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Missing Greek script in etymologies?


 * -ene From the feminine patronymic.
 * -ia From the endings of corresponding and  plural nouns.
 * -id From -idos
 * -ine From Middle English -ine, from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Greek -inos.
 * -isc Cognate with German and Dutch -isch, Scandinavian -sk, Latin -icus, Greek -ikos, Slavic -ic, -ich, etc.
 * -ish From -isc.  Cognate with German and Dutch -isch, Latin -icus, -isce and -ice, Greek -ikos, Slavic -ic, -ich, etc.
 * -isk Compare Danish -isk, German and Dutch -isch, Latin -icus, -isce and -ice, Greek -ikos, Slavic -ic, -ich, etc.
 * -leptic (leptos), seized
 * -mere From Greek meros.
 * -meter metrum or  (metron), measure
 * -metre metrum or  (metron), measure
 * -mycete From the Greek and Latin roots, -mycete basically means fungus.
 * -o- From.
 * -orama English panorama and cyclorama, and thus from Greek horoma, meaning sight, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to perceive or look out for.
 * -pedia Greek paideia (py-dee-a) from the Greek pais, paidos: the upbringing of a child.
 * -phage (phagein), to eat
 * -plasty Greek. -plastia, from plastos "molded, formed"
 * -pod
 * -poeia from  combining form making
 * -scopy From skopein:.
 * -tron From a instrumental suffix, used to name the electron
 * -trophy From trophe "food, nourishment," from trephein "congeal, thicken."
 * -èdre From hedron
 * abasiophilia From the Greek, abasios, meaning lameness.
 * abracadabra Magical word used in certain Gnostic writings, relation to Greek Abraxas, a Gnostic deity.

It may also be a corruption of the Aramaic term עַבְדָא כְּדַברָא, avda kedavra, which means, "what was said has been done"; or perhaps, ,עברא כדברא, avra kedavra; "what has said has come to pass." This may be the source of the Avada Kedavra killing curse in the Harry Potter books.
 * Achilles heel From Greek hero Achilles, whom according to legend his mother held by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable everywhere except on his heel.

The legend of Achilles has it that he was dipped into the river Styx by his mother Thetis in order to make him invulnerable. His heel wasn't covered by the water and he was later killed by an arrow wound to his heel.

Although the legend is ancient, the phrase wasn't picked up in English until the 19th century. It is used as a metaphor for vulnerability, as in the earliest citation, an essay by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Friend; a literary, moral and political weekly paper, 1810:

"Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!" invisible + foot. From the Celtic/Gaelic, Alanna possibly means "Fair". It can also be derived from the combination of the father`s name Allan, with the mother`s name Donna, to form Alanna. From ancient Greek.
 * acrogen extreme, high + -gen
 * acroniem From
 * acrophobia Greek acro- + phobia
 * acropoleis From acro- tip, peak + -poleis cities.
 * acropolises From acro- tip, peak + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * ad kalendas Graecas Attributed by Suetonius in Lives of the Twelve Caesars to Caesar Augustus. The Kalends (also written Calends) were specific days of the Roman calendar (the first of the month), not of the Greek, and so the “Greek Kalends” would never occur.
 * adelaster Greek not manifest + a star.
 * adelocodonic Greek invisible + a bell.
 * adelopod
 * adelphia Greek 'adelfo`s brother.
 * adelphophagy "adelpho" or brother +  "phagy" or to eat of.
 * adelphous Greek 'adelfo`s brother.
 * adenophorous Adeno + Greek bearing.
 * adenophyllous Adeno + leaf.
 * adenotomy From adeno-: + "a cutting", "to cut".
 * adiaphoron (indifferent)
 * adicity From root -ad, + -icity.  Compare arity, which comes from the corresponding Latin root.
 * aeaeae From mythology, the name of the island on which Circe, a sorceress, lived.
 * Aegidius Aegidius, from, meaning "kid skin" (sometimes interepreted as "the protecting").
 * Aeneid *IPA English pronunciation: [əˈniːɪd]
 * Latin Aeneis, pronounced [aɪˈne.ɪs]
 * the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos
 * aerate * āero (air)
 * Latin ātus (past tense of verb)
 * aerodrome from Greek: aero- + -drome
 * aeromancy From aero, "air".
 * aeronomy From the Greek aero..
 * aforismi Probably from aforism:, ultimately from.
 * agale From Greek agalia
 * agathology From the Greek agathos (good) and logos (discourse), and an eponym for the Greek poet, Agathon.
 * agelast Derived from the Greek agelastos ("not laughing"), itself stemming from gelaein ("to laugh").
 * agogic (agōgos), leader
 * agonic a- (without) + gōniā (angle)
 * agonistes (agon), struggle
 * ailuromancy ailouros, "a cat".
 * ailurophilia From ancient Greek ailuros, "cat", and -philia, "love".
 * aithochrous.
 * akinetic a- + word kinesis
 * Alanna A feminine form of Alan; variant spelling of Alana. Also possibly derived from Elaine (Old French) "bright, shining" or Helen (Greek) "light." The spelling Alannah is possibly influenced by names of Hebrew origin such as Hannah and Susannah and by the Anglo-Irish term of endearment "alannah" or "a leanbh" meaning "O child.".
 * alectoromancy undefined:.
 * alectryomancy From undefined: + -mancy:.
 * alectyromancy undefined:.
 * aleuromancy Greek aleuromanteion, divination by flour, from Greek aleuron, wheat flour.
 * Alex from Latin Alexander, from Greek Alexandros 'he who wards of men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin, and from Alexis, the French form of Alexius.
 * Alex from Latin Alexander, from Greek Alexandros 'he who wards of men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin
 * Alex From Latin Alexander, from Alexandros 'he who wards of men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin; and from Alexius, from the same  root, alexios "helping, defending". These two origins of Alex are indistinguishable in most languages.
 * Alexandra Feminine form of Alexander, from.
 * Alexandra Feminine form of Alexander, from Alexandros.
 * algon From Greek, algos, "pain".
 * algoritme Via English algorithm: from Middle Latin algorismus:, a transliteration of Arabic al-Khowarizmi ("the man from Khowarizm"), surname of the well-known Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī who lived during the ninth century and introduced sophisticated mathematics to the West (particularly algebra). Was also influenced by Greek arithmos (number) due to a later mistaken connection.
 * alikreukel (h)alikochlos (“sea snail”), through Afrikaans.
 * almanakka From almanacha:, ultimately from  through.
 * alphitomancy Ancient Greek alphitomantis, a diviner who used barley meal. From Ancient Greek alphiton (plural alphita), barley meal.
 * Althea From Althaia in Greek mythology.
 * Amazon Spanish, Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya savages, in which the women fought alongside the men. He no doubt derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.
 * Amazonian From Amazon, a river in South America named after a group of women warriors of Greek mythology.
 * ammoniakki From ammoniak:, ultimately from  through.
 * amnion From for "membrane around a fetus", from Greek "bowl in which the blood of victims was caught", from ame, (bucket)
 * amphibius From
 * amphiphile From the Greek "amphis" = both, and "philia" = love
 * amphora
 * amphoteric (ampho), both
 * amygdaloid almond + -oid
 * amyloid From amylon meaning "starch."
 * Anagramm From Greek anagraphein
 * analgesia From <  undefined: + undefined: < undefined:.
 * analog Greek ana fr. an- + logos
 * analyse From Greek analysis: (dissolution), from analyein: (unloose), from ana- (up, throughout) + lysis (a loosening).
 * anapodoton From undefined:
 * anason from Turkish anason< Greek anison
 * anatripsis From the Greek term meaning rubbing up
 * ancient Greek ancient + Greek
 * ancora From
 * anemie From anémie, itself from
 * anemious (windy)
 * anesthetic From Greek anaisthetos insensible.
 * Angela Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from  angelos "messenger, angel". Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint.
 * angelică anghélika
 * Angelopoulos Angel (Angelo) + -poulos, from Greek.
 * Angelopoulou From Greek angel (Angelo) + -poulou
 * anise Old French anis< Latin anisum< ancient Greek anison
 * ankylosaurus (ankylo), stiffen + (sauros), lizard
 * Ann The English form of Anna, the New Testament form of the  female name Hannah, meaning 'grace; gracious'.
 * anorthite Greek "less than straight, not perpendicular" - a reference to the odd angles at which crystals grow.
 * ante- A preposition and prefix; akin to Greek anti:, Sanskrit anti:, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳-:, 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰-: (only in comp.), AS.:, and-:, ond-:, (only in comp.: compare answer:, along:, German ant-:, ent-: (in comp.).


 * anthomania (anthos) flower and the suffix mania
 * anthropod From anthrop- "human" + pod "foot"
 * anthropomancy Greek anthropos, human being.
 * anthropophagus From
 * Anthropos From
 * anthroposophy From Greek anthrop or anthropo (person or man) and the suffix -sophy (study or knowledge of).
 * antistrophe From Latin, from Greek: to turn to the opposite side; against + to turn. See strophe.
 * antithesis From Greek words "anti" = "against" and "thesis" = "position".
 * apantomancy Greek apantomai, to meet.
 * Aphrodite From the Greek aphros, (sea foam) + -ite, (Greek ending denoting a person associated with a place, etc.)

