Greek Root Words

feel, suffer, experience; (in compounds) disease

pathy · patho · pat

word, speech, reason; study of

logy

star; heavenly body

astr · astro · sider

life, living things

bi

write, writing, record

graphy · graphic

single, alone, one

law, management, distribution

nomy

throw, cast, put together

bole

measure, meter

meter · metre

show, appear, shine; speak, declare

phan · phem · phai

sound, voice

phone

rule, govern, chief, leader

archi · archy · arche

power, rule, government

cracy · cratic

to separate, discern, judge, decide

critic · krin · cris

know, knowledge

gn · gnos · cogn

relating to, of the nature of (adjective-forming suffix)

loosen, dissolve, break down

lysis · lyz · lyt

love, affection

philo

city-state, citizen, governance

polis

ball, globe, round body

spher

turn, change

impression, mark, form, kind

typo · typ

letter, writing, record

graph

tool, instrument, bodily part; a functional part within a working whole

organi

light

tone, pitch (from stretching); also thunder

tone

people, populace

demos

water

hydro · hydra

measure, measurement

metr

animal, living being

zo