Ancient Greek and English Word-Derivations
μένος	"Menos" MENTAL, MIND ("mind, desire, ardor")
πρωτο-	"proto-"PROTEIN, PROTO- (" first )
ποιότης	"poiótēs"　QUALITY ("quality")
διά	"dia-" prep. "through" dialect, dialogue, diatribe
παρά	"para-" beside, from/because of, contrary to
δόξα	"doxa" opinion, belief, judgement
iδέα	"eidéa" IDEA "(look, appearance, form, type, sort, class, style")
ψυχή	"psūkhā́"PSYCHE, PSYCHOLOGY (psūkhō, “I blow”)The animating prin- ciple of a human or animal body, vital spirit, soul, life (poetic) Life- breath, life-blood (‘the animating principle of life’ in corporeal interpretation) (philosophy, since the early physicists) Animating principle in primary substances, the source of life and conscious- ness.
εiδον	"eîdon"IDOL to see, behold, perceive (idol)
τέχνη	"tékhnē" TECHNOLOGY, TECHNIQUE ("craft, skill, art, means")
Μοσα	"Moûsa"MUSE ("The muse")
μουσικός	"mousikós"MUSIC "(art) of the Muses,"
-ινος	"-inos" "pertaining to," "relating to"; basis for suffix -en (golden, wollen) and -ine (canine, feminine, masculine, crystalline, divine, marine)
-ισμός	"-ismos" forming abstract nound "-ism" as in Socialism, solipcism, witticism, mannerism
-ικός	"-ikós""of or pertaining to" root of "-ic" in English
ποίησις	"poíēsis"POETRY, POEM (From ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”) +‎ -σις (-sis).)
κριτής	"kritēs"CRITIC, CRITIQUE CRITERION ("judge")
ξ・K	"ex-" prefix, "out," "from" EXCEED EX + "cedere" to go EXCAVATE EX + "cavare" to make hollow EXASPERATE EX + "asper" rough EXUDE EX + "sudare" sweat EXULT EX + "salire" to leap EXUBERANT EX + "uberare" to be fruitful EXTRICATE EX + "tricae" perplexities EXTRACT EX + "trahere" to draw EXTORT EX + "torquere" to twist EXTOL EX + "tollere" to raise EXTIRPATE EX + "stirps" stem, stock (tree) EXTINCT EX + "stinguere" to quench EXTERMINATE EX + "terminus" boundary EXTEND EX + "tendere" to stretch out EXQUISITE EX + "quaerere" to search, seek EXPRESS EX + "pressare" to press EXPLODE EX + "plaudere" to clap EXPLORE EX + "plorare" to utter a cry EXPLAIN EX + "planus" flat (plain)
ρχι・ ρχω	"arkhi" "chief, leading" "árkhō" "I begin, lead, rule, govern" archaeology, anarchy, archaic, archangel, archbishop, archetype, architect, archives, hierarchy
λόγος	"logos"word, speech, ratio, reason, analogy, apology, logarithm, logic, neologism, biology, philology, syllogism, trilogy
συμ・ συν	"sym-", "syn-"with, as in SYMPATHY SYM + "pathos" feeling SYMBOL SYM + "bolos" throw (outward sign) SYMMETRY SYM + "metron" measure SYMPHONY SYM + "phōnē" sound, voice SYMPOSIUM SYM + "pōtēs" drinker SYMPTOM SYM + "piptein" to fall SYNAGOGUE SYN + "agein" to lead, to bring SYNAPSE SYN + "haptein" to join SYNCHRONOUS SYN + "khronos" time SYNECHDOCHE SYN + "ekdekhesthai"to take, to take up SYNERGY "sunergein" to work together SYNONYM SYN + "onuma" name SYNOPSIS SYN + "opsis" to view SYNTAX SYN + "tassein" to arrange SYNTHESIS SYN + "tithenai" to put, to place
πάθος	"pathos" PATHOS suffering, feeling
φωνή	"phōnē"PHONE sound
φράσις σύνταξις συλλαβή γραμματική	"phrásis"PHRASE "manner of expression" "syntaxis "SYNTAX a putting together, a grammatical construction" "sullabe" SYLLABLE ("that which is held together") "grammatike" GRAMMAR ("(art) of letters," = philology and literature)
φωτω-	"phôs" PHOTO, PHOSPHOR ("light") "photo-"
φαντάζειν	"phantazein"FANTASY PHANTOM ("to make visible")
γένος	"genos" kind, race, offspring (gene, general, genesis, genius, genocide, generate, generous)
λευκός	"Leukos" white (light, leukemia, leukocyte)
ρμονία	"harmonia" HARMONY ("joint, fit together")
μέλος,	"melos" MELODY ("musical phrase") "melodia" ("melody")
πλατεία	"plateia"PLACE
