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Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with the following letters:
The reference used for the meaning of Ancient Greek words is the Bailly greek-french dictionary.
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| Rank | Name or term | Greek word #1 | Meaning | Greek word #2 | Meaning | Greek word #3 | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aplousobranchia | ἁ.πλοος-ους (ha.ploos-ous) | simple | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Thaumetopoeidae | θαυματόεις (thaumatóeis) | marvelous | ποιέω (poiéō) | to do | — | — |
| 3 | Trochophore | τροχός (trokhós) | wheel | φορέω (phoréō) | to bear, to carry | — | — |
| 4 | Karyorelictea | κάρυον (káruon) | hard-shelled seed, or nucleus | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Protoheterotrichida | πρῶτος (prôtos) | first, earliest, most prominent | ἕτερος (héteros) | another, different | θρίξ, τριχός (thríx, trikhós) | hair |
| 6 | Clyomys | κλύω (klúō) | to listen, to prick up one's ears | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 7 | Neusticomys | νευστικός (neustikós) | "able to swim" | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 8 | Euryzygomatomys | εὐρύς (eurús) | wide, or which extends in width | ζύγωμα, -ατος (zúgōmatos) | a part of the forehead, or the zygomatic bone | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat |
| 9 | Ateles | ἀτέλεια (atéleia) | incomplete, imperfect | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Mysateles | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | ἀτέλεια (atéleia) | incomplete, imperfect | — | — |
| 11 | Capromys | κάπρος (kápros) | pig, boar | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 12 | Lonchothrix | λόγχη (lónkhē) | spear | θρίξ, τριχός (thríx, trikhós) | hair | — | — |
| 13 | Echimys | ἐχίνος (ekhínos) | hedgehog | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 14 | dasythrix | δασύς (dasús) | hairy, dense, thick | θρίξ, τριχός (thríx, trikhós) | hair | — | — |
| 15 | chrysurus | χρυσός (khrusós) | gold | οὐρά (ourá) | animal tail | — | — |
| 16 | Phyllomys | φύλλον (phúllon) | plant leaf | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 17 | macrura | μακρός (makrós) | long | οὐρά (ourá) | animal tail | — | — |
| 18 | rhipidura | ῥιπίς, ῥιπίδος (rhipís, rhipídos) | fan | οὐρά (ourá) | animal tail | — | — |
| 19 | Myocastor | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | κάστωρ (kástōr) | beaver | — | — |
| 20 | Psammomys | ψάμμος (psámmos) | sand | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 21 | Dactylomys | δάκτυλος (dáktulos) | finger | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 22 | Lachnomys | λάχνη (lákhnē) | thick hair | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat | — | — |
| 23 | Lasiuromys | λάσιος (lásios) | furry, with tufted hair | οὐρά (ourá) | animal tail | μῦς (mûs) | mouse, rat |
| 24 | Protozoa | πρῶτος (prôtos) | first | ζῶον (zôon), plural ζῶα (zôa) | animal | — | — |
| 25 | Dendrogram | δένδρον (déndron) | tree | γράμμα (grámma) | drawing, mathematical figure | — | — |
| 26 | Homoplasy | ὁμός (homós) | similar, alike, the same | πλάσσω (plássō) | to shape, to mold | — | — |
| 27 | Polycladida | πολύς (polús) | numerous | κλάδος (kládos) | branch | — | — |
| 28 | Anoura | ἀν- (an-) | alpha privative expressing negation or absence | οὐρά (ourá) | animal tail | — | — |
| 29 | Scolecophidia | σκώληξ, σκώληκος (skṓlēx, skṓlēkos) | earthworm | ὄφις (óphis) | snake | — | — |
| 30 | Alethinophidia | ἀληθινός (alēthinós) | truthful, genuine | ὄφις (óphis) | snake | — | — |
| 31 | Geospiza | γῆ (gê) | earth | σπίζα (spíza) | catch-all term for a finch-like bird | — | — |
| 32 | Acoelomorph | ἀ (a) | alpha privative expressing negation or absence | κοιλία (koilía) | cavity | μορφή (morphḗ) | form |
| 33 | Ecology | οἶκος (oîkos) | house | λογία (logía) | study of | — | — |
| 34 | Leptomonas | λεπτός (leptós) | fine-grained, tiny | μονάς (monás) | a unit ; alone, isolated, solitary | — | — |
| 35 | Xenarthra | ξένος (xénos) | strange, unusual | ἄρθρον (árthron) | joint, articulation | — | — |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 2010035283. OCLC 461974285.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved October 18, 2017.