photos = light

1) photograph (graph = write, draw) = picture drawn by light

2) telephoto (tele = distant) = light from far away

3) photometer (metron = measure) = device which measures light

4) phototropic (tropos = turn) = turning toward light

5) photophilia (philia = love) = love of light

6) photophobia (phobos= fear) = fear or dislike of light

7) photosynthesis (syn = together; thesis = putting) = a process of putting things together by using light

graph = to write or draw

1) photograph (graph = write, draw) = picture drawn by light

2) phonograph (phono = sound) = machine for writing or recording sound

3) telegraph (tele = distant) = writing from far away

4) graph = pictured information

5) lithograph (lithos = stone) = drawing made on a stone

6) graphite = black carbon used for drawing or writing

7) autograph (autos = self) = to write one's own name

8) phonogram (phono = sound) = written symbol for a sound

9) hologram (holos = complete) = a three dimensional photograph of a whole object

tele = far away, distant

1) television (video, visum (L.) see) = seeing distant things

2) telephone (phone = sound) = sound from far away

3) telegraph (graph = write) = writing from a distance

4) telephoto (photo = light) = light from far away

5) telescope (skopeo = look at) = device for looking at distant objects

6) telepathy (pathos = feeling) = knowing how someone far away is feeling

7) telethon (Marathon = a battlefield in ancient Greece) = a telephone fund raiser which runs on non-stop, as Pheidippides ran after the battle of Marathon.

metron = measure

1) meter = unit of measure = 39.47 inches long

2) geometry (geo = earth) = measurement of the earth

3) optometry (opsis = sight) =measure eyesight

4) symmetry (sym = same, equal) = measuring the same

5) barometer (baros = weight, pressure) = device to measure air pressure

6) thermometer (thermos= heat)= measure heat

7) diameter (dia = through, across) = measuring across

8) centimeter (centum = hundred) = one hundredth of a meter

9) anemometer (anemos = wind) = measures wind speed

philia = love, friendship

1) philosopher (sophia = wisdom) = one who loves wisdom

2) philadelphia (adelphos = brother) = city of brotherly love

3) philanthropist (anthropos = man) = one who cares about his fellow man

4) phillumenist (lumen = light) = one who collects match covers

5) philogynist (gyne = woman) = one who loves women

6) philologist (logos = word) = one who loves words

7) philtre = love potion

8) Anglophile (Angli = English) = one who loves England

9) Francophile (Francus = France) = one who loves France

phobos = fear

1) phobia = irrational fear

2) agoraphobia (agora = field) = fear of open space

3) claustrophobia (claustrum (L) = lock or bolt) = fear of closed (locked or bolted) places

4) hydrophobia (hydro = water) = disease which makes it difficult to swallow, thought to be fear of water

5) phobophobia = fear of fear itself

6) zoophobia (zoon = animal) = fear of animals

7) toxikophobia (toxikos = poison) = fear of poison

8) Phobos = a moon of the planet Mars

Syn = with, together

1) sympathy (pathos = feeling) = to feel with someone else

2) symphony (phone = sound) = sounds that go together

3) synthesis (thesis = put, place) = putting together

4) synthetic = material made by putting chemicals together

5) photosynthesis (photo = light) = process by which light puts plant nutrients together to make green chlorophyll.

6) synonym (onoma = name) = two words with the same meaning

7) synagogue (ago = bring) = place to bring people together.

8) synchronize (chronos = time) = to do things at the same time. “Synchronize your watches!”

thesis = put, place, position

1) thesis = a position taken in an argument supported by a set of reasons

2) theme = an essay or composition on a certain subject with a statement and supporting reasons.

3) parenthesis (para = beside) = statement beside (or inside) a main sentence.

4) synthetic (syn = together) = elements put together to make a material like a natural one (synthetic rubber)

5) synthesizer (syn = together) = instrument which puts sounds together like real musical instruments

kinesis = movement

1) kinetic = relating to movement of bodies

2) kinesiology (logos = word or study) = study of human movement.

3) kinescope ( skopeo = look at) = a machine which shows pictures of movement (old term for tv movies)

4) cinema = motion pictures (Greeks had no “c”. They used “k”.)

5) cinematographer = motion picture photographer

phone = sound

1) phonograph (graph = write, draw) = writing with sound.

2) telephone (tele = far away) = sound from far away.

