Greek and Latin Morphemes for English Usage #11 (2nd edition)
Hello guys! Here is how this thread works: Once a week for the next few weeks, I am going to be posting a discussion on 20 morphemes in Greek and Latin for you guys to learn. I will list the morphemes first, and then I will add the English translations. You can make words out of them, tell them to friends, or do whatever you want (as long as it is reasonable:)
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Pleur, Pleuri, Pleuro - Rib, Side
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Oto - Ear
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Sito, Site - Food
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Taxis - Response to, Stimulus (In biological terms)
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Sarc - Flesh
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Gnath - Jaw
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Gastr - Stomach
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Arithm - Number
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Cran, Crani, Cranio - Skull
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Math - Learning
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Meso - Middle
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Myo - Muscle
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Chlor - Light green
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Chrys - Gold; Yellow-green
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Thorac, Thorax - Chest
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Histo - Tissue; Web
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Leuco, Leuk, Leuc - White
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Stereo - Solid, Three-dimensional
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Oxy - Sharp, Acid
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Xero - Dry
Enjoy!
2 Comments
If applying that e.g. to medical terms that translated words sometimes suddenly become rather trivial.
For example 'eukaryote' : eukaryotes their name, which comes from the Greek εὖ (eu, "well" or "true") and κάρυον (karyon, "nut" or "kernel"). So thus a 'true' 'nut'.
For example 'mitosis' which basically means 'thread' in Greek.
Nothing more and nothing less, one might think it is a big thing. So just a Greek description of which translated back in your own language would be quite trivial words.
