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What does the suffix '-archy' refer to?
The term '-cracy' means what?
What is the meaning of the suffix '-graphy'?
What does the suffix '-logy' stand for?
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Study Notes
Greek and Latin Root Words
- -archy / -arch: Refers to "rule by" or "ruler."
- -cracy / -crat: Denotes a "ruling body" or "supporter of rule by."
- -graphy / -graph: Indicates a "method of writing" or "something written."
- -logy: Represents a "subject of study" or "study of."
- -mania: Signifies "madness" or "excessive enthusiasm."
- -metry: Refers to "art or measurement."
- -nomy: Denotes "law of" or "science of."
- -pathy: Means "feeling."
- -philia / -phile: Indicates a "love of" or "lover of."
- -phobe: Refers to "one who fears."
Prefixes and Their Meanings
- acr-: Means "high" or "topmost."
- all-: Signifies "other."
- arist-: Refers to "best."
- aut-: Denotes "oneself."
- cac-: Means "bad."
- heter-: Signifies "different" or "other."
- hier-: Refers to "holy" or "divine."
- hol-: Denotes "whole."
- hom-: Means "same."
- home-: Indicates "similar" or "same."
- idi-: Refers to "own" or "personal."
- macr-: Denotes "large scale."
- mega- / megal-: Means "great," "large," or "powerful."
- mes-: Signifies "middle."
- micr-: Indicates "small."
- mon-: Refers to "single," "alone," or "one."
- neo-: Means "new."
- olig-: Denotes "few."
- orth-: Refers to "straight" or "correct."
- pale-: Signifies "old."
- pan- / pant-: Means "all."
- poly-: Denotes "many."
- pseud-: Refers to "fake" or "false."
- scler-: Signifies "hard."
- therm-: Means "hot."
Additional Roots and Terms
- agog-: Indicates "lead."
- acou-: Relates to "hear" or "listen."
- ball- / bol-: Means "throw."
- cri-: Refers to "judge."
- do-: Signifies "give."
- gen: Means "become" or "be born."
- gno-: Indicates "to know."
- graph- / gram-: Refers to "to write."
- id-: Means "to see."
- log- / lect-: Indicates "to say."
- ora-: Refers to "to see."
- opt-: Means "to see."
- path-: Denotes "to suffer."
- phen- / phan- / pha-: Means "to show."
- pher- / phor-: Refers to "to carry."
- prag- / prac-: Means "to do."
- rheu- / rh-: Indicates "to flow."
- skept-: Refers to "to look at."
- skop-: Means "to look at."
- sta-: Denotes "to set up" or "to stand up."
- tom-: Means "to cut."
- the-: Refers to "to place."
- trop-: Indicates "to turn."
- treph-: Means "to nourish."
Language Concepts
- Loan Word: Fully adopted terms from another language with little change (e.g., "data").
- Hybrid Word: Combination of elements from two or more languages (e.g., "socio" from Latin and "logy" from Greek).
- Base: Constant meaning and form derived from Greek or Latin.
- Prefix: Element added to the beginning of a word.
- Suffix: Element added to the end of a word.
- Combining Form: A base and suffix combination.
- Combining Vowel: A vowel (usually "i" or "o") used to link base with subsequent elements.
Greek Mythology Deities
- Zeus (Jupiter): Supreme ruler of the gods, lord of the sky, known for wielding lightning bolts.
- Poseidon (Neptune): God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses; carries a trident and is Zeus's brother.
- Hades (Pluto): Ruler of the underworld and the dead, known for his helmet of invisibility and his two-pronged staff, alongside his three-headed dog, Cerberus.
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