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The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes.These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O
The second part of a binomial is often a person's name in the genitive case, ending -i (masculine) or -ae (feminine), such as Kaempfer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi. The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead. Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted.
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples macer-lean: Latin: macer: emaciate, macerate, meager macr-[1]long: Greek: μακρός (makrós), μακρότης (makrótēs) "length"
The names of several other towns and cities in Europe and the Middle East have contained the suffix -polis since antiquity or currently feature modernized spellings, such as -pol. Notable examples include: Adrianopolis or Adrianople ("Hadrian's city"), present-day Edirne, Turkey; Alexandropol ("Alexandra's city"), currently Gyumri, Armenia
In Germany, the grapheme is still used today. Throughout history, various names have been spelled with ß. Many of the spelling variations are hypercorrected variants of other spellings of the name. Nowadays, most of the spelling variations and names are considered archaic or obsolete.
While some royals have two (or more) middle names, the same can’t be said for people like Kate Middleton, who have only one. To avoid any confusion, we compiled a complete list of the British ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples sacc-[1]bag: Greek: σάκκος (sákkos): sack sacchar-[2]sugar: Greek: σάκχαρ, σάκχαρον (sákkharon)