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Ab
- abacus: historical background.
- abdomen (belly, venter) dictionary words: abdomen to vesicoabdominal, part 1 of 1.
- -ability suffix words: absorbability to vulnerability, part 1 of 1.
- -able (a suffix): amicable to potable, part 1 of 1.
- abluto- (washing; especially as a ritual; cleansing) dictionary words: adipis to hyperadiposis, part 1 of 1.
- -ably, a suffix; (able manner, capably) dictionary words: adorably to veritably, part 1 of 1.
- abort-, aborti- (miscarry, perish by an untimely birth) dictionary words: abort to proabortionist, part 1 of 1.
- aboulo-, aboul-, abulo-, abul- (Greek: irresolution, indecision, loss or defect of the ability to make decisions)
- abysso-, abyss-, abys- (Greek > Latin: Greek [abussoz], a-, "no" plus bussos, "bottom" through Latin [abyssus] no bottom, bottomless)
Ac
- -ac (Greek > Latin: a suffix; related to, of the nature of, pertaining to)
- academ- (Greek > Latin: [originally, Academus/Akademus, a name of a hero in Greek mythology; then it became a gymnasium near Athens where Plato taught])
- acan- (Greek: a prickly shrub, kind of thistle, briar, thorn)
- acantho-, acanth-, -acanthid, -acanthous, -acanths (Greek: pointed appendages, spine, spiny, thorn, thorny)
- acaro-, acar-, acari-, acarin- (Greek > Latin: "tiny spider", mite[s] "itch"; ticks)
- accipit- (Latin: bird of prey, a hawk; hawk-like)
- -aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus (Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling)
- acerbo-, acerb- (Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging)
- aceto-, acet- (Latin: vinegar; sour, to be sour)
- acetyl- (Latin: derived from aceto- plus the suffix -yl; used in naming chemical radicals)
- achillo-, achill-, Achilles (Greek > Latin: tendon at the back of the heel)
- achlyo-, achly-, achlys-, achlu- (Greek: mist, dimness, darkness)
- acid-, -acidity (sour, sharp): acidemia to uricaciduria, part 1 of 1.
- acies-, aci- (Latin: a sharp edge or point; mental acuity, sharpness of vision)
- acin-, acini- (Latin: grapes in a cluster)
- acinac- (Latin: a kind of short sword or scimiter)
- -acious (Latin: a suffix; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in)
- -acious (Latin: a suffix; tending to, inclined to)
- -acity (Latin: a suffix; quality of)
- acme, -acmic (Greek: highest point; prime, best time)
- aco-, aceo- (Greek: remedy, cure)
- acous-, -acoustical words: acouasm to acoutometer, part 1 of 2.
- acous-, -acoustical words: acusis to telacousis, part 2 of 2.
- acri- (Latin: bitter, sour, sharp)
- acrido-, acrid-, acris- (Greek: grasshopper)
- acro-, acr- words: acroagnosis to acromyotonia, part 1 of 2.
- acro-, acr- words: acroneurosis to polyacron, part 2 or 2.
- act- (Latin: do, drive, a doing, an action; to set in motion; to act)
- actino-, actin-, actini-, -actinal, actis- (Greek: ray [as of light], radiance, radiating or tentacled structure)
- acto-, act-, akto-, akt- (Greek > Latin: seashore, beach, strand, promontory)
- acuto-, acu- (sharp, point; needle, pin) dictionary words: acicula to superacute, part 1 of 1.
- -acy, -cy (Latin: state, quality, condition, or act of; a suffix that foms nouns)
Ad
- ad- (Latin: to, a direction toward, addition to, near; used as a prefix)
- adamant- (Latin: hard as steel, iron)
- -ade (Latin: a suffix; forms nouns and, sometimes, verbs; an action done or the product or result of a material or action)
- adelpho-, adelph-, -adelphia, -adelphous (Greek: brother)
- adeno-, aden- (gland, glandular) words: adenalgia to anadenia, part 1 of 2.