From Albanian (Illyrian ) aphro = near + dite = day, litteraly Nearday refering to the planet Venus as the mornig star. (Aphrodite is Roman Venus)
 * aphyllous 19th Century, from New Latin, from Greek, A + phullon (leaf).
 * apnée
 * apocopation (apo), to cut + (koptein), away from
 * apocryphal From Late Latin apocryphus secret, not approved for public reading, from Greek apokryphos hidden, obscure, thus (books) of unknown authorship (especially those included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but not originally written in Hebrew and not counted as genuine by the Jews), from apo- away + kryptein to hide. Properly plural (the single would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. Apocryphal of doubtful authenticity is from 1590.
 * Apoda From Greek for 'without foot'
 * apodal *From Greek apoda- without, +pous foot
 * apologetic ?, from ? to speak in defense of; ? from + ? speech, ? to say, to speak.  See Logic.
 * apoptosis Term coined in 1972 by John F. Kerr et al. in their article "Apoptosis: a basic biological phenomenon with wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics" published in volume 26 of the British Journal of Cancer. It is derived from the Greek word meaning "falling off," such as leaves falling off a tree.
 * apple of discord With reference to the golden apple in Greek mythology, inscribed ‘for the fairest female’, which sparked dissent among the gods and led to the judgment of Paris, and ultimately to the Trojan war.
 * apple of somebody's eye Refers to the Greek myth of Eris and the golden apple, which attracted the desires of Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.
 * apócope From the Greek apokópe, "amputation"
 * Aquila chrysaetos Latin eagle + Greek golden
 * arachnomancy undefined:.
 * arachnophobia from Greek arachnophobia literally fear of spiders from arachnos spider + phobos fear.
 * archaism 17th Century, from New Latin, from Greek, from arkhaizein to model one's style upon that of ancient writers.
 * archenemy (arkhos), chief + enemy
 * archiater From
 * Archimedean solid From Archimedes Greek mathematician and engineer
 * arctophobia arktos bear + -phobia
 * areo- (Ares), the planet Mars
 * argus-eyed From the Greek mythological figure Argus;
 * Aristoteles From the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
 * arity From -ary, based on a Latin root. Compare adicity and adinity, based on the corresponding Greek root.
 * Artemia Artemis
 * Artemiidae Artemis
 * Artemiina Artemis
 * arthritis Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation
 * asphodel Greek, asphodelos
 * aspidomancy Greek aspid- from aspis, a shield.
 * ass Used chiefly in North America. A vulgar usage of arse: (used in the UK and Australia), from . Cognates include the Old High German ars:, Old Norse ars: (now Arsch: in German), Old Frisian ers: and Greek undefined:. Ultimately from the reconstructed.
 * asteroid < aster, a star + eidos, form
 * asthenopia New Latin, "weak vision", ultimately from Greek roots as follows: a-, without + sthenos, strength + -opia, visual condition (from op, eye)
 * astragalomancy * astragalos, one of the vertebrae.
 * astragaloi (plural), a type of dice made from the knuckle bones of sheep.
 * astral < astralis: <  astrum: <  ...
 * astroid < astron, a star + eidos, form
 * Asus The name Asus originated from Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology
 * atemporal From the ἀ-: ("not") +  from the
 * athetize From undefined:
 * Atlas From the Greek Mythological figure Atlas (see below), meaning "The Bearer (of the Heavens)", from tlenai, (to suffer, endure, bear).
 * Atropos Meaning inflexible or not turning, from the Greek a-, (not) + tropos, (to turn)''.
 * Augean A reference to Augeas, a figure in Greek mythology whose stables were never cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them.
 * autecology From (and Latin) auto- 'on itself' + ecology
 * Authentifizierung From Greek authentikos
 * Authentisierung From Greek authentikos
 * autobiography From auto + bios + graphein
 * autocannibalism Greek: autos: self

Spanish: Caníbal (plural: Caníbales): the name given by Christopher Columbus to the Caribs of Cuba and Haiti who allegedly ate human flesh.
 * autodidact *From Greek autodidaktos: auto- + didaktos (taught).
 * autotheism Greek: autos: self and theos: god
 * axinomancy axinomantia <  ax or axine, an axe+ -mancy.
 * axiou From the Greek axioun.
 * azelaic From azo + (elaion), olive tree + -ic
 * Bacchanalia Latin Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the plural Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, from Bacchus the god of wine, Greek &Beta;&alpha;&kappa;&chi;&omicron;&sigmaf;.
 * Balaenoptera From balaena: and  ptero-:, a reference to the long wing-like side fins of certain whales.
 * Bar Scholary creation from báros (weight).
 * barysphere Greek barus 'heavy' + sphere.
 * basilica From Latin basilica, from Greek basilike, from basilike stoa, "royal hall".
 * bathophobia The word is derived from the Greek "bathos", meaning "depth", and "phobos", meaning "fear".
 * bathyscaphe : bathy- (Greek: deep or depth) + scaphe (Latin: boat)
 * belomancy belos, an arrow, dart. -mancy suffix for divination.
 * Bernice Biblical form of Berenice.
 * beryllus From
 * between a rock and a hard place Related to the concept of the Ancient Greeks: "between Scylla and Charybdis." Originated in the United States, possibly in the wake of the Bisbee Deportation.
 * bibliobibuli The term was coined in 1957 by H.L. Mencken, who said "There are people who read too much: the bibliobibuli". From the Greek "biblio", meaning books, and the Latin "bibulous", from "bibere" (to drink).

"There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing". It was formed from:
 * bibliomancy From biblio "book" + -mancy, confer French bibliomancie.
 * bion ,< undefined:.
 * bioscope bios: life + scopien: to look at.
 * Blatt Old High German blat, originally *blad, from the Germanic root *blada- "leaf", related (via an Indo-European root) to phyllon,  ''folium.
 * blida Since Old Swedish blidha, from Medieval Latin blida with the same meaning. Originally from Greek ballein "to throw".
 * bodega From Latin apotheca, storehouse, from Greek.
 * bodega Spanish, from Latin apotheca, storehouse, from Greek.
 * Bogdan
 * "bog" - meaning "God"; of Scythian/Indo-Iranian origin; its original meaning was riches, abundance, and good fortune, as it was still used in the name of Baghdad and in the Slavic bogatŭ (rich); however with time it became a title of Mithra and then from there it replaced the Slavic Indo-European name of the celestial God *Deivos (Latin "Deus", Sanskrit "Deva", German "Ziu") some time after the split between the Baltic and Slavic languages (as Lithuanian still keeps "Dievas").
 * "dan" - "gift", of Indo-European origins, akin to Latin "donum", Greek "dorus", Welsh "dawn" or Irish "dán".

There are also some other languages in which we can find names meaning "gift of God" such as Greek (Theodore), Latin (Adeodatus and Deusdedit) Arabic (Ataullah) and Hebrew (Jonathan and Nathaniel).
 * boreal borealis, northern, from  (Boreas), personification of the north wind
 * botanomancy botano-, from botane, plant.
 * bottom Old English botm, bodan "ground, soil, lowest part," from Proto-Germanic *buthm- (cf. Old Frisian boden "soil," German Boden "ground, earth, soil"), from Proto-Indo-European base *bhudh- (cf. Sanskrit budhnah, Greek pythmen "foundation," Latin fundus "bottom, piece of land, farm," Old Irish bond "sole of the foot"). Meaning "posterior of a man" is from 1794; the verb "to reach the bottom of" is from 1808. Bottom dollar "the last dollar one has" is from 1882.
 * bourse From bursa, from   (bursa) 'leather'.
 * bouzouki From mpouzoúki:, from  bozuk:
 * bracchium From.
 * Bulle Probably a pars pro toto expression, from a very old root (related to phallos "penis"), with the related meaning "ball".
 * bürokrat bureaucratie ( bureau +  Greek suffix -kratia - power of ).
 * caballus Disputed. Generally believed to be from caballos:.

Also proposed is Ancient Greek kaballēs, in turn possibly a borrowing from a Balkan or north-east European language.

