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Common Greek Combining Forms
| phon/phono (sound) |
photo (light) |
| gram, graph (written or drawn) |
auto (self) |
| tele (distant) |
logy (study; from logos, logue [speech or word] |
| micro (small or minute) |
meter, metr (measure) |
| therm, thermo (heat or hot) |
bio (life) |
| scope (to watch or see) |
hydr, hydra, hydro (water) |
| biblio (book) |
cracy, crat (rule) |
| geo (earth) |
metro (mother city; measure) |
| pol, polis, polis (city, government) |
dem, demo (people) |
| derm (skin) |
hypo (under) |
| chron, chrono (time) |
cycl, cyclo (wheel or circle; circular) |
| hyper (over, above, or excessive) |
chrom (color) |
| phys (nature) |
techn (skill, art, or craft) |
| path (feeling, suffering, or disease) |
psych (mind or soul) |
| lex (word) |
gno, gnosi (know) |
| mega (large or great) |
mech (machine) |
| meta (beside, after, later, beyond) |
arch (chief or ruler) |
| kine, cine (movement) |
phil, phila, phile, philo (love or affinity for) |
| the, theo (god) |
soph (wisdom or cleverness) |
| mania (madness, frenzy, obsession) |
phobia, phobic; phobe (irrational fear or
hatred; one who fears-hates) |
| ast, astro (star) |
andr, anthr (man) |
archae, arche, archi (primitive or
ancient) |
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Less Common Greek Combining Forms
| drome, dromos (course or running) |
morph (form, shape, or structure) |
| dyn, dynamo (power, strength, or force) |
neo (new or recent) |
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eco (house or home) |
nym, onym (name) |
| ecto (outside, external, or beyond) |
ortho (straight, correct, or upright) |
| helio (sun) |
phyll (leaf or leaves) |
| hema, hemo (blood) |
pneumon, pneuma (breath or lung) |
| hypn, hypno (sleep) |
proto (earliest, original, or first in time) |
| lith, litho (stone) |
saur (lizard or serpent) |
| macro (large, long, or great) |
stereo (solid, firm, or hard) |
log, logo, logue (speech or word; logy,
meaning study, comes from this
word family) |
zo, zoo (animal) |
For word lists of the Greek combining forms see M K. Henry (2003).
Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction. Baltimore:
Brookes Publishing.
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