- adeno-, aden- (gland, glandular) words: blennadenitis to thyroadenitis, part 2 of 2.
- -ades (Greek: a suffix; a patronymic ending)
- adipo-, adip- (fat, lard, fleshy): adipis to hyperadiposis
- adolescen- (Latin: growing up)
- adreno-, adren-, -adrenal- (Latin: glands near the kidneys; Latin ad- plus ren[es] "kidneys")
- adult- (Latin: grown up, mature)
Ae
- aedoeo- (Greek: genitals; literally, "those things that are regarded with reverence or awe")
- aego-, aeg-, ego- (Greek: goat)
- aello-, aell- (Greek: stormy wind, whirlwind)
- aeluro-, aelur-, ailuro-, ailouro-, ailur-, eluro- (Greek: cat)
- aeolo-, aeol- (Latin: air, wind; rapid, quick)
- aero-, aer- (air, mist, wind) words: aero-odontalgia to aura, part 2 of 2.
- aero-, aer- (air, mist, wind) words: aeroacoustics to anaerogenic, part 1 of 2.
- aesculus- (Latin: ancient name of an Italian oak; now applied to the horse chestnut)
- aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: acanthesthesia to autaesthesy, part 1 of 5.
- aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: baresthesia to dysthermesthesia, part 2 of 5.
- aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: enterosthesia to euesthesia, part 3 of 5.
- aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: gargalanesthesia to oxyesthesia, part 4 of 5.
- aesth-, esth- (feeling, sensation, perception) words: palinesthesia to zonesthesia, part 5 of 5.
Ag
- ag-, ig-, act- (Latin: do, act, set in motion, drive, lead, conduct, guide)
- agape- (Greek > Latin: love feast of the early Christians; love, love feast; to love)
- agari- (Greek > Latin: mushrooms or toadstools)
- agatho-, agath- (Greek: good)
- -age (Latin: a suffix; quality of, act of, process, function, condition, or place; forms nouns that denote an action; a product of an action; a place, an abode)
- agglutino-, aggluto-, agglutin- (Latin: ad-, "to, toward, near" plus gluten, glutinis, "glue, beeswax")
- agio- (Greek > Italian: change; a fee charged by money brokers [changers] for exchanging money)
- agito-, agit- (Latin: excite; characterized by abnormal rapidity or restlessness)
- -agogue, -agog (lead, bring, take) words: agogic to xenagogy
- agon- (Greek: struggle, a contest, to contend for a prize; also, to lead, set in motion, drive, conduct, guide, govern; to do, act)
- agora-, -gor- (Greek: assembly, market place; open space, public speaking; originally, "to unite")
- -agra, -agras (Greek: a suffix; in medicine, a painful seizure; catch, booty, prey; seizure; a catching, a hunting for prey or food; also the prey itself)
- agra- (Greek > Latin: pertaining to land or fields)
- agrest- (Latin: rustic, rural; pertaining to the fields; from ager, "field")
- agri-, agrio- (Greek > Latin: fields)
- agro- (Greek: land, soil, field [or fields], earth; wild, as one who lives in the fields; wildness; savage, savageness)
- agrosto-, agrost- (Greek: wild grass; grass)
- agryp- (Greek: sleeplessness, wakefulness; originally it meant "sleeping in the field")
- agyio-, agyi- (Greek: street)
Ai
Al
- -al [-ial, -eal] (Latin: a suffix; pertaining to, like, of the kind of, relating to, characterized by, belonging to; action of, process of)
- ala-, ali-, al- (Latin: wing)
- albo-, alb-, -albify (Latin: the color white)
- albumino-, albumi-, albumin-, albumini-, albumo- (Latin: the color white)
- alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho- (Arabic > Latin: alcohol, originally an "essence or very fine powder", from Arabic al-kuhl which is from al-, "the", and kohl or kuhl, "antimony sulfide" )
- aleato-, aleat- (Greek > Latin: depending on chance; pertaining to a gamester; die, game of hazard or chance)
- alectryo-, alectryu-, alecto-, alectoro-, alektoro- (Greek: rooster, cock; sometimes, also chicken)
- aletho-, aleth- (Greek: true; nothing concealed; real [from a-, "no, nothing" and letho-, "forgetfullness, oblivion"])
- aleuro-, aleur- (Greek: flour)
- alexo-, alex-, alexi- (Greek: defend, protect, ward off, keep off)
- alga [s.], algae [pl.], alg- (Latin: seaweed)
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to audioanalgesia, part 1 of 3.