Cognate to Welsh caballus:, Manx cabbyl:, Scottish Gaelic and Irish capall:. Charte, a sheet of paper to which the Stoic philosophers compared the soul at birth. Prior to that it comes from the Latin, coliculus and earlier from Greek, kolik-os with the same meaning.
 * cacodyl (kakodes) evil smelling
 * cacoepist Greek
 * cacoepistic Greek
 * cacoepy Greek kakos bad + epos a word.
 * cacophonic kakos: bad + phone: sound.
 * cacophonous (kakos), bad + (phone), sound
 * calisthenic From Greek kallos = beauty, sthenos = strength
 * Callippic For Callippus Greek astronomer and mathematician
 * calyx calyx from  kalyx
 * canapé From canapeum, an alteration of canopeum 'mosquito net', itself from  conopeum '(seat with a) baldaquin', from  konopion, from konops 'mosquito' - cognate with canopy
 * canker canker, cancre,  cancer (akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar.), From  cancer a cancer; or if a native word, compare Greek excrescence on tree, gangrene. Compare also Old French cancre, French chancere, from Latin cancer. See cancer, and compare chancre.
 * capnomancy undefined:.
 * cardia kardiā (heart)
 * carquois Via Late Greek from.
 * cartography From chartis (map) + graphein (write)
 * cata- (kata) - downwards
 * cataract From cataracta 'waterfall, portcullis', from  (kataraktes), from (katarassèn) 'to pour down'
 * catarrh From the Greek "katarrhein": kata- meaning "down" and rhein meaning "to flow."
 * catechize undefined:, from undefined: + undefined:.
 * catoblepas From
 * catoptric undefined:
 * catoptromancy (katoptron), "mirror" < (kathoran) "look upon": (kata) down + (oran) to see.
 * causimomancy kausimos, "fit for burning" < kausis, "burning heat".
 * Centaur {ME}; Latin Centaurus; Greek (Kentauros);'' (Eng. usg. ca. 14c)
 * Cephalochordata
 * cephalochordate
 * cephalomancy kephalos, "head".
 * Cephalopoda From (cephalon) 'head' + (pod) 'foot'
 * ceramic Ceramic was borrowed from the French word, ceramique in the 19th century. This derives from the Greek word keram(os), which means potter's clay.
 * Ceratopsia From Greek "horned faces". One of the first named genera was Ceratops itself, which lent its name to the group, although it is considered a nomen dubium today as it has no distinguishing characteristics that are not also found in other ceratopsians.
 * ceraunoscopy keraunos, "thunder, a thunderbolt"
 * cerebropathy Cerebrum + Greek suffering, coined for medical usage prior to 1913.
 * ceresia From Greek
 * ceromancy (keros), "wax".
 * Ceylon From Sielen Diva:, from  sihalam:, from  sinhala: dwipa:; sinhala derived from sinha:.
 * chalco-
 * chalcogen undefined: + halogen:.
 * chambered nautilus Latin < Greek nautilos (nautilus, sailor).
 * chaomancy (Paracelsian) chaos, "the atmosphere".
 * charientism From ancient, charientismus.
 * Charmian Neuter diminutive form of the word for "joy".
 * chart From Greek chartes, Latin carta, chart.
 * chartomancy chartes, "a leaf of paper".
 * chasma From "a cleft, abyss"
 * chilia- From chiliad-, chilias, itself from  chilioi 'thousand'
 * chimerical From chimera: < chimaera:, <  undefined:. This term entered English around 1638.
 * chiropractic From chiro- meaning "hand" from the Greek word kheir meaning "hand" + (praktikos) practical
 * Chlorophyta From chloro (green) + -phyta
 * choler From English colre, from Old French colre, from Latin cholera, "jaundice", from Greek kholera, from Greek khol, "bile"
 * choleric From English colre, from Old French colre, from Latin cholera, "jaundice", from Greek kholera, from Greek khol, "bile"
 * cholic acid Mid 19th century, from Greek kholikos, from kholē (bile).
 * Chondrichthyes Ancient Greek chondros = cartilage, ichthys = fish
 * choreography From chorégraphie, from  khoreia "dance" and graphein "to write".
 * chorégraphie From khoreia "dance" and graphein "to write".
 * chronologise : From Chronos the Greek god of time.
 * chronomètre From chronos and metron.
 * Chrysanthemum golden flower
 * cikla Common Slavic *svekla, from Greek
 * cimmerian (Kimmerioi) the Cimmerians
 * cistrome This term was coined by investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Technologies, from the words cis (DNA segment) and ome (Greek word for manager)
 * Classical Greek classical + Greek
 * claustrophilia From the Latin claustrum "a shut in place," from claudere "to close" + Greek philia "affection," from philos "love."
 * claustrophobia claustrum "a shut in place," from claudere "to close" + Greek phobos "fear."  First attested in the British Medical Journal.
 * cledonomancy kledon, "an omen".
 * cleido- From
 * cleidomancy kleis, "a key".
 * cleromancy kleros, "a lot".
 * Clio From the Greek kleein, (to make famous, celebrate)
 * Cnidaria (knide), nettle
 * cockatrice First attested 1382, from cocatris, from  calcatrix, from  calcare "to tread," from Greek ikhneumon "tracker, tracer."
 * cocodrilo Latin crocodīlus, from Greek
 * coenure common + tail
 * colic From the French adjective, colique, which referred to the lower part of the intestinal cavity.
 * columnist From column, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel
 * comme un dératé The original form was courir comme un dératé:. The Ancient Greeks attributed side stitches to the spleen, and although the actual ablation was never successful, the idea that a person without a spleen would run faster was prevalent in the 18th and stuck in this idiom, which was eventually extended to any sort of quick movement or effort.
 * computed axial tomography scan tomos (slice) + graphia (describing)
 * coppice From coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from presumed  colpaticium "having the quality of being cut," from *colpare "to cut, strike," from  colpus "a blow", from  colapus, from  colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from  kolaphos "a blow, slap."
 * In 1578, the contracted form copse arose, meaning "small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting"
 * Cora Name apparently invented by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans(1826); it could represent Greek kore"maiden".
 * cornice Perhaps from Latin cornix, 'crow', influenced by Greek koronis, 'crown'.
 * cort From Greek
 * coryphaeus Latin, leader, from Greek koruphaios, from Greek koruphē, head.
 * coscinomancy koskinomantis, "a diviner using a sieve" < koskinon, "a sieve".
 * cosmo- (kosmos), universe
 * cosmopoleis From cosmo- world, universe + -poleis cities.
 * cosmopolis From cosmo- world, universe + -polis city.
 * cosmopolises From cosmo- world, universe + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * cosmosophy From Greek cosmo- or cosm- (derivative of cosmos) and suffix -sophy, respectively "universe" and "knowledge or study of".
 * cream From cresme: (modern: crème), blend of  chrisma: "ointment" (from  chrisma: "unguent"), and  cramum: "cream", perhaps from . Replaced  ream. Borrowed again from  in the 1800s, as creme:. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial.
 * credophile Coined by L. Sprague de Camp from Latin credere, to believe, + -o- (a connecting vowel from French, from Latin, from Greek, connecting vowel of most nouns and adjectives in combination) -phile, a liker of something, from French -phile, from Latin -philus, from Greek -philos, beloved, loving, lover, from philein, to love

First known use is in a personal letter from de Camp to James Randi (which is thought to still exist in Randi's archives but is not readily available for study).
 * Crenarchaeota Greek krene spring+ archae old + -otes quality
 * cricoid From Greek krikoeides meaning "ring-shaped."
 * crinoid krinon (lily) + oeidēs (oid)
 * criterium from
 * crithomancy krithomanteia, "divination by barley" < krithe, "barley"
 * cromniomancy kromyon or krommyon, "an onion".
 * cronometro (chronos), time + (metron), measure
 * Cronus Possibly from the Greek kreno, (to reign over or govern).
 * cryonics kryos, "icy cold"
 * cryopreservation kryos, "icy cold"
 * cryptic From crypticus:, from  undefined:, from undefined:, from undefined:
 * cryptid  +  -ides:. (English usage 1983; coined by John E. Wall in the ISC Newsletter).
 * crónica chroni˘ca, from
 * cunnus Uncertain, theorized to come from the stem of, whence it would be cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀙𐀊:, Old English cwene:, , Sanskrit जनि:. Other theoretic relation is to Latin cuneus:.
 * cupidity Derived from cupere "to desire"; related to Sanskrit kupyati "bubbles up, becomes agitated"; the Latin nominal form cupido was personified as the Roman god of love, Cupido, cognate with the Greek Eros.
 * cvikla Common Slavic *svekla, from Greek
 * cyanic From a dark blue substance. Compare French cyanique, See kyanite.
 * Cyclades kyklos 'circle' + -ades
 * cyclomancy kyklos, "circle".
 * cyclopia (Cyclops)
 * cyclus cyclus from  (kyklos) 'circle'
 * cyma from
 * cymotrichous Greek kuma, wave + trich-, hair
 * cynic Derived either from the building in Athens called Kynosarges, the earliest home of the Cynic school, or from the Greek word for a dog (kyon), in contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school.
 * Cynthia From an epithet of the moon goddess Artemis ( Diana), "from the Mount Kynthos( on Delos island)"
 * cypress From kuparissos.
 * dactylography From the Greek word daktylios meaning "finger" combined with the suffix -graphy
 * dactylomancy Greek dakterlios, finger ring. -mancy, divination.
 * dactylonomy From
 * Damaris Of uncertain origin, possibly from as a variation of damalis "calf".
 * Damon name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of damān "to tame, subdue".
 * date From French date, data, from Latin datus given, past participle of dare to give; akin to Greek, Old Slavonic dati, Sanskrit dā. Compare datum, dose, Dato, Die
 * datolite From. Greek to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety
 * Decapoda (deca), ten + (podos), foot
 * Decapodiformes ten limbs
 * decathlon From the Greek stem dec meaning ten
 * decent Proper to one's station or rank, also tasteful, from Middle French decent, from decentem (nominative decens, genitive decentis), present participle of decere:, from, from base  (compare Greek dokein:, dekhesthai:; Sanskrit dacasyati:, dacati:). Meaning kind, pleasant is from 1902.
 * Decima From meaning the tenth.
 * deipnosophist Greek [deipnosofisth's] [deipnon] a meal + [sofisth's] a wise man, sophist
 * Delia Classical Greek epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.
 * demiurgus From demios (of the people); from the  demiourgos.
 * democratic From Greek prefix demo- "people" + Greek kratia "rule".
 * Demogorgon A pseudo-Greek mythological figure most likely actually invented Christian scholar ca 350-400 CE. The origins of the name are uncertain, partly because the figure itself was possibly of imaginary coinage. Various theories suggest that the name is derived from the Greek words daemon ('spirit' given the Christian connotations of 'demon' in the early Middle Ages)— or, less likely demos ('people')— and Gorgon or gorgos ('grim'). A less accepted theory claims that it is derived from a variation of 'demiurge'.
 * Demotic Greek From demotic + Greek
 * dendromancy dendron, "tree".
 * Denise Latin Dionysia, feminine form of Dionysius, a male name of Greek origin indicating "Dedication to Dionysus". Dionysus is the mythological Greek god of wine responsible for growth of the vines and the originator of winemaking.
 * dermatology derma "skin" + -logy
 * dermo- From (derma), skin
 * Dermoptera (derma), skin + (pteron), ''wing
 * desmology * From "desmos" (ligament) + "logos" (study)
 * Deuterostomia second mouth
 * diabetes From the classical Greek transliterated as "diabainein," meaning "to pass through,", siphon, it is from the participle of this verb, and therefore means passing through. This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.
 * diabolic First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Greek diabolikos:, from diabolos. See devil.
 * diabolical First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Greek diabolikos:, from diabolos. See devil.
 * diachronic From dia- through, along with + chronos time
 * diakoptics From the Greek dia (system) + koptic (tear).
 * dialektologia From
 * diallelic From di-, two +  allos, other
 * Diana
 * Diapsida (di), two + (hapsis), arch or loop
 * dicastery Greek dikastes, 'judges', from dike 'right, custom, judgement'
 * dichromatic From Greek, chrōmatikós, pertaining to color
 * dimerous di- two; meros part
 * Dimitri Дмитрий, ultimately from.
 * dimity 15th Century. From Medieval Latin dimitum, from Greek dimiton, from di- + mitos: thread of the warp.
 * Dinosauria (deinos), terrible + (sauros), lizard
 * Dinosaurus (deinos), monstrous + (sauros), lizard
 * dinotherium deinos (terrible), and therion (a beast).
 * Dionysius Derived from Dionysus or Dionysos from mythology.
 * diphallus dis: twice + phallos: phallus
 * diphone From di- two + phonos sound.
 * Diploglossa two-part + tongue
 * Dipnoi two + lungs
 * dipsomania dipsa: thirst + mainomai: madness.
 * disaster From Italian disastro, disaster; originally meaning "unfavourable to one's stars", from dis-, bad (compare dys-), + astro, star, celestial body, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron.
 * dog days 1538, from dies caniculares, from ; originally from the hot summer days (in the Northern Hemisphere) when Sirius (the Dog Star), in Canis Major, rose and set with the Sun (heliacal rising). The Greeks also made reference to these "dog days", and for the ancient Egyptians, c.3000 B.C.E., the rising of this star coincided with the summer solstice and the start of Nile flooding.  The "dog" association apparently began here, as the star's hieroglyph was a dog, a watchdog for the flooding of the Nile.
 * dogma From dogma philosophical tenet, from Greek dogma (genitive dogmatos) opinion, tenet, literally that which one thinks is true, from dokein to seem good, think (see decent). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata.
 * domatium From
 * doula Origin from Greek doula meaning "servant-woman, slave."
 * Dromedar Latin dromedarius "fast running", from Greek dromas "running".
 * dulcimer From the dulce melos (sweet sound).
 * dysfunction From the Greek dys, meaning bad or abnormal, and the English function.
 * dysmorphophilia dysmorhophilia < Greek dysmorphos (= badly formed) + philia  (= love)
 * dysplasia From the Greek dys- (bad or ill) + plas(is), from plassein (to mold) + -ia, (a formative ending used in Greek).
 * dysplastic From dysplas(is)- (see dysplasia) + -tic (a formative ending in Greek used for forming adjectives)
 * dédale From Dédale ‘Daedalus’, who built the Cretan Labyrinth in Greek mythology.
 * echopraxia Greek echo (repetition) and praxia (action).
 * eclampsia Coined Greek, from ecto-, 'out of', and lampein, 'to shine'.
 * ecolect From eco (oikos) for house, and lect for language.
 * ecophobia (oikos), house + (phobos), fear
 * ecumenopoleis From ecumen- entire inhabited world + -poleis cities.
 * ecumenopolis Borrowed from Greek oecumenopolis, meaning "world city." Coined by Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis in 1967.
 * ecumenopolises From ecumen- entire inhabited world + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * eisegesis Greek eis, into + English exegesis.
 * ekumenik From Greek oikoumenikos (worldwide)
 * Elaine variant of  Hélène, cognate to English Helen, ultimately from  .  origin has also been suggested since the name appears in Arthurian legend.
 * Electra complex With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.
 * electrode The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron (meaning amber, from which the word electricity is derived) and hodos, a way.
 * electrolysis Introduced by Faraday on the suggestion of the Rev. William Whewell, from electro- and lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to loosen, set free". Originally of tumors, later (1909) of hair removal.
 * eleison imperative
 * Elephas (elephas), elephant
 * Ellen Medieval English variant of Helen, from ,possibly related to helios, "sun"; also used as a variant of Eleanor.
 * embryophagy "embryo" +  "phagy" or to eat of, 1948, word was created to describe the eating behavior of Sandtiger Shark embryos.
 * emesis Greek emein, 'to vomit'
 * empyreal From Latin empyrius, from Greek (empyrios), from (em) + (pyr), which means "in fire, fiery."
 * empyrean From empyrius:, from  undefined:, from undefined: + in fire, fiery:.

