Ancient Greek Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Ancient Greek (1191)
kephalḗ
1
keras
1
kerasion
1
ketos
1
khainein
1
kharassein
1
kharis
1
kharisma
1
khartēs
2
khasma
1
khelōnē
1
kholḗ
3
khorein
2
khorós
1
khroniká
1
khronos
1
khrónos
2
khrôma
1
khrūsós
1
khēmeía
1
Kimmérios
1
klyzein
3
klíma
2
klērikos
1
klēros
3
klīnein
2
klīnē
1
kolossós
1
kosmos
1
kratos
7
kryos
1
kryptein
1
kryptikos
1
kryptē
1
krystallinos
1
krystallos
1
krátos
2
kybernan
1
kybikos
1
kybos
1
kyklikos
1
kyklos
5
kykloun
1
kéntron
2
kólpos
1
kóphinos
1
kóptein
1
kômos
1
kúklos
1
kīneîn
1
kīnēma
1
kōbiós
1
kōmikós
1
kōmos
2
kōmōidía
1
lambanein
2
lambánein
1
lanthanein
1
legein
1
lepein
1
leípein
3
logikos
1
logos
11
lyein
1
léxis
1
líthos
1
lógos
7
magikos
2
Magnes lithos
1
Magnēsía
1
magos
1
makros
1
mamonas
1
mania
1
maniakos
1
manía
1
maraínein
1
Maíandros
1
melos
1
melímēlon
1
meros
1
meta-
4
metamórphōsis
1
metaphorā
2
meteoros
1
meteōron
1
mikrós
2
mnasthai
1
monarkhia
1
monologos
1
monos
6
monotonos
1
morphē
4
mousikē
2
myein
1
myrobalanos
1