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List of Greek and Latin roots in English

Index List of Greek and Latin roots in English

The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes. [1]

37 relations: Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand, Ancient Greek, Bellovaci, Chinglish, Classical compound, Diageo, Didemnum vexillum, Diode, English etymology, English prefix, English words of Greek origin, Exonym and endonym, Gemination, Greek language, Haploscope, Hybrid word, International scientific vocabulary, Internationalism (linguistics), Isosceles triangle, Laia (name), Latin, Latin influence in English, Lingzhi mushroom, List of commonly used taxonomic affixes, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, List of Latin phrases, List of Latin words with English derivatives, Lists of English words by country or language of origin, Lists of etymologies, Metacarpal bones, Oxyhyperglycemia, Phlobaphene, Plesiopithecus, Prefix, Rheobase, Skull, Sonorant.

Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand

In human anatomy, the abductor digiti minimi (abductor minimi digiti, abductor digiti quinti, ADM) is a skeletal muscle situated on the ulnar border of the palm of the hand.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Bellovaci

The Bellovaci were among the most powerful and numerous of the Belgian tribes of north-eastern Gaul conquered by Julius Caesar in 57 BC.

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Chinglish

Chinglish refers to spoken or written English language that is influenced by the Chinese language.

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Classical compound

Classical compounds and neoclassical compounds are compound words composed from combining forms (which act as affixes or stems) derived from classical Latin or ancient Greek roots.

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Diageo

Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, with its headquarters in London, England.

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Didemnum vexillum

Didemnum vexillum, the carpet sea squirt, is a species of colonial tunicate in the family Didemnidae.

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Diode

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.

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English etymology

English etymology is the study of where English words came from.

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English prefix

English prefixes are affixes (i.e., bound morphemes that provide lexical meaning) that are added before either simple roots or complex bases (or operands) consisting of (a) a root and other affixes, (b) multiple roots, or (c) multiple roots and other affixes.

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English words of Greek origin

The Greek language has contributed to the English vocabulary in five main ways.

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Exonym and endonym

An exonym or xenonym is an external name for a geographical place, or a group of people, an individual person, or a language or dialect.

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Gemination

Gemination, or consonant elongation, is the pronouncing in phonetics of a spoken consonant for an audibly longer period of time than that of a short consonant.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Haploscope

A haploscope is an optical device for presenting one image to one eye and another image to the other eye.

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Hybrid word

A hybrid word or hybridism is a word that etymologically derives from at least two languages.

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International scientific vocabulary

International scientific vocabulary (ISV) comprises scientific and specialized words whose language of origin may or may not be certain, but which are in current use in several modern languages (that is, translingually).

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Internationalism (linguistics)

In linguistics, an internationalism or international word is a loanword that occurs in several languages (that is, translingually) with the same or at least similar meaning and etymology.

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Isosceles triangle

In geometry, an isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length.

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Laia (name)

Laia (pronounced Lah-ee-ah) is a shortened version of the Catalan name Eulàlia (feminine).

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Latin influence in English

English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic.

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Lingzhi mushroom

The lingzhi mushroom is a species complex that encompasses several fungal species of the genus Ganoderma, most commonly the closely related species Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma tsugae, and Ganoderma lingzhi.

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List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations.

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List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms.

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List of Latin phrases

This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera.

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List of Latin words with English derivatives

This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).

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Lists of English words by country or language of origin

The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.

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Lists of etymologies

This is a list of etymological lists.

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Metacarpal bones

In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the forearm.

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Oxyhyperglycemia

Oxyhyperglycemia is a special type of impaired glucose tolerance characterized by a rapid and transient hyperglycemia (i.e. rise in blood glucose) spike after an oral intake of glucose, the peak of this spike being high enough to cause transient, symptom free glycosuria (i.e. detectable glucose in urine), but this hyperglycemia reverses rapidly and may even go to hypoglycemia in the later phase.

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Phlobaphene

Phlobaphenes (or phlobaphens, CAS No.:71663-19-9) are reddish, alcohol-soluble and water-insoluble phenolic substances.

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Plesiopithecus

Plesiopithecus is an extinct genus of early strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Rheobase

Rheobase is a measure of membrane potential.

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Sonorant

In phonetics and phonology, a sonorant or resonant is a speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; these are the manners of articulation that are most often voiced in the world's languages.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English

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