From Old French and Early French fantasie, itself from the fantasia:,  phantasia:, which originated from the Greek phantazein (phan. to render visible). Related words include diaphanous (transparent), epiphany (manifestation).
 * enano From nanus: from
 * encephalopathy Derived from enkephalopátheia, from enkephalós meaning "brain" and pathós meaning "feeling" or "suffering".
 * encomiast see encomium
 * encomiastic see encomium
 * energumen 'energumenos', see French energumene
 * enhydros From.
 * ennead From Greek enneas which means from nine.
 * enoptromancy enoptron, "mirror".
 * entelechy : en “within,” + tele “goal, or end,” + chy “to have” (alt. kheia)
 * enthuse First attested from 1827., from entheos, inspired by a god, from en-, in + theos, god.
 * entomology From Greek entomos "incised"; Compare insect.
 * entomomancy entomos, "insect".
 * eolith From eos, "dawn", and lithos, "stone".
 * epeolatry From Greek epos (word) + -latry (worship). The first citation of the word is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his 1860 book Professor at the Breakfast Table.
 * epiglottis from New Latin, from Greek "epi-" on + "glottis"
 * epigram From epigramma: <   (epigramma) "inscription".
 * epikeia
 * epimanikion epi: upon + manikia:
 * Epimetheus From the Greek meaning "afterthought".
 * epiploic From Greek epiploon meaning omentum.
 * epistome From the Greek, epi- upon + stoma- mouth
 * epistrophe From
 * epitafium From
 * eponymous From eponymos.
 * epornitic epi- + ornis (bird)
 * Erato From the Greek meaning lovely.
 * ergative From the, ergatēs, worker - deriving from ergon, meaning work.
 * ergosphere ergon, "work".
 * Erinys Possibly the angry spirits from the Greek orinein, (to raise, stir, excite [towards anger])
 * Eris From the Greek meaning strife
 * eristic From the ancient Greek word meaning wrangle or strife. See also Eris.
 * eros "love, sexual desire".
 * erotetic
 * erysipelas erisi- red, and pelas skin
 * Esaias The New Testament form of  Isaiah.
 * Esdras Greek from Hebrew Ezra
 * esquire escuyer:, escuier:, properly, a shield-bearer,  écuyer:, (by apheresis) undefined:,  scutarius:, from  scutum:, akin to Greek skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover; probably akin to English hide to cover. Compare equerry, escutcheon.
 * ethnophilia Greek, from ethnos, people. See s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots. Origin: < Gk philía friendship, affinity; see -phile, -ia
 * ethnoscape From ethno- (people) + -scape
 * etho- *Greek ethos
 * eucalyptus eu + kalyptos covered + kalyptein to conceal.
 * Eucharis
 * eudiometer Late 18th century, from Greek: eúdio(s) 'clear, fine', from eu 'well' + dios 'heavenly'
 * Euechinoidea From eu- "true" + Echinoidea
 * eugenics Comes from Greek meaning "good breeding". Coined in 1883 by an English scientist, Francis Galton, who was cousin of Charles Darwin.
 * Eulalie form the saints' name Eulalia, from  "sweetly speaking".
 * Eumetazoa
 * Eunice A biblical name from Late Greek eu "good" + nikē "victory".
 * eupepsia prefix eu- ("good," "well," or "advantageous"); From
 * euphenics (eu), good + phenotype
 * Euphorbia From Greek Euphorbus, a Trojan surgeon mentioned in the Iliad.
 * Europa From Latin Europa, from Greek.
 * Euryarchaeota Greek eury broad + archae old + -otes quality
 * Eustace Olf French form of Late Greek Eustakhios "good "+ "grape", "fruitful".
 * eutectic e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.
 * euthyroid Coined between 1920 and 1925 from Greek 'eu' (good) + thyroid.
 * eutripsia Greek.
 * evangelicalism From Greek evangel(ion), ‘gospel’ + adjectival ending + ism.
 * exoconsciousness From Greek exo: + consciousness:: related to and inspired by the term exopolitics:. The term was coined by Rebecca Hardcastle, Ph.D.
 * exonarthex Via Koine/Early Byzantine Greek.
 * exopolitics From Greek exo, outside, from ex, out of, and from Greek politika, from neuter plural of politikos political.
 * exoticus From
 * fancy Fancy arises in late Middle English as a contraction of fantasy.

