Familiar Greek Words

τοξικόν
toxikon (poison)
toxic, toxicology
ὕπέρ
huper (above, super-)
hyperactive, hyperbole
αὐτοψία
autopsia
from autoptēs ‘eyewitness’, from autos ‘self’ + optos ‘seen’)
διάκονος
diakonos (servant)
deacon
ἕλιξ
helix (spiral ornament)
helicopter
ναυτικός
nautikos (sailor, ship)
aeronautics, astronaut, nautical
γλωσσίς
glōssis (tongue)
polyglot
Ἀκαδημία
Akadēmia
gymnasium near Athens where Plato and his successors taught, school of philosophy founded by Plato
ψεῦδος
pseudos (false, a falsity); pseudonym, pseudoscience
αὐστηρός
austēros (harsh)
austerity
ἦθος
ēthos (moral)
ethics
νάνος
nanos (dwarf)
nanometry, nanosecond, nanotechnology
νέκταρ
nektar (drink of the gods)
nectar
ἀνταρκτικός
antarktikos (Antarctic)
σύμβολον
sumbolon (symbol)
symbolic, symbolism
δίλημμα
dilēmma (di- ‘twice’ + lēmma ‘premise’)
πρό
pro (before)
prologue
ἄσθμα
asthma
νέος
neos (new, young)
neologism, neophyte
ἄρκτος
arktos (bear, Ursa Major, pole star)
ἀντίδοτον
antidoton (antidote)
ἀνά
ana (again)
σοφία
sophia (knowledge, wisdom)
philosophy
θησαυρός
thēsauros (storehouse, treasure)
thesaurus, treasure
ἀέριος
aerios (aerial)
ἀπολογία
apologia (apology)
apo, ‘away’ + -logia, denoting a subject of study or interest (e.g. psychology)
ὥρα
hōra (season, hour)
horology, horoscope
βιβλίον
biblion (book)
bibliography, bibliomania, Bible
νίκη
nikē (victory)
ζῷον
zōon (animal)
zoology
ἀντί
anti (opposite)
ἔμφασις
emphasis
ἀμνησία
amnēsia
ἀνατομία
anatomia
Ἀσία
Asia
βακτήριον
bactērion (staff, cane)
τῆλε
tēle (afar, far off)
telegram, telephone, television
ἀήρ
aēr (air, as in aerodynamics)
τόπος
topos (place)
dystopia, topology, utopia
ἀμφίβιος
amphibios
νεῦρον
neuron (nerve, sinew)
neurology
χαρακτήρ
kharaktēr (character)
θρόνος
thronos (an elevated seat)
throne
βλάσφημος
blasphēmos (evil-speaking)
blaspheme
κλῖμαξ
klimax (ladder)
climax
βάρος
baros (weight)
barometer, millibar
κίνημα
kinēma (movement)
cinema, cineamatic
βαπτίζω
baptizō (dip, immerse)
baptize
σύστημα
sustēma (system)
systematic
βορέας
boreas (north)
hyperborean, an inhabitant of the extreme north
μέθοδος
methodos (following after, pursuit, method, system)
method, methodical, Methodist
θέατρον
theatron (a place for viewing, especially a theatre)
ἀνάθεμα
anathema (accursed)
ἀστήρ
astēr (star)
asteroid
μακρός
makros (long)
macrobiotic, macroeconomics
θέσις
thesis (placing, a proposition)
χάος
khaos (vast chasm, void)
chaos, chaotic, gas (with Dutch g representing Greek kh)
τρόπαιον
tropaion (monument of an enemy’s defeat)
trophy
ἀνάλογος
analogos (proportionate)
ἀναλφάβητος
analphabētos (uneducated)
ἄλφα
alpha
Ἄτλας
Atlas
ἐνέργεια
energeia (energy)
κρυπτός
kruptos (hidden)
ἐλαστικός
elastikos (elastic)
ἀναχρονισμός
anakhronismos (wrong time reference)
anachronism
μαθηματικός
mathēmatikos (fond of learning)
mathematical, polymath
ἄνθρωπος
anthrōpos (human being)
ἄνθραξ
anthrax
στροφή
strophē (turning)
catastrophe (from cata-, ‘down’)
δαίμων
daimōn (deity, genius)
demon
ἀσθένεια
astheneia (weakness)
asthenia
ἵππος
hippos (horse)
hippodrome, hippopotamus
γῆρας
gēras (old age)
geriatric
θεραπεία
therapeia (healing)
therapeutics
διάβολος
diabolos (accuser, slanderer)
devil, diabolic
φωνή
phōnē (voice)
phoneme, phonetic, phonograph, telephone
φαντασία
phantasia (imagination)
fantasy, fantastic, fantasia
γένεσις
genesis (birth)
gene, genetic
ἀρθρίτις
arthritis (inflammation of the joint; arthron = joint)
ἀνάμνησις
anamnēsis (recollection)
βίος
bios (life)
biology
ἔλλειψις
elleipsis (ellipse, from elleipein, ‘leave out’)
ellipsis
ἀσπάραγος
asparagos
ἀναισθησία
anaisthēsia (anaesthesia)
Ἀφροδίτη
Aphroditē (literally ‘foam-born’, from aphros ‘foam’)
aphrodisiac
γάμμα
gamma
gamut (from gamma ut)
τροπικός
tropikos (of the turning of the sun)
tropical, tropics
τοπικός
topikos (of or pertaining to τόπος a place)
topic, topical
μικρός
mikros (small)
micron, microscope
ἱστορία
historia (history)
γυνή
gunē (woman)
gynecology, misogynist
δέλτα
delta
θερμός
thermos (hot)
hypothermia, thermal
λόγος
logos (thought, word)
pathology (from pathos, ‘suffering, disease’), analogy, geology, catalogue
Ἀμαζών
Amazōn
φοβία
phobia (irrational fear, fear)
πρόγραμμα
programma (proclamation, agenda)
programmer, program
βάρβαρος
barbaros (stranger)
barbarian
ἥλιος
helios (sun)
helium, heliotropism
ἄτομος
atomos (indivisible)
atomic
αὐθεντικός
authentikos (original)
authenticity
μανία
mania (madness, passion, frenzy)
manic
κόσμος
kosmos (order, the universe, ornament)
cosmetic, cosmology, cosmic, cosmopolitan