πρόγραμμα	"programma" PROGRAM ("a written public notice")
άποπληξία όρθοδοξία άποκάλυψις άπόκρυφος άποστασία άσφυξία άπόστροφος άνορεξία	"apoplexia" APOPLEXY ("disabled by a stroke, struck dumb,") "orthodoxia" ORTHODOXY ("right opinion,") "apokálupsis" APOCALYPSE ("uncovering", apó, "after"+ kalúptō, "I cover") "apokryphos" APOCRYPHA ("hidden; obscure, hard to understand") "apostasia" APOSTASY ("defection, desertion, rebellion") "asphyxia" ASPHYXIA ("stopping of the pulse") "apostrophos" APOSTROPHE ("(the accent of) turning away") "anorexia" ANOREXIA (an- "without" + orexis "appetite, desire")

νάλυσις παράλυσις κρίσις βάσις στάσις θέσις μφασις Νέμεσις γένεσις συμβίωσις νερον ξων πνος ασις σηψις ρις	"analysis" ANALYSIS ("a breaking up, a loosening, releasing,") "paralysis" PARALYSIS ("palsy") "krisis" CRISIS ("change which indicates recovery or death") "basis" BASIS ("a going, a step; a stand, base") "stasis" STASIS ( "a standing still," "position," "point of compass") "thesis" THESIS ("a proposition," "downbeat" (in music), "a setting down") "emphasis" EMPHASIS ("an appearing in, outward appearance") "nemesis" NEMESIS ("just distribution of righteous anger") "genesis" GENESIS ("origin, creation, generation") "symbiosis"SYMBIOSIS ("a living together") "axon" AXIS (""axis, axle, wagon") "neuron" NEUROSIS ("nerve" + Modern Latin -osis "abnormal condition.") "hypnos" HYPNOSIS (Hypno [I sleep] + sis) "oasis" OASIS ("dwelling place") "sepsis" SEPTIC ("putrefaction") "iris" IRIS ("a rainbow," "iris plant," and "iris of the eye")
ναισθησία παράνοια μανία στερικός ποχόνδριος μνησία μελαγχολία	"anaisthesia" ANESTHESIA ("want of feeling or perception, lack of sensation) "paranoia" PARANOIA ("mental derangement, madness") "mania" MANIA ("madness, frenzy; inspired frenzy; mad passion, fury") "hysterikos" HYSTERIA ("of the womb, suffering in the womb") "hypokhondria" HYPOCHONDRIA (hypo "under"+ khondros "cartilage" (false ribs) "amnesia" AMNESIA ("forgetfulness") "melankholia" MELANCHOLIA ("sadness," literally (excess of) "black bile,")
χάος	CHAOS
χω	ECHO
τύπος	"tonos" TONE
νώμαλος	ANOMALY
νθουσιασμός	"enthousiasmós"ENTHUSIASM
τομος κλίμα γαλαξίας κόσμος τοξικός μετέωρον στρον	"atomos" ATOM ("uncut, unhewn; indivisible") "klíma" CLIMATE ("a region, zone or belt of the earth; a clime") "galaxias" GALAXY (literally "milky circle") "kosmos" COSMOS, COSMIC ("order, good order, orderly arrangement") "toxikos" TOXIC ("skilled in use of arrows") "metéōron"METEOR ("raised from the ground, hanging, lofty") "ástron" ASTRONOMY, ASTEROID ("A celestial body")
δάμας	"adamas" ADAMANT
λφάβητος	"alphábētos"ALPHABET
iστορία	"historíā" HISTORY
πολιτικός	"politikos" POLITICS
σύστημα	"systema" SYSTEM ("organized whole, a whole compounded of parts")
	"mākhanā́" MACHINE ("device, tool, machine")
φαινόμενον	"phainómenon" PHENOMENON ("that which appears or is seen")
πειρατής	"peirates" PIRATE ("brigand, pirate")
άτμόςσφαiρα	"atmósfera" ATMOSPHERE (atmos "vapor, steam" + sphaira "sphere")
κωμικός τραγικός Κυνικός θικός μαγική τοπικός λυρικός λογικός μουσικός τονικός μιμικός πολεμικός αiρετικός θνικός πτικός Στοῐ̈κός άρκτικός κριτικός σωτερικός λήθργος κληρικός κλινικός ερωτικός κκλησία ρωϊκός μυστικός στατικός τακτικός τροπικός άσκησις βουκολικός καυστικός δυναμικός λαστός γραφικός όργανικός πλαστικός μετικός σκεπτικός κουστικός γνωστος καθολικός κοσμητική σπαστικός	"komikos" COMIC ("of or pertaining to comedy") "tragikos" TRAGIC ("of or pertaining to tragedy; stately, plaintive,") "kynikos" CYNIC ("a follower of Antisthenes," literally "dog-like") "êthikos" ETHICS ("character, moral nature) "magike" MAGIC ("magical," from magos "of the learned/priestly