The noun fancy can usually still be replaced with the older word fantasy without any change of meaning. from ProtoIndoEuropean *bhreu- (compare Sanskrit bhrjjati (roasts) bharjanah (roasting), German Braten) - ca. 1290 or from calopedia (meaning wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole) <  diminutive of ??????, a shoemaker's last; wood + foot.
 * Felipe From
 * felt felt; akin to Dutch vilt, German Filz, and possibly to Greek hair or wool wrought into felt, Latin pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.
 * feminine From feminin, from  femininus, from femina woman; probably akin to Latin fetus, or to Greek to suck, to suckle, Sanskrit dhā to suck; compare Anglo-Saxon  woman, maid: compare French féminin. See fetus.
 * feretory Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron and pherein 'to carry'
 * film Old English filmen, membrane, skin from West Germanic *filminjan (cf. Old Frisian filmene, skin, Old English fell hide), extended from Proto Germanic. *fello(m) animal hide, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-/*pelno- (cf. Greek pella, Latin pellis skin). Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.
 * fisarmonica (phisan), to blow + armonica:, feminine of: armonico:, harmonious
 * flat From flatr: (Danish flad:), akin to German Flöz:, Sanskrit प्रत्हस्:.
 * flokati
 * folosi ófelos
 * folosire Greek ófelos
 * for ever and ever “for” + “ever” + “and” + “ever”; arising in the King James Bible, a literal translation from the Greek and Hebrew.
 * forngríska From forn: + gríska:.
 * Francophone Altered and reinterpreted from Francophonie:, with semantic influence from  Franco-: +  -phonos:.
 * fraseologi From, frase: + -ologi:
 * fry from Old French frire, from Latin frigere (to roast or fry), Greek phrygein (to roast, bake),
 * fungivorous fung- + -vor + -ous, from fungus, fungus + vorāre, to swallow, devour. The Greek equivalent is mycophagous, myc(o)- + phag- + -ous, from Greek mukēs, fungus + Greek phagein, to eat.
 * galoshe From galoche, galache, galage (meaning shoe) <  galoche,  perhaps altered from  gallica ( meaning a Gallic shoe),
 * Ganymede ..., rejoicing in his virility, from ... (ganymai), I rejoice, I am glad, + ... (medea), counsels, cunning
 * gastritis From the Greek gastro-: meaning of the stomach and -itis: meaning inflammation.
 * gastromancy gastro- stem from the  gaster, the belly, and also the wide part of a bottle.
 * gastronomique From gastro-, from the Ancient Greek word meaning stomach.
 * geloscopy Greek gelos, laughter.
 * genetics (genesis), origin
 * genitalia From Latin genitalia, substantive use of plural of genitalis meaning "pertaining to generation or birth", from the Greek genete, (birth).
 * genitive From Latin genitus, the substantive form of genitalis meaning "pertaining to generation or birth", from the Greek genete, (birth).
 * genomen From
 * geografie From, cognate with geography
 * geography From geographia: via  and, from geos: + graphia:
 * geomancy geo- (Earth), + mancy (prophecy), Late  geomanteia.
 * Gerobatrachus (geros), aged + (batrachus), frog
 * gerontocracy Greek
 * giga- From gigas, giant
 * gigametre Greek giga- giant + meter
 * gigas Greek gigas
 * Giles Medieval English form Old French saints' name Gide, an altered form of Latin Aegidius, Greek  Aigidios, derivative of aigidion "kid, young goat". (Source:Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Pres 2001.)
 * gimnazjum From
 * glaucoma Borrowed from Classical Greek glaukōma, literally "an opacity of the crystalline lens", derived from glaukós "gray, silvery"
 * glossarium from
 * glycerin From glycérine: <  undefined:.
 * Glycymerididae From glykymeris (a word recorded in only one work, possibly from glykis (sweet) and meris (part))
 * gnostic gnostique,  gnosis
 * gobelin From Parisian manufacturer Jean Gobelin's name, itself derived from  Kobold 'goblin, evil gnome', derived from  kobalos 'rogue'
 * gom From gomme, from  gummi = cummi, from   (kommi), itself from Pharaonic Egyptian
 * gondola, which likely derives from the Medieval Greek language kontoura:
 * gone to the dogs Possibly related to an ancient Egyptian (possibly Persian and Middle Eastern also) belief that a pair of dogs - hounds of the Dark Goddess Hekat (Greek: Hecate) guarded the gates to the underworld.

It is said that the body of King Henry VIII was taken to Syon House in Brentford. During the night the coffin popped open, and servants found dogs licking the remains.

In Britain during times when bodies weren't buried or cremated, it is known that bodies were fed to dogs.
 * graphic From graphicus, from  graphikos.
 * graphology graphe, "writing".
 * Grecophone Greek + -ophone
 * Greek alphabet Greek + alphabet
 * Greek house From the Greek letters used in the names of fraternities and sororities.
 * gregale From Italian grecale, apparently representing a late Latin noun from Graecus ‘Greek’.
 * grimoire From grammaire: <  undefined:. See also, glamour:.
 * gringo * Originally in Spanish a gringo was a foreigner. It is believed to originate from griego, particularly from the phrase undefined: (with a similar connotation to the English phrase it's all Greek to me:). In this regard, a gringo is simply someone who speaks an unintelligible language. There are many folk etymologies for this word involving American soldiers during the Mexican-American war. Some say it comes from “Green Grow” in either of the songs “Green Grow the Lilacs” or “O Green Grow the Rushes” sung by US troops. Some also put forth that it was from “Green go!” spoken by natives trying to send US troops home ("green"  referring to the soldiers' uniform colors). To the contrary, the US troops actually used blue uniforms at the time, and there is much evidence the term was used before this war.


 * After the Mexican-American War and related tensions between the United States and Mexico, this term began to imply United States origin. However, in most of Latin America, it still simply means “foreigner”; it has been applied for example to Italians living in Argentina, or even Brazilians in Spanish speaking countries, or vice versa.
 * Gummi Latin cummi, Greek kommi, from Old Egyptian.
 * gymno- (gymnos), naked
 * gynaecology Deriving from two words (gyne = woman, logy = study) that literally translate to as "woman study".
 * gynaeconitis
 * gynephilia From the Greek words gynia (wife) and philos (affectionate love).
 * gyrate from Greek gyros (circle) through Latin into Middle English to English
 * gyromancy gyros, a ring/circle/spiral.
 * gyroscopic Late Latin: gyrare: to spin. Possibly from Greek guros: a circle or ring + Greek skopeo: to look at.
 * Görögország görög (Greek) + ország (country)
 * hadal (Haides), Hades
 * hammochrysos Latin, from Greek; sand + chryso`s gold.
 * Haplorrhini straight or dry + nose


 * hebephilia From Greek Hebe young + -philia love or friendship
 * Hecate From the Greek hekatos (far-shooting), Hecate meaning "she who has power far off."
 * hecato- Greek hekato hundred
 * hectare hectare, from  hect- + French are.
 * hectometre Greek hecato hundred + metre
 * Hector hēktor, possibly from ekhein "to restrain".
 * helepolis taker of cities
 * hemialgia hemi-: + Greek algos: (pain)
 * hemimegaloencephaly From hemi (half) + megalo (big) + encephaly (condition of the brain).
 * hemorrhoid Via French from Latin haemorrhoidae; from Greek haemo, 'blood', rhein, 'flow'; akin to hemorrhage.
 * hemostat From hemo- (from  haemo-), "blood" ; + -stata, "standing"
 * hendecasyllabic From hendecasyllabus, from  hendekasyllabos, from hendeca- (eleven), from hen, neuter of heis (one) + deka (ten), + syllabic.
 * henotic (henotikos) serving to unite
 * hepatoscopy hepatoskopia < hepatos, "liver" + skopeo, "to examine".
 * heptagonal Since 16th century, from Greek heptagonon, from hepta "seven" + gonia "angle".
 * heptameron From the hepta (meaning 'seven') + "meron" (meaning 'day').
 * hermetic From the Greek god and mythological alchemist Hermes Trismegistus, who was said to possess a magic ability to seal (with spells) treasure chests so that nothing could access their contents.
 * hermit From Greek, related to eremite
 * heteroradical From the : 'hetero', meaning to differ, and the 'radix' for root.
 * heterosexuality From hetero, other + sexuality
 * Hexapoda hexa six, New  poda foot
 * hexology From Greek (hex) six + -logia (-logy)
 * hierarch Late Latin hierarcha, Greek ; sacred (akin to Sanskrit ishiras vigorous, fresh, blooming) + leader, ruler, from to lead, rule: compare French hiérarque
 * hieromancy hieros, "holy, sacred" + -mancy
 * hierophant Greek hiero-, 'holy' + 'phainein', 'to show'.
 * Hippocampus
 * hippomancy hippos, "horse" + -mancy.
 * Hippopotamus hippos, horse; potamos, river
 * hippuric From (hippos), horse + uric:
 * holus-bolus The expression may have a origin, from "Holós" meaning "all" and "Bolós" meaning "entire".
 * homalographic From the Greek homalos or homo (same) and graphos (write).
 * Homer Greek homēros "hostage".
 * homolographic From the Greek homalos or homo (same) and graphos (write)."graphein", not "graphos" is to write; etymons should be in Greek script
 * homophone From Greek for same sound.
 * homosexuality From Greek homo, same + sexuality, from Late Latin sexualitas, sexuality, state of being male or female
 * Homöopathie Coined in 1824 by German physician Samuel Hahnemann, from homoios "same" and patheia "pathos".
 * hora hōrâ:, from  horǎ:, from  hora:, probably from  khoro:
 * hyalophagy Greek.
 * hyaluronic From (hualos), glass + -uronic:
 * hybrid Known in English since 1601 (but rare before c.1850 ), from hybrida, a variation of ibrida 'mongrel, (specifically) offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar', of uncertain origin but probably related to  * (hybris) 'outrage'
 * hydatoscopy hydatos/hydor, "water" + skopeo, "to examine".
 * hydrozoa (hydor), water + (zoion), animal
 * Hymenoptera (hymen), membrane
 * Hyperborea From Greek huperboreas
 * hypercapnia (hyper), above + (kapnos), smoke
 * hypnagogic hypnagogique from  (hupnos), sleep
 * hypnosis From hypnos "sleep" + -osis.
 * hypocaust Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hypo "underneath" + kaiein "to light a fire, burn"
 * hypotrichosis From the Greek hyp(o)-, (under), + tricho-, (combining form of thrix, meaning hair), + -osis, (state or condition)
 * hysteria from hysteric: + -ia: <.
 * hystero- From hystera (womb)
 * ichnofossil (ichnos), footprint +  fossilis, dug up
 * ichthyology Derived from Greek ichthyós "fish" + -logy (from logós "word")
 * ichthyomancy ichthyo- stem from ichthys, a "fish".
 * iconographer Greek ikon + -graph + -er
 * iconotheca picture repository
 * icosahedron From icosa- + -hedron
 * Ida Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology. In continental Europe it has also been used as a pet form of Adelaide.
 * idea Greek idéa from ideîn
 * idiorhythmic From idio- + rhythmic, from Ancient Greek
 * idolomancy idolum <  eidolon, an "idol"/"false god".
 * Ignatius From
 * inion A Greek word meaning occipital bone or back of the head.
 * inotropic From the prefix ino- (pertaining to muscles), from Greek.
 * intradermal intra-, within +  (derma), skin
 * iridic irid(ium) (Neo-Latin, itself from Latin iris, from Greek iris) + -ic
 * hence cognate with Etymology 2


