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)
poietikos
1
poine
1
poinḗ
1
polein
1
polis
4
politikos
4
polos
1
poly
1
poíēsis
1
praktikós
4
proballein
1
problema
1
proboskis
1
prognōsis
1
prognōstikon
1
prophylaktikos
1
prophēteia
2
proskēnion
1
prosōidia
1
prássein
4
prōtotypon
1
pseudēs
1
pseudōnymos
1
psychē
1
pteron
1
pyr
1
pyrexis
1
pámphilos
1
Pán
2
Pándaros
1
párdos
1
páthos
7
píptō
1
pólis
1
pórnē
1
pŷr
2
rhachis
1
rhachitis
1
rhinokerōs
1
rhētinē
1
rhētorikē
1
rhētōr
1
sardónios
1
Satanâs
1
seiein
1
seismos
1
skandalon
1
skhedios
1
skholē
1
skhēma
2
skopein
2
skēnē
1
smáragdos
1
sophia
1
sophistḗs
3
sophos
1
sophós
3
spasmós
1
speiraía
1
speírein
1
speîra
1
sphaîra
3
sphýzō
1
spongiá
1
sporadikós
1
spáein
1
stadion
1
statikos
1
stoa
1
stochastikos
1
stochos
1
stomachos
2
stratos
2
stratēgikos
1
stratēgos
3
stratēgēma
1
stratēgētikos
1
strephein
1
Stygios
1
styppē
1
Styx
1
stōikos
1
sykophantēs
1
syllabe
1
syllabē
2
symmetria
1
sympátheia
1
synergía
1
synkopē
1
synthetikós
1
sábbaton
1
sákkos
2
sáppheiros
1
Síbylla
1
síttyba
1
sôma
1