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to xiphoidalgia, A-X
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: cardialgia to myalgia, part 2 of 3.
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: neogamalgia, and xiphoidalgia, part 3 of 3.
- algo-, alg- (Greek: pain)
- algo-, alg- (Latin: seaweed)
- ali- (Latin: other, another)
- alimento-, aliment- (Latin: food, nourishment)
- allanto-, allant- (Greek: sausage)
- allelo-, allel- (Greek: one another, of one another; literally, "the other"; reciprocally; in mutual relation)
- allia-, alli-, allium (Latin: garlic bulb; onion)
- allo-, all- (Greek: different, other, another; divergence)
- allotrio- , allotri- (Greek: different, of or belonging to another; foreign, strange; abnormal; perverse)
- alopec- (Greek > Latin: baldness; derived from "mange in foxes"; bald patches on the head)
- alpha (Greek: A, a; beginning, first of anything)
- alphito-, alphit- (Greek: barly, pearl barley, groats; originally, "white grain")
- also-, als- (Greek: forest, woods, a woodland)
- alter- (Latin: different, other, another; to change)
- alto-, alt-, alti- (Latin: high, highest, tall, lofty)
- altrici- (Greek > Latin: nourisher; wet nurse; midwife)
- alumino-, alumin- (Latin: aluminum [U.S.] and aluminium, [British])
- alveolo-, alveol-, alve-, alveat- (Latin: trough, channel; small cavity, small pit; hollow)
Am
- amat-, amor-, am- (Latin: love, loving; fondness for)
- amatho-, amath-, amathi- (Greek: sand [dust])
- amaxo-, amax-, amathi- (Greek: wagon, vehicle)
- ambi-, amb- (Latin: both, on both sides; around, about)
- amblyo-, ambly- (Greek: dull, dullness, dim, dimness, blunt; stupid)
- ambo- (Latin: both; the two)
- ambros-, ambro-, ambrot- (Greek: food of the gods that gave immortality; immortal, divine, excellent)
- ambul-, ambulat-, -ambulate, -ambulating, -ambulation -ambulator, -ambulatory, -ambulant, -ambulic, -ambulism, -ambulist (Latin: walk, take steps, move around; from "to wander, to go astray")
- ameno-, amoeno- (Latin: pleasantness, delightfulness, loveliness)
- ami-, amic- (Latin: friend)
- ammo-, amm- (Greek: sand; used primarily in botany and zoology)
- amni- (Latin: stream of water, river)
- amnio- (Greek: "bowl", or "lamb")
- amoebo-, amoeb-, amoebi-, amebo-, ameb-, amebi-, -amoeba, -ameba (Greek: change, alteration; return, exchange)
- ampelo-, ampel- (Greek: vine)
- ampho-, amph-, amphi- (Greek: around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds)
- amphor- (Latin: bottle, jar)
- amphora word and the @ symbol
- amplect-, amplexi-, amplex- (Latin: embrace)
- ampli-, ampl- (Latin: large, enlargement, spacious; comprehensive)
- ampulla- (Latin: flask)
- amycho-, amych- (Greek: scratch, itch)
- amygdalo-, amygdal- (Latin: tonsil [almond, almond shaped])
- amylo-, amyl- (Greek: starch)
- amyo- (Greek: no muscle)
An
- -an (Latin: a suffix indicating a person who specializes in something)
- -an, -ane (Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; pertaining to, like; connected with, belonging to, resembling)
- ana-, an-, ano- (Greek: up, back, or again; used as a prefix)
- anablepo-, anablep- (Greek: a looking up)
- -ance, -ancy (Latin: a suffix; often through French, quality or state of; being; condition; act or fact of _______ ing)
- anco-, anc- (Greek: ankos: 1. A bend or hollow, an angle. 2. A valley; also a crag.)
