |
hor |
hour, time, season |
ichthy |
fish |
ly/lv/lu |
loosen, dissolve |
mal/male |
bad |
mant/manc |
prophesy |
mun |
common, public, gift |
naut/nav |
boat, seafaring |
nul/null |
nothing |
orn/ornith |
bird |
ov/oo |
egg |
ox/oxy |
sharp, sour, oxygen |
phag |
eat |
pithec |
ape |
plac |
please, flat |
pter |
feather, wing |
rog |
ask, take away |
sen |
old |
som |
body |
soph |
wuse, knowledge |
strat |
stretch, level, layer |
telo-/teleo- |
end, complete |
trop |
turn |
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