 * iridic From Latin irid-, from iris, from Greek iris


 * 1)  Of or relating to the iris of the eye.
 * Isidora Name of a fourth century saint. The feminine equivalent of Isidore, from "gift of Isis".
 * Isidore form of the name of early  saints, from   Isidoros meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".
 * isobar From iso- + baros weight
 * isochronous From iso, same + chronous, time
 * Italy From Italian Italia < Italia:, via Greek from Oscan Víteliú (a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus:, despite the different length of the i.
 * Jason From the Iason, from iasthai, (to heal). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21 ) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.
 * jaspis From via  and
 * jeftin From.
 * jeftin From.
 * Joanna From the New Testament Greek feminine form of John
 * Jorma Karelian form of Jeremias: and of Ермолай:, from  undefined:.
 * Julius Latin Iulius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Greek ioulos 'wooly first beard hares', i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius 'devoted to Jove'.
 * kad Common Slavic from Greek
 * kadamitas From
 * kairine From the Greek kairos ("the right time").
 * kaliiperi From or ; ultimately from  through  and.
 * Kamel From Greek kamelos, from a Semitic root; compare Arabic gamal.
 * kamin From Greek kaminos (furnace).
 * kanoon kanun, from  qānūn / arqānūn, from  órganon.

Coined by A.B. Dick in 1889 and originally a trade name. Greek mimos, combining form mimeo + -graph From menta: <  mythological figure (Minthe), akin to Old Norse minta:.
 * kantarelli From through, , and.
 * kaput  kaputt, though  more often rendered kaput in English; via  קאַפּוט:. The same word is also borrowed into Albanian, Catalan, French, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Swedish, with approximately the same meaning.
 * karaat From the Greek word keration (fruit of the carob tree), which came into Dutch via Arabic and Italian. The seeds of such fruit were used in the ancient world as units for measuring weight.
 * katharometer undefined: + METER
 * keelson 17th Century. Probably from Lower Greek kielswin (“keel swine”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin.
 * kefalotyri Greek kephalos head + tyros (MGk tyri) cheese
 * Kefalovryssion kefalos (“head”) and 'vrysi'' (“hose”)
 * keloid 19th Century, from khēlē: claw.
 * keratoconus From kerato (horn) +  conus (cone)
 * kindergraph German Kind, child; and Greek graphikos, picturesque.
 * kinesics * From Greek knsis (movement)
 * klám The word klám: is considered to be related to the Norse word klåmen:. Compare the Greek words gláme:, glámon:, glamyrós: and the Lithuanian word glemes:. The word klám: is also connected to the Low German word klam:.
 * Krawall Ultimately from Late Latin from a Greek word meaning headache, hangover
 * kreikankielinen kreikka: + -kielinen:
 * krotoscope Greek: krotos: handclapping + -scope. First used in 1951.
 * Kuisma Karelian form of the saint's name Кузьма:, cognate to English Cosmo, ultimately from.
 * Kyra Name of a Greek Orthodox saint, from medieval Greek kyra "lady", or from Cyra, feminine form of Cyrus. The English name may also be a variant of Keira.
 * Kyrie eleison
 * kyrie Contraction of the Greek phrase Kyrie eleison, Lord, have mercy
 * Kyrie vocative
 * Lachesis Meaning destiny, from the Greek lachein, (to happen by lot).
 * lampadomancy Greek lampas, a torch.
 * larceny Coined between 1425 and 1475 from Anglo-Norman larcin (theft), from Latin latrōcinium (robbery), from latrō (robber, mercenary), from Greek latron (pay, hire)
 * laudanum Coined by Paracelsus for a tincture he made containing opium < <  laudere:, or ladanum: <  undefined:. Originally the same word as ladanum:, ladbdanum:, compare French laudanum:, Italian laudano:, ladano:. See ladanum:.
 * Lazarus From the New Testament Greek form of Old Testament Eleazar, "God is my help".
 * laïque From laicus 'lay, layman', itself from  laikos 'of the people', from laos 'the people' (itself of unknown origin)
 * Leander "lion" + "man".
 * lecanomancy lecanomantia <  lecanomantia <  lekanomanteia <  lekane, a "dish", a "pan".
 * leili From läghil: ←  ← ; cf. Swedish lägel:.
 * Lepidoptera Greek scaly + wing
 * lepidopterology Greek: lepis (a scale) + pteron (a wing) + logy (study)
 * lethologica Letho- from the, Lethes, a river of Hades that effaced memories, and logica from the Greek word for word, logikos.
 * leukophobia From leuko (white) and phobia (fear of).
 * lexikon From Greek lexis (a word)
 * lexis From, possibly via Latin.
 * libanomancy From Greek libanos, frankincense.
 * linoleic Greek word linon (flax) Oleic - of or relating to oil or oleic acid
 * Lissamphibia (amphi), both + (bios), life
 * liter From <  <  litra:
 * lithomancy Greek lithos, meaning stone.
 * lithosphere From Greek lithos stone + sphere globe, ball (sphaira)
 * lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" (stone) and "thomos" (cut)
 * logika From Latin logica, from Greek logos (word)
 * logomancy logos, word + manteia oracle, divination
 * logorrhea From logos meaning "word"
 * logorrhoea From logos meaning "word"
 * Lois Name of the grandmother of Timothy in the New Testament,probably Greek, of obscure meaning.
 * Lone Shortened from Abellone, a Danish form of Apollonia, name of an early martyr, derived from the Greek god Apollo.
 * lootus From, originally from a Semitic language.
 * Loxodonta (loxos), oblique +  dens, tooth
 * Luke English form of Lucas, Latin from "man from Lucania".
 * LXX Greek, "the seventy".
 * Lycopodiaceae wolf foot
 * Lycopodiales wolf foot
 * Lycopodiopsida wolf foot
 * Lycopodium wolf foot
 * løve From, via , , . Compare with Old Norse leó: / león:
 * Macedon Ancient Greek
 * macharomancy machaira, a "dagger".
 * makaroni From makaron <  maccaroni <.
 * mangonel From mangonel, from  manganellus, manganum, from.
 * margarine # From the surname of its inventor Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés.
 * 1) From margaric acid from  (margaron), pearl.
 * Marguerite equivalent of Margaret, ultimately from Greek "pearl". The name has also been adopted for a cultivated daisy.
 * marsupium Latin marsupium, from Greek marsypion, diminutive of marsypos "pouch," perhaps of oriental origin.
 * masseter New Latin, from Greek, a chewer, a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from to chew: compare French masséter
 * mastigophoric
 * mastitis From mastos, "breast" + -itis.
 * masto- From mastos, "breast".
 * Mastodon Coined by Georges Cuvier, from mastos, "breast" + -dont, "tooth," from the similarity of the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.
 * mater From . Cognates include (thence Russian мать:), Persian مادر:, Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩:, and Sanskrit मातृ:.
 * mausoleum From Middle English mausoleum < Latin mausōlēum < Greek mausōleion < Greek mausōlos; names for Mausolus, satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria
 * Maxwell's demon Named after physicist James Clerk Maxwell and demon, and probably from Greek daemon, a mythological being intermediate between gods and men.
 * mechanism From mechanismus < Greek mekhane, "machine"
 * mega- From megas, big
 * megalith From Greek.
 * megalo- From.
 * megalopoleis From megalo- great + -poleis cities.
 * megalopolis From megalo- great + -polis city.
 * megalopolises From megalo- great + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * megametre Greek mega- large + metre
 * megapoleis From mega- large + -poleis cities.
 * megapolis From mega- large + -polis city.
 * megapolises From mega- large + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * megathere From mega: + therion:.
 * megatsunami From the Greek prefix mega- "large", plus Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), "harbour wave"
 * mellan From Greek
 * Melpomene From the Greek melpesthai, (to sing)
 * menaion From, from ("monthly").
 * mesencephalon *Latin from Greek mesos inner and encephalos'' cephalon, brain literally midbrain
 * mesencéfalo Latin From Greek mesos inner and encephalos cephalon, brain
 * metallum From
 * metallurgie From métallurgie, itself from  metallon 'metal' + ergon 'work'
 * metamorphic From metamorphōsis, ultimately from  meta-+ (morphos) 'form'.
 * metencephalon Greek meta, after, beyond, over + enkephalos, brain.
 * meteorology From the Ancient Greek metéōros (high in the sky) + -logy: (study), meaning "the study of the sky".
 * meteoromancy undefined: (e.g meteor:, comet:)
 * metodi From metod: &larr;  methodus: &larr;.
 * mezo Italian mezzo and Greek
 * mia
 * miasmas Greek
 * microcline From the Greek mikron - "little" and klinein - "to stoop."
 * micrometre Greek micro- + metre
 * micron, from undefined:.
 * microscope From mikros, small, and skopein, to look at.
 * Microsoftian Greek Mikros small and Modern English Software + -ian
 * migraine From hemicrania, from  hemikrania.
 * militair From Medieval French militaire, from Latin militaris of soldiers or war, from miles (genitive militis) soldier, perhaps ultimately from Etruscan, or else meaning one who marches in a troop, and thus connected to Sanskrit melah assembly Greek homilos assembled crowd, throng.
 * mimeograph
 * mimesis From Greek mīmēsis, from mīmeisthai "to imitate", from mīmos "mime".
 * mina <
 * mint [[Image:Mint.jpg|thumb|right|A mint plant.]]
 * minyas From
 * Moira From the Greek meaning fate, from moros, (fate, destiny, doom, lot) from meiresthai, (to receive one's share).
 * Moirae Plural form of moira from the Greek meaning "fate", from moros, (fate, destiny, doom, lot) from meiresthai, (to receive one's share).
 * Molossia
 * momist From Momus, the god of ridicule
 * monarchia From
 * Monera Greek - moneres single, solitary
 * Monica Name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain origin and meaning; suggestions include Greek monos "alone" and Latin monere "to advise"...
 * monism The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from Modern Latin monismus, from Greek monos alone.
 * monochromatic One colour.
 * monologue From (mono) single + (logos) tongue