3) phonogram (gramma = letter) = written sound

4) euphony (eu = well, good) = good or pleasant sound

5) symphony (sym = together) = sounds that go together

6) megaphone (mega = big) = device to make sounds BIG

7) microphone (mikros = small) = device to transmit or record small sounds

sonus = sound

1) sound = vibrations perceived by our ears

2) sonic = relating to what we can hear

3) sonnet = a form of rhyming Italian poetry

4) sonnovox = a machine that makes sound effect voices

5) sonar = a device that hears sound under water

6) sonata = an instrumental (not vocal) musical composition with three or four movements

7) consonant (con = with) = speech sounds made with lips, tongue or teeth

skopeo = look at, inspect, consider, examine

1) scope = all that the eye can see

2) microscope (mikros = small) = device to look at small objects

3) telescope (tele = distant) = device for seeing distant objects

4) periscope (peri = around) = device for seeing around obstacles

5) kaleidoscope (kalos = beautiful; eidos = form) = device for seeing changing beautiful forms or arrangements of small fragments of glass, etc.

6) episcopal (epi = on, over) = overseen by bishops or “overseers”

7) bishop = a church overseer

video / visum = see

1) television (tele [Gr.] = far away) = machine for seeing things that are far away

2) videophone (phone [Gr.] = sound) TV screen for seeing the person you are talking to on the telephone.

3) Montevideo (mons, montis = mountain) = “Mountain view” = a city in Uruguay.

4) video = picture portion of television

5) evidence (e, ex = out) = out of what one can see

6) advise (ad = to, toward) = look and tell your view

7) invisible (in = not) = not to be seen

logos = word, study

1) logic = reasoning to gain knowledge and wisdom

2) geology (geo = earth) = study of the earth

3) astrology (astron = star) = knowledge from the stars

4) biology (bios = life) = study of physical life

5) zoology (zoon = animal) = study of animals

6) technology (techne = art, skill) = study of how to improve an art or a skill

7) anthropology (anthropos = man) = study of mankind

8) psychology (psyche = soul, life) = study of the soul or mental life of man

9) legend = a story to be read

verbum = word

1) verb = the action word in a sentence

2) proverb (pro = forward) = a wise or profound saying

3) verbal = of, or pertaining to, words

4) verbiage = use of too many words; chatter

5) verbose (-osus = full of) = wordy, full of words

6) verbatim = a word-for-word copy or record

7) verbalize = to express in words

8) verberium = game in which a word is changed into others by rearranging its letters

nomen / nominis = name

1) nominate = suggest someones name for office

2) nomination = act of naming a candidate for office

3) nominal = in name only; not real or actual

4) nomenclature (calo, calatum = call) = system of names used to classify knowledge; what we call things

5) nom de plume (French) = pen name of an author

6) denomination (de = down from) = names of classes or categories, e.g., religions, money

7) denominator = part of a fraction below the line

pro = for, before, forward, in place of

1) profess (fateor, fassus sum = admit, reveal) = to admit that one is an expert

2) professional = one who claims to be an expert

3) problem (ballein [Gr.] = throw) = anything thrown forward to be worked on , or solved

4) proboscis (boskein [Gr.] = feed, graze) = trunk or snout for grazing

5) prologue (logos [Gr.] = word, study) = words before a play or book

6) proclaim (clamo, clamatum = shout) = announce, cry out, publish

7) proceed (cedo, cessurus = move, yield) = move forward

8) pronoun (nomen = name)= word that stands for a noun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, etc.

ad = to, toward; near, next to

1) adequate (aequus = level, even, flat) = even with or equal to

2) adhere (haereo, haesum = stick to,stay) = stick to

3) adjective (jacio, jactum = throw) = word “thrown at” a noun to modify it

4) admire (miror, miratum = be amazed, wonder) = look at with wonder or amazement

5) admonish (moneo, monitum = warn) = give warning to

6) admit (mitto, missum = send) = send to; allow entrance to place or to the mind

7) advertise (verto, versum = turn) = turn people to what you are offering

cum = with, together

1) cooperate (operor, operatum = work) = work with

2) cognate (nascor, gnatus = be born) = born together, having same ancestors or family

3) collaborate (laboro, laboratum = work) = work with

4) collect (lego, lectum = gather) = gather together

5) combat (battuo = beat, fight) = fight with

6) commemorate (memoro, memoratum = remember something together

7) community (munio, munitum = build, fortify) = group which builds together

8) content (teneo, tentum = hold) = held together

9) confection (facio, factum = do, make) = made together

caput / capitis = head

1) capút = “off with his head”

2) capital = top of a column; head, chief or foundation money

3) capitalism = system where the “head money” makes money

4) captain = head of a group of soldiers

5) capitulate = put headings on chapters or divisions in a piece of writing

6) recapitulate (re = again) = to list again the “headings” in a piece of writing

