1. Large, great Long (in extent or duration) Enlarged or elongated
Macro-
Large, great Long (in extent or duration) Enlarged or elongated

2. -mania, -manic
Mental disorder

3. Large, big, great, powerful
Mega-
Large, big, great, powerful

4. meter-, metr-
Measure

5. Micro-, micr-
Small, tiny A decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurement

6. miso-, mis-
Hater, hated, hatred

7. Mne-
Memory To remember

8. Mono-, mon-
One, alone, single

9. Shape, form, figure, appearance
Morph-
Shape, form, figure, appearance

10. nau-
Ship, sailor

11. neo-
Recent, current, young

12. odon/odont
tooth, teeth

13. like, resembling, similar to, form
-oid/-ode
like, resembling, similar to, form

14. few, small, abnormally few or small
olig-
few, small, abnormally few or small

15. right, straight, correct, true; designed to correct
ortho-/orth-
right, straight, correct, true; designed to correct

16. thick, dense, large, massive
pachy-, pacho-, pach-
thick, dense, large, massive

17. pedo-, ped-
Child Note: The British tend to use “paed-” while those in the United States tend to use “ped-.” Remember that the Greek ped- means “child” while the Latin ped- means “foot.” Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- that means “ground, soil, earth.”

18. pan-, panto-, pant-
all, every

19. feeling, sensation, perception, suffering,
patho-, -path-, -pathy
feeling, sensation, perception, suffering,
Note: in medicine, it usually means “one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease”

20. around, about, near, enclosing
peri-
around, about, near, enclosing

21. petro-, peter-
stone, rock

22. phag-
eat, consume, swallow

23. philo-, phil-
love, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to, strong tendency toward
Note: under some circumstances, -philia means “unwholesome-sexual attraction” to something or someone, as in pedophilia.

24. -phobia, -phobe, -phobic
Extreme fear, irrational fear or terror

25. -phon, -phony, -phonic
Sound; voice

26. -photo, phot-,
Light

27. pod-
Foot or feet

28. City, method of government
polis-, polit-, poli-
City, method of government

29. poly-
Many, much; too many, too much, excessive

30. -poly, -pole, -polism, -polist
Sale, selling; one who sells; pertaining to selling

31. Before Forward For, in favor of In front of In place of, on behalf of
Pro-, por-
Before Forward For, in favor of In front of In place of, on behalf of

32. False Deceptive Counterfeit
Pseudo-
False Deceptive Counterfeit

33. Psycho-, psych-
Dealing with the mind or mental processes *Etymologically, this element includes such meanings as breath, life, soul, spirit, mind, and consciousness

34. pyro-, pyr-
Fire, Burn, Fever, Heat EXAMPLES: pyre, pyrology, pyromania, pyrotechnology

35. sarco-, sarc-, -sarc, -sarcoma
Flesh, Meat EXAMPLES: sarcasm, sarcoid, sarcophagus

36. Lizard EXAMPLES: dinosaur
sauro-, saur-
Lizard EXAMPLES: dinosaur

37. see, view, sight, look at, examine
scop-, scept-, skept-
see, view, sight, look at, examine

38. shake, earthquake, move violently
seism-, -seism,
shake, earthquake, move violently

39. soma-, -soma
body; mass

40. Greek: wise, wisdom; knowledge
soph-, -soph
Greek: wise, wisdom; knowledge

41. Greek: solid, firm, hard; three-dimensional
stereo-, stere-
Greek: solid, firm, hard; three-dimensional

42. syn-(sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-)
Greek: together, with, along with By extension, syn- may also mean: together, with; united; same, similar; at the same time.

43. Greek: fast, speed, swift, rapid
tacho-, tach-, tachy-
Greek: fast, speed, swift, rapid

44. techn-, tect-,
Greek: art, skill, craft

45. tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical
Greek: far away, far off, at a distance Don’t confuse this tele- with the teleo- that means “end, last”.