 * monomorphic From the Greek roots mono-, "one," and -morphic "of a form."
 * mononym From Greek mono- (one) and -onym (word, name)
 * Monotremata (mono), one + (trema), perforation
 * morphine From Morpheus the god of dreams.
 * musaka
 * Muskat From Old French noix muscat, from Middle Latin muscata "nutmeg", from Greek moschos "musk". Here is the real explanation...  Nuss is to Nuesse as Muss is to Muesse.  Cata means something else entirely.  Look at Muscat, Oman.
 * mycophagous myc(o)- + phag- + -ous, from Greek mukēs, fungus + Greek phagein, to eat. The Latin equivalent is fungivorous, from fung- + -vor + -ous, from fungus, fungus + vorāre, to swallow, devour.
 * myctophid From mykter "nose" + ophis "serpent".
 * myologic From Greek myo- "muscle" and -logy "study (of)".
 * myomancy mys, "mouse".
 * Myriapoda many footed
 * myrmecology From Greek myrmeco- "ant" and -logy "study (of)".
 * myrmomancy murmekes, "ants".
 * mysteriosophy From Greek mysterion, mystery, and sophy, knowledge or wisdom.
 * mystiikka From mystik: &larr;  mystica: &larr; mysticus: &larr;.
 * Myxini (myx), slime
 * myxo- from  muxa
 * naos
 * narcissism After Narcissus, the fictional Greek hero who became obsessed with his own reflection.
 * nautilus Latin < Greek nautilos (nautilus, sailor).
 * neanderthal From the name of the German valley where Neanderthal 1 was discovered in 1856. The Düsseltal (from Düssel, a small tributary of the River Rhine + tal, “valley”) itself was renamed (from Das Gesteins (“The Rockiness”) and/or Das Hundsklipp (“The Cliff of Dogs”)) in the early 19th century to Neandershöhle (“Neander’s Hollow”), and again in 1850 to Neanderthal (“Neander Valley”); both names were in honour of the German Calvinist theologian and hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650–1680). The surname Neander is the  translation of the original  surname Neumann (“New man”), for which reason Homo neanderthalensis is sometimes called New man in English.
 * nebris (nebro), a fawn
 * necropoleis From necro- dead, death + -poleis cities.
 * necropolises From necro- dead, death + -polis city + -es postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * necyomancy nekys, "corpse" and manteia, "divination".
 * Nematoda (nema), thread
 * nemesis From the Greek goddess Nemesis, from némein (to allot) and -sis
 * Neofelis nebulosa neo: +  feles: + nebulosa:
 * Neofelis neo: +  feles:.
 * nephelococcygia The word comes from the play The Birds by the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
 * Nestor Nestor, possibly from neisthai "to return safely", nostos "homecoming".
 * neuroleptic From neuro refers to the nerves and lept means "to take hold of".
 * neurula, diminutive of , a nerve
 * Nikita A male given name, Никита, fom  saints' name Aniketos "unconquerable", made known in the West by Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union leader in 1953-1964. It was understood as a form of Nicholas and taken up as a girls' name first in French and then in English.
 * nominoaccusative From Greek prefix nomino- "nominative" + accusative
 * nomological Greek nomos law + -logical
 * nomology From undefined: + -logy:
 * nomothetic Greek
 * nona- From nonus "ninth".

