| Greek Root |
Meaning |
Examples
in English (please fill in at least two examples) |
| arithm(e)- |
number, to count |
|
| olig- |
few |
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| poly- |
many |
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| ochl- |
crowd, mob |
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| hemi- |
half |
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| hen- |
one (among
others) |
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| mon- |
one only, alone |
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| hapl- |
single |
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| prot- |
first |
|
| proter- |
former, "firster"
(an illogical comparative) |
|
| dy- |
two |
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| dipl- |
double |
|
| di- |
twice |
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| dich- |
in two |
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| tri- |
three |
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| tetra- |
four |
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| penta- |
five |
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| hexa- |
six |
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| hepta- |
seven |
|
| octo-/octa- |
eight |
|
| ennea- |
nine |
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| deca-/deka- |
ten |
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| hendeca- |
eleven |
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| dodeca- |
twelve |
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| tris-kai-deka- |
thirteen |
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| icosa- |
twenty |
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| hecaton-/hect- |
hundred |
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| kil- |
thousand |
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| myria- |
ten thousand,
countless |
| diatom |
migraine |
monolith |
| pentathlon |
decathlete |
octagon |
| diphycercal |
protocol |
triglyph |
| decade |
heptahedron |
myriapod |
| pentecost | tesseract | kilogram |
| hyphen | diatessaron | chiliad |
| hendiadys | trapeze | deuterium |
| triskaidekaphobia | adelphic | hectare |
| hentriacontane | unnilpentium | icosasphere |
| heneicosane | dean | deuteranopia |
| triakisoctahedrom | epitrite | hapax |
| trichotomy | hemiola | dilemma |
| tetra |
tetrapla | proterozoic |
| penteconter |
trireme |
protozoic |
| eicosapentaenoic |
docosahexaenoic |
alpha-linolenic |
| 1. huguenot |
8. lesbian |
| 3. vulcanize |
10. lynch |
| 4. magnet |
11. sandwich |
| 5. maudlin |
12. gerrymander |
| 6. meander |
13. masochist |
| 7. solon |
14. draconian |