class") "topikos" TOPIC ("pertaining to a common place") "lyrikos LYRIC ("singing to the lyre") "logikos" LOGIC ("pertaining to speaking or reasoning") "mousikós"MUSIC ("(art) of the Muses") "tonikos" TONIC ("of stretching") "mimikos" MIMIC ("of or pertaining to mimes") "polemikos" POLEMIC ("of war, warlike, belligerent; skilled in war") "hairetikós" HERETIC ("able to choose") "ethnikos" ETHNIC ("of or for a nation, national") "optikos" OPTIC ("of or having to do with sight") "stoikos" STOIC ("pertaining to a member of or the teachings Zeno") "arktikos" ARCTIC ("of the north") "kritikos" CRITIC ("able to make judgments") "authentikós"AUTHENTIC ("warranted, authentic, authoritative") "esoterikos" ESOTERIC ("belonging to an inner circle") "lēthargós"LETHARGIC (""forgetful; inactive") "klērikos" CLERIC ("pertaining to an inheritance") "klinikós" CLINIC ("pertaining to a bed") "erotikos" EROTIC ("caused by passionate love, referring to love") "ékklētos" ECCLESIASTIC ("summoned) "hērōikos" HEROIC ("of or for a hero, pertaining to heroes") "mystikos" MYSTIC ("secret, mystic, connected with the mysteries") "statikos" STATIC ("causing to stand, skilled in weighing") "taktikos" TACTIC ("to arrange, order") "tropikos" TROPIC ("of or pertaining to a turn, the solstice") "áskēsis" ASCETIC ("exercise, training, practice") "boukolikos" BUCOLIC ("pastoral, rustic") "kaustikos" CAUSTIC ("capable of burning; corrosive") "dynamikos" DYNAMIC ("powerful," from dynamis "power") "elastos" ELASTIC ("ductile, flexible") "graphikos" GRAPHIC ("of or for writing, belonging to drawing) "organikos" ORGANIC ("of an organ, instruments or engines") "plastikos" PLASTIC ("able to be molded") "emetikos" EMETIC ("causing vomiting") "skeptikos" SKEPTIC ("the Skeptics, followers of Pyrrho") "akoustikos" ACOUSTIC ("pertaining to hearing") "agnostos" AGNOSTIC ("unknown, unknowable") "katholikos" CATHOLIC (from kath' holou "on the whole, in general") "kosmētike" COSMETIC ("the art of dress and ornament") "spastikos" SPASTIC ("drawing, pulling, stretching")
κόμμα δρμα δόγμα ρωμα τραμα στίγμα μάγμα ανιγμα μίασμα άσθμα πλάσμα σχμα δίλημμα νάθεμα χάρισμα κίνημα	"comma"COMMA ("clause in a sentence, stamp, coinage, piece cut") "drama" DRAMA ("action, deed; play, spectacle") "dogma" DOGMA ("opinion, tenet," "that which one thinks is true") "aroma "AROMA ("seasoning, a spice or sweet herb") "trauma" TRAUMA ("a wound, a hurt; a defeat") "stigma" STIGMA ("mark of a pointed instrument") "magma" MAGMA ("thick unguent, ointment") "ainigma ENIGMA ( "a dark saying, riddle") "miasma" MIASMA ("stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt") "asthma"ASTHMA ("shortness of breath, a panting") "plasma" PLASMA ("something molded or created,""image, figure") "skhema "SCHEMA ("figure, appearance, the nature of a thing,") "dilemma" DILEMMA ("double proposition,"[rhetoric] di="two") "diploma" DIPLOMA ("a state letter given to travelers) "anathema" ANATHEMA ("a thing accursed") "kharisma" CHARISMA ("favor, divine gift") "kinema"CINEMA ("movement")
βιος γενεα γυναικ καρδια οφθαλμος παιδ πνευμα φυσις ρτηρίαe αiμορραγία σκελετός πιληψία βακτήριον ανατομία σκλήρωσις χος	"bios" life "genea" birth, race, descent "gynec" woman "cardia" heart "ophthalmos" eye "ped" child "pneuma" breath "physis"being; nature "arteria" ARTERY "windpipe," also "an artery," "haimorrhages" HEMORRHAGE "bleeding violently," "skeletos" SKELETON "dried-up body, mummy, skeleton," "epilepsia" EPILEPSY "epilepsy," "a seizure," "bakterion" BACTERIA "small staff," "anatomia" ANATOMY "a cutting up," from ana "up" + temnein "to cut" "sklerosis SCLEROSIS ("hardening,) "akhos ACHE, AWE ("pain, distress,""awe")