- ancon- (Greek > Latin: elbow)
- -ancy (Latin: a suffix; quality, state of; process, degree, action of)
- andro-, andr- (man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen) words: adynamandrous to andron, part 1 of 2.
- andro-, andr- (man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen) words: andropara to triandrous, part 2 of 2.
- anemo-, anem- (Greek: air, wind, breath)
- angelo-, angel- (Greek: messenger, divine messenger)
- angina- (Latin: to strangle; to choke or suffocate)
- angio-, angi-, angei-, -angium (Greek > Latin: [receptacle], vessel, often a blood vessel; "covered by a seed or vessel", a seed vessel)
- angle, angu- (Latin: corner, a bend)
- angui- (Latin: serpent, snake)
- angusti-, angust- (Latin: narrow, tight, slender, thin)
- anhydro-, anhydr- (Greek: without water)
- anima-, anim- (animal life; breath; soul; mind) words: anima to unanimous
- aniso-, anis- (unequal, dissimilar, uneven) words: aniseikonia to anisotropy
- ankylo-, ankyl-, anky-, anchylo-, anchyl-, ancylo-, ancyl- (Greek: stiff, unmovable; adhesion; by extension, "bent, hooked, crooked, curved, looped")
- anni-, annu-, enni- (Latin: year, yearly)
- annul- (Latin: ring)
- anomalo-, anomal- (Greek: irregular, uneven)
- anomo-, anom- (Greek: lawless; irregular)
- anopheli-, anophel- (Greek > Latin: mosquito)
- ans-, ansa- (Latin: jug handle, loop)
- anseri-, anser- (Latin: geese [as well as swans and ducks])
- ansi- (Latin: handle)
- -ant (Latin: a suffix that denotes impersonal physical agents in technical and commercial coinages)
- -ant (Latin: a suffix; a person who, the thing which)
- ante-, anti-, ant- (Latin: before, in front of, prior to, forward; used as a prefix)
- antero- (Latin: before, in front of; fore, prior, preceding; used as a prefix)
- antho-, anth-, anthero-, anther-, -antherous, -anthemous, -anthic, -anthous, -anthus, -anthy (Greek: flower; that which buds or sprouts)
- anthraco-, anthrac-, anthra- (Greek: coal, charcoal, carbuncle; carbon-dioxide)
- anthropo-, anthrop-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy (Greek: man; human being, mankind [including male and female members of the human race], people)
- anti- (Latin: before; used as a prefix)
- anti-, ant- (Greek: against, opposed to, preventive; used as a prefix)
- antiqu- (Latin: old)
- antro-, antr- (Greek: cave, cavern; in medicine, of or pertaining to a [bodily] cavity or sinus; a term in anatomical nomenclature, especially to designate a cavity or chamber within a bone)
- anu-, ana-, an-, anal-, ano- (Latin: ring, circle; usually the posterior opening of the alimentary canal through which undigested food is voided; the anus)
Ao
Ap
- apate-, apat- (Greek: deceit, fraud; deceitful, deceptive, illusory, wily)
- apeiro-, apeir- (Greek: boundless, infinite)
- apex (Latin: summit)
- aphano-, aphan- (Greek: invisible, unseen)
- aphidi-, aphid-, aphis (Latin: a plant louse)
- aphro-, aphr- (Greek: foam)
- aphrodi-, -aphrodisia, -aphrodisiac, -aphroditic (Greek: Greek goddess of love; originally from afros ["foam"] because Aphrodite was thought to have been born from the foam of the sea)
- api- (Latin: bee)
- apico-, apic- (Latin: top, cap, tip, apex)
- aplo- (Greek: single; used as a prefix)
- apo-, ap-, aph- (Greek: from, away from, asunder, separate, separation from, derived from; used as a prefix)
- apodyso-, -apodys-, -dyso, -dys, -dysis (Greek: undress, disrobe; take off, strip, lay bare; shed, molt)
- Apollo, god of the Sun, words from myths.