7) cabbage = vegetable “head”

manus = hand

1) manufacture (facio, factum = making) = make by hand

2) manifest (festus = hit) = to hit by hand; easily perceived

3) manicotti (manica = sleeve) = sleeve like pasta

4) manuscript (scribo, scriptum = write) = writing, written by hand

5) manumit (mitto, missum = send) = to send forth or release from one's hand (grasp)

dens/dentis= tooth

1) dentist= tooth doctor

2) dent= tooth-like notch in gears, locks, etc.; a small depression

3) dental= pertaining to teeth

4) indent= set a line of print in from the margin

5) dandelion (French= dent de lion)= plant called “tooth of the lion” with dentate leaves

6) dentate= having a toothed edge (leaves)

7) dentifrice (frico, fricatum= rub)= toothpaste

8) dentition= development of teeth; teething

9) denture= set of teeth (false)

10) dentiform (forma= shape)= shaped like a tooth

unus= one

1) universe (verto, versum= turn)= star galaxy which turns as one entity (like a cosmic pinwheel)

2) unit= one part of a series or of a whole

3) union= act of making one out of many

4) united= together as one

5) university (verto, versum=turn)= many colleges joined together to function as one body

6) unicorn (cornu= horn)= mythical horse with one horn on its head

7) unison (sonus= sound)= voices singing or musical instruments playing together the same notes at the same time

duo= two

1) duel= fight between two people

2) duet= music played or sung by two people

3) duplicate (plico, plicatum= fold)= make a second copy

4) dual= two (as in dual purpose)

5) dubious= “of two minds”, doubtful

6) duplex (plico, plicatum= fold)= two homes in one building

7) duplicity= two-“facedness”, a “double cross”

tres= three

1) triangle (angulus=corner angle)= a figure with three straight sides and three corner angles

2) trio= three acting or performing together

3) tripod (podos [Gr.]= foot)= a three-legged stand for a camera of other instrument

4) tribe= early Rome was divided into three family social groups, or clans, called tribes

5) triennial (annus= year) every three years

6) triceratops (keras=horn; tops= face [Gr.])= three-horned face

7) trilobite (lobus= a rounded division)= a prehistoric animal having three rounded divisions of the body

quattuor=four

1) quadrilateral (latus=side)= having four sides

2) quadruped (pes,pedis= foot) four-footed animal

3) quadrille= square dance for four couples

4) quadricycle (kyclos (G.)= wheel)= four-wheeled vehicle

5) quadragenarian (quadraginta= forty)= person in his 40’s

6) quaternity= group of four people

7) quadri= prefix meaning four

decem=ten

1) December= Tenth month in the old Roman calendar

2) decennial (annus= year)= Tenth anniversary or celebration

3) decempedal (pes, pedis= foot)= having ten feet

4) decemdentate ( dens, dentis= tooth)= having ten teeth

5) decemfoliate (folium= leaf)= having ten leaves

6) decemplicate (plico, plicatum= fold)= tenfold or ten copies (think of duplicate, triplicate)

centum=hundred

1) cent= one hundredth of a dollar

2) century= a set of one hundred

3) centurion= Roman military officer over 100 men

4) percent (per-through)= number of parts in every hundred; 10 cents is 10 percent of a dollar

5) centimeter (mtron= measure)= one hundredth of a meter

6) centennial (annus= year)= a hundred-year celebration or anniversary

7) centipede (pes, pedis= foot)= hundred-footed “bug”

8) centigrade (gradus= step, degree)= temperature scale with one hundred degrees between freezing and boiling

1) mile= a thousand paces (1 pace= 1 steps- one with each foot)

2) mile= a thousand paces (1 pace= 1 steps- one with each foot)

3) millipede (ped, pedis= foot)= thousand-footed “bug”

4) mill= one thousandth of a dollar

5) millimeter (metron= measure)= one thousandth of a meter

>ignis= fire

1) ignite= to set on fire

2) ignition= act of “firing up” or starting an engine; setting anything afire

pyro= fire

1) pyrotechnics (techne= work, skill)= fireworks

2) pyrotechnician (techne= work, skill)= one who is skilled with fireworks

3) pyre= huge bonfire for burning bodies at ancient funerals ( and even today in India)

4) pyromaniac (mania= craze)= a crazy persn who plays with fire

5) empyrean (em= in)= the heavens- home of the fiery sun

6) pyrometer (metron= measure)= instrument to measure very hot temperatures