- apt-, ept- (Latin: fit, fitted, suited; used as a prefix)
Aq
Ar
- -ar (Latin: a suffix; pertaining to, of the nature of, like; denoting an agent)
- arachno-, arachn- (Greek: spider)
- aracho-, arachi-, arachid-, araki- (Greek > Latin: legume; peanut)
- arano-, aran- (Latin: spider)
- arbitr- (Latin: consider, judge)
- arbor- (Latin: tree)
- arbuscu-, arbusc- (Latin: shrub)
- arbusti- (Latin: shrub; herb)
- -arch, -archy (govern, rule; ruler) words: anarch to kritarchy, part 1 of 2.
- -arch, -archy (govern, rule; ruler) words: matriarch to triarchy, part 2 of 2
- arch-, archi-, -arch (chief, principal leader, first in position or rank) words: archabbey to archvillain
- archaeo-, archeo-, archae-, arche-, archa-, archi-, -arch (Greek: original [first in time], beginning, first cause, origin, ancient, primitive, from the beginning; most basic)
- arci-, arco-, arc- (Latin: bow, arch)
- arcto-, arct- (Greek: of the bear, bear [the animal]; or the north, northern)
- arena [harena], areni- (Latin: sand, sandy place, sea-shore; place of combat [literally, "place strewn with sand"])
- areo- (Greek: of, or pertaining to, Ares or Mars; used in astronomy)
- areo- (Greek: thin, slight, weak; small space)
- ares (Greek: the Greek god of war)
- argento-, argent-, argenti- (Latin: silver)
- argillo-, argill- (Greek > Latin: clay)
- argo- (Greek > Latin: passive, unworkable, slow; a-, "without, not" + ergon, "work")
- argyro-, argyr- (Greek: silver)
- -aria (Latin: a suffix; related to or connected with)
- -arian (Latin: a suffix; a person who, a thing that; a person who is a part of something, pertaining to one's state or condition)
- arid-, aridness- (Latin: to be dry)
- arist-, aristi- (Latin: awn or beard of grain; ear of grain)
- aristo-, arist- (Greek: best)
- arithmo-, arith- (Greek: number)
- -arium [singular], -aria [plural] (Greek > Latin: a suffix; a place for; abounding in or connected with something; a place containing or related to that which is specified by the root)
- -arium, -ariom- (Greek: a suffix; little, small)
- arm- (Latin: weapon)
- aromo-, arom- (Greek > Latin: fragrance, odor, spice)
- arrheno-, arrhen- (Greek: male)
- ars-, ard- (Latin: fire)
- arseno-, arsen- (Greek > Latin: yellow orpiment [pigment of gold]; arsenic trisulfide, having a lemon-yellow color and a resinous luster; used as a pigment)
- art-, arti- (Latin: skill, handicraft, trade, occupation, art)
- arterio-, arteri-, arter- (Greek > Latin: artery, arteries; blood vessel, vein, or windpipe)
- arteriolo-, arteriol- (Greek > Latin: windpipe, artery; arteriole, "small artery")
- arthro-, arthr- (Greek: joint, pertaining to the joints)
- articul- (Latin: joint)
- artio- (Greek: even, matching)
- artvi-, artv- (Latin: field; a cultivated field)
- -ary (Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus)
- -ary (Latin: a suffix; having a number of parts)
As
- ascari-, ascarid- (Greek: worm; maw-worm; intestinal worm)
- ascido-, ascid- (Greek: little bag, bag)
- asco-, asc- (Greek: bladder like, sac like; from leather bag, bag, wine skin)
- -ase (Greek: a suffix indicating an enzyme)
- -asis (Greek > Latin: a suffix; used in medicine to denote a state or condition of)
- aspergillo-, aspergill- (Latin: to sprinkle, scatter)
- aspido-, aspid- (Greek: shield; one who is armed with a shield)
- -ast (Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who)
- asta- (Latin: crayfish)
- aster-, -aster, -astrous (Greek: star)
- astheno-, asthen- (Greek: without strength)
- astragalo-, astragal- (Greek: anklebone, talus ball of ankle joint; dice, die [the Greeks made these from ankle bones])
- astrapo-, astrap- (Greek: lightning; the Greek verb strapto means "to hurl")
- astro-, astra-, astr- (Greek: star, star shaped; also pertaining to outer space)
At
- atav- (Latin: ancestor; father of a great-grandfather)
- ataxo-, ataxia- (Greek: disorder, without order)
- -ate (Latin: a suffix; being, like, or possessing certain characteristics)
- -ate (Latin: a suffix; derivatives of specific chemical compounds or elements, used to indicate a salt of an acid ending in -ic)
- -ate (Latin: a suffix; office of, holder(s)
- -ate (Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with)
- atelo- (Greek: imperfect, incomplete)
- ath-, athl- (Greek: struggle, a contest [in war or in sports], to contend for a prize)
- athero-, ather- (Greek: groats, porridge)
- athro- (Greek: collective)
- -atic (Greek > Latin: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of)
- -ation (Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, process, state or condition)
- -ative (Latin: a suffix; tending to)
- atlantic (Greek: pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean or to Mount Atlas; from the Atlas mountains)
- atlanto-, atlant- (Greek: Atlas, Atlant[os])
- atlas (Greek > Latin: one of the Titans, son of Iapetus and Clymene, supporting the heavens on his shoulders; later, a king of Mauretania, changed by Perseus into Mt. Atlas [Greek mythology])
- atmido-, atmid- (Greek: smoke, vapor, steam; from amis, atmidos, "smoke, vapor")
- atmo-, atm- (Greek: vapor, steam; air, gas; respiration)
- -ator (Latin: a suffix that forms masculine nouns from verbs)
- atrio-, atri- (Latin: entrance hall or chamber; upper heart chamber; central room)
- atto- [A toh] (Danish or Norwegian: eighteen; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
Au
- auc- (Greek: increase, growth)
- audio-, aud-, audi-, audit- (Latin: hearing, listening, perception of sounds)
- aug- (Greek > Latin: increase, grow)
- augur- (Latin: diviner, soothsayer; a member of the college of priests in Rome, who foretold the future; in ancient Rome, a priest who foretold events by interpreting omens)
- aulaco-, aulac- (Greek: furrow)
- aulet-, auletris- (Greek: a flutist, muscian)
- aulo-, aul- (Greek: hollow way, tube, pipe; any instrument such as a flute)
- auri-, auriculo-, auricul-, auro-, aur- (Latin: ear)
- auri-, auro-, aur- (Latin: gold, yellow)
- auriculo- (Latin: ear)
- aurora (Latin: dawn)
- ausculto-, auscult- (Latin: listen, hear)
- auspic-, auspec- (Latin: from auspex [genitive form auspicis] avi-, stem of avis, "bird" plus -spex, "observer", from specere, "to look, observe")
- austro-, austr-, austral-, auster- (Latin: south, south wind, southern)
- author- (Latin: master, leader; he/she who brings about [something])
- auto-, aut- (Greek: self; directed from within)
- auxano-, auxi-, aux-, auxo-, aug-, auc-, auct- (Greek: increase, growth)
Av
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