Nona- is unique in that all other technical numerical prefixes used for systematic names, such as mono-, are derived from Greek. Latin resicum, risicum, riscus : cliff, récif, Felsklippe, is the direct formal origin for Italian risico, risco, rischio, Spanish riesgo and French risque. Latin word comes from a Greek navigation term rhizikon, rhiza which meant "root, stone, cut of the firm land" and was a metaphor for "difficulty to avoid in the sea". Ancient Greek sophist.
 * Nyx From the Greek meaning night.
 * o- From the Proto-Indo-European negative prefix *n& whence also eg. the Greek a- and English un-.
 * obolus obolos (thin metal rod)
 * ochlarchy From the Greek root word for "mob rule".
 * ochlophobia From the ochlos, crowd, and phobos, fear.
 * octopi * By analogy with English plurals of Latin second declension nouns, notwithstanding that octopus is Greek in origin.
 * oecus from  (oikos), house
 * Oedipus complex Named after Oedipus in Greek Mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
 * oenophile Greek oinos meaning wine + Greek philos meaning loving.
 * ogórek From Greek
 * oikumene From Greek.
 * oke okkah, from  ?k?yah, wak?yah, probably from  an ounce, from  uncia.
 * Olympias from
 * omega From Middle English, from o "o" + mega "large" (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).
 * oneiromancy Greek oneiro (dream), Oneiros (god of dreams) + -mancy
 * oneironaut From Greek oneiros dream
 * ontogenéza From onto-: + genesis:.
 * oophagy "oo" or egg + "phagy" or to eat of.
 * Ophelia Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazzaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), presumably from  ophelos "help". Used by Shakespeare for the ill fated bride of  Hamlet.
 * Ophiuchus From <  "serpent handler"
 * oraş város or Greek baros
 * oread Greek
 * orgasmic From . The historically correct form is orgastic. Ancient Greek regularly formed nouns ending in -sm, and related adjectives ending in -stic; e.g. enthususiasm/enthusiastic, sarcasm/sarcastic.  The ahistorical -mic also appears in the etymologically incorrect terms protoplasmic and cataclysmic (instead of protoplastic and cataclystic).
 * orphic Comes from the name 'Orpheus'a character in Greek mythology. He was a great musician who went to Hades to get his wife Eurydice back after she died, but he failed.
 * orthoclase ortho (from Greek orthos, straight, perpendicular) + clase (from Greek klastos, broken, to break).
 * orthodox From orthodoxus, from  orthodoxos, from orthos + doxa.
 * orthodoxia
 * orthomorphic From the Greek orthos (straight) + morphē (shape).
 * Orthonectida Greek ?
 * ostensible, from ostensus, past participle of ostendere to show, from obs- in front of; akin to ob- in the way; akin to Greek epi on, at, besides, after; akin to Old English eofot crime + tendere to stretch, Greek teinein
 * ostracise (ostrakon) potsherd used for voting
 * otic (17th C) from Greek ōtikos ("of the ear") from ous ("ear").
 * ounce Via French once, lonce, by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Latin lynx, from (lunx), lynx. Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).
 * ouroboros Greek: ouroboros tail-eater
 * Outi Karelian form of the saint's name Евдокия:, ultimately from  Eudokia "well disposed".
 * oximoronically Greek oxumoron, from neuter of oxumoros, pointedly foolish : oxus, sharp; see oxygen + moros, foolish, dull
 * paida Akin to Old High German pheit. These words were borrowed either from Finnish paita or from Greek.
 * paita Maybe from a language, compare Old High German pheit: and Gothic paida:. Alternatively, the Finnish word existed earlier and Gothic borrowed the word from Finnish. The second opinion is weakened by the fact that a similar word exists in Greek.
 * palaeontography Greek palaios meaning old + Greek ōn, ont meaning to be + Greek graphiā meaning the representation of.
 * paleologism Derived from Greek paleós, meaning "old", and patterned after.
 * paleontology From the Ancient Greek paleo-: (old) + onto-: (of being) + -logy: (study), meaning "the study of ancient life".
 * palinode From undefined:, from undefined: + undefined:.
 * Pamela Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem Arcadia ( ca.1593). pan-melos "all honey" has been suggested as an explanation.
 * Pan troglodytes
 * panopticon From "-opticon" for "observe" and "pan-" for "all".
 * panpipes From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.
 * pansexuality From . pan-: + sexuality:
 * pansophy Originally from Greek pan, all, and -sophy, wisdom or knowledge, then from Latin pansophia to English.
 * Pantheon pantheion, a shrine to all the gods.
 * pantothenic acid Circa 20th century, from undefined:.
 * pantothenic Circa 20th century, from undefined:.
 * papaphilia ; papa&mdash;pope + ; filein&mdash;love
 * papaphobia ; papa&mdash;pope + ; phobia&mdash;fear
 * pappagallo From the Byzantine Greek papagâs, from the Arabic babagha, of onomatopoeic origin.
 * paracme => para- + acme
 * paragrafo (paragraphos), short stroke in the margin
 * paraphilia From para-, "abnormal" + philia, "love"
 * parapodium From the Greek: para, beyond or beside + podia, feet
 * Parazoa Greek ?
 * parousia presence
 * pat From Greek
 * pataphysics pataphysique, from  (ta epi ta metaphusika), alteration of a work by Aristotle
 * pathogenic  patho- wrong + -genic able to create.
 * pathologic From pathologikos.
 * patriarchate Greek -patros + -archy
 * pelikaani From pelikan:, ultimately from  through.
 * peloro- Pelorus. Derived from the Greek for ‘monster’.
 * pemphigus Greek pemphix, pustule
 * Penelope From, possibly from penelops "duck".
 * pentaculum Possibly <.
 * Pentagramm from Greek pentagrammon, penta "five" and -gram "written", five-lined, having five lines.
 * pentamerous penta- five; meros part
 * penteconter, from fifty
 * Pentium * pent-, from the Greek for five (the first Pentium processor being the fifth-generation processor of the x86 architecture) + -ium
 * peplos From.
 * Perciformes (perke), perch +  forma, shape
 * peri- From peri "about, around".
 * periphrastic From undefined:.  Cognate to French périphrastique:.
 * peta- Said to be from penta (five) with the middle letter removed, as if the previously coined prefix tera- had been formed in the same way from Greek tetra (four).
 * Petromyzontida petra, stone +  (myzo), to suckle + (odontos), ''teeth
 * Petromyzontiformes petra, stone +  (myzo), to suckle + (odontos), ''teeth
 * Petroselinum (petros), rock + (selinon), celery
 * petrous From the Greek petra, rock.
 * Phaedriades From Greek.
 * phantasmophobia From Latin, from Greekk phantasmoophobia literally "fear of ghosts", from phantasma "ghost" + phobos "fear".
 * pharmacosiderite Greek farmakon, poison (i.e. arsenic), and sideros, iron.
 * pharynx Via from.
 * Phasianidae (phasionas), pheasant
 * Phasianinae (phasianos), pheasant
 * phero- From (phein) carry
 * phial fiole: <  phiala: < . Confer vial:.
 * Phil Shortened from Philip, a Biblical name from.
 * philanthropist Greek; loving + man: French philanthrope.
 * philanthropy From philanthropia, from.
 * phonics
 * phosphophyllite phosphate, phyllon (Greek for leaf, in reference to its cleavage), and -ite.
 * Phyllis foliage
 * phyllode Latin phyllodium, Greek phullodes - resembling a leaf
 * physio- (physis), physical
 * physiophilosophy From Greek physi- or physio-, meaning "nature", and philosophy.
 * physiosophy From Greek physio- or physi- (nature), and -sophy, knowledge or wisdom.
 * phytometrics From (phyto) "plant" + (metron) "measure"
 * pii From.
 * pitta bread
 * plagioclase plageo, Greek "oblique" + klao, Greek "I cleave"
 * Platonic solid Named after the Greek philosopher Plato, who wrote about these solids in his treatise Timaeus.
 * plectics (plektos), braided, but invented by Murray Gell-Mann
 * plenoptic plenus, full +  (optikos), of sight
 * plesiochronous From Greek plesio, near + chronous, time
 * pneumatic From pneumaticus, from  pneumatikos.
 * polemology (polemos), war
 * politicaster From politicastro, from  politicus (political), from  (politikos), from polites (citizen), from polis (city) + Latin -aster (pejorative suffix).
 * polyamorous The term dates from the 1960s or earlier, a hybrid of the Greek poly for many and the Latin amor for love.
 * polyamory The term dates from the 1960s or earlier, a hybrid of the Greek poly for many and the Latin amor for love.
 * polyandrion
 * polyandrum
 * polydipsia New Latin, from Greek much + thirst.
 * polyeidic poly- + Greek form
 * polygamy ; compare French polygamie:.
 * polygoneutic Poly- + Greek offspring
 * polygonum New Latin, from Greek a kind of plant; many + the knee, a joint of a plant. So called in allusion to the numerous joints
 * polygyny Poly- + Greek: woman, wife
 * polyhistori From Greek, see: polyhistor
 * Polyhymnia From the Greek poly, (many) + hymn(os), (song in praise of gods) + -ia, (common feminine ending)
 * polymorphism From poly (many) + morph (form)  +  -ism.
 * Polyplacophora poly-  +  (tablet) + -phorous
 * pomp Probably a loan word from the pomp:, from the  pompe:, from the  pompa: from the  pompe:.
 * Pontus Brought to Sweden by the French soldier Pontus De La Gardie (~1520-1585), originally Ponce, from the saint's name Pontius, Latin "an inhabitant of Pontus", ultimately from Ancient Greek pontos "sea".
 * pope From Old Church Slavonic ( > Russian, Polish pop), from Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 ‘priest’, from Byzantine Greek as Etymology 1, above.
 * Portugália portugál (portuguese) + Latin and Greek -ia suffix forming names of countries.
 * potkan From Greek
 * presbyopia From, from presbys "old man", and  -opia (Definition on Merriam-Webster).
 * procto- Greek (prōktos - anus)
 * proctology Greek (prōktos - anus) combined with the English suffix -logy.
 * proedria
 * programme From programma, from.
 * Prokaryota pros before + karyon nut
 * Promethean From Prometheus a Greek demigod and the son of the Titan Iapetus. Prometheus created man from clay and gifted him with fire, for which he was punished by Zeus who chained Prometheus to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture came and daily fed on his liver.  Prometheus means "forethought" in Greek, from pro- "before" + ''mathein "to learn."
 * promethium 1945. From the name of the Greek god Prometheus, who stole the fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind.
 * propaedeutic Greek propaideuein, pro-, before; + paideuein, to teach.
 * prophylaxis From.
 * protea Linneus 1707 - 1778: Named after Proteus the Greek warden of sea beasts, renowned for his ability to change shape.
 * Protea Linneus 1707 - 1778: Named after Proteus the Greek warden of sea beasts, renowned for his ability to change shape.
 * proteacea Coinage by Linnaeus, after Proteus the Greek warden of sea beasts, renowned for his ability to change shape.
 * protean From Proteus, the Greek warden of sea beasts, renowned for his ability to change shape.
 * Proteobacteria (protos), first + (bakterion), small rod - proposed in 1988, STACKEBRANDT (E.), MURRAY (R.G.E.) and TRÜPER (H.G.) Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 321-325
 * proto- From undefined:.
 * Proto-Greek From proto-: + Greek:.
 * Protostomia Greek first + mouth
 * psychopomp
 * pteridologist From pteridos (fern) + -logist
 * pteridology From pteridos (fern) + -logy
 * pteridophyte From pteridos (fern) + -phyte
 * ptero- From the Greek ptero- or pter- ("wing" or "winged") or pteron ("feather")
 * pterodactyl From Greek ptero- wing + Greek dactylos finger: Literally, wing-finger.
 * Pterosauria (pteron), feather + (sauros), lizard
 * Ptininae (phthios), to waste away
 * pyknotic From Greek pyknotikos meaning "to condense".
 * Pyracantha Greek (pyr), fire + (akantha), thorn
 * pyramidoid, ; compare French pyramidoïde:.
 * pyrargyrite Greek: fire + silver
 * pyrena New Latin, from Greek, the stone of fruit
 * pyrene : fire
 * Pyrenean Latin Pyrenaei (sc. montes) the Pyrenees, from Pyrene, Greek, a daughter of Bebryx, beloved by Hercules, and buried upon these mountains
 * pyrenoid like a kernel. See pyrena, and -oid
 * pyrosis * From Greek pyroun "to burn"
 * Pyrrhic victory Eponymous of the Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses while defeating the Romans.
 * Pythagorean theorem From Pythagoras Greek mathematician and philosopher
 * pí From pǐ, peǐ used in mathematics to represent periphery.
 * Raisa From the saint's name Раиса:, probably from, of unknown meaning.
 * Rasmus From the Latin saints' name Erasmus, Greek Erasmos "beloved".
 * rhabdomantist From 17th century Greek "rod" + "ability"
 * rhapsodomancy rhapsodos, a reciter of epic poems.
 * rhizotomist root cutter
 * Rhoda Rhoda "rose" or "from the island of Rhodes".
 * Rhodeus From Greek rhodeos, meaning "rose"
 * rhododendron From Greek (rhodo) "red" + (dendron) "tree"
 * Rhodophyta From rhodo (red) + -phyta
 * risk
 * rombencéfalo From rhombos hind and encephalos brain
 * rombencéfalo From rhombos hind and encephalos brain
 * saprophagous (sapros), rotten
 * Saprospirae Greek sapros rotten + Latin spira coil
 * Sara Variant of Sarah from the  of the New Testament.
 * Sarcopterygii From Greek (sarco) 'flesh' + (pteryx) 'fin'
 * sardine from French sardine (compare Spanish sardina, sarda, Italian sardina, sardella), Latin sardina, sarda; so called from island of Sardinia, Greek Sardō
 * satire Implied in satiric: (attested in 1387) < satira: < earlier satura: < undefined: < fem. of satur:. Altered in Latin by influence of Greek satyr:, on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek undefined:.
 * Sauerstoff From the sour taste of pure oxygen on the tongue, loan translation of French oxygène < Greek-Latin oxygenium "acid-maker".
 * Sauria (sauros), lizard
 * Saurischia (sauros), lizard + (?), hip
 * scar From escare, from  eschara, from  eskhara.
 * scatological From Greek, skat-, skOr=excrement. Later in Old English scearn =dung, and Latin muscerdae =mouse droppings
 * schizo- From schizein split
 * schizotrichia Comes from the Greek root schizo (divided or division) and trich or thrix (hair).
 * schéma From schema, from  skhema.
 * scotic from Greek skotos, darkness
 * scruple scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, diminutive of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perhaps akin to  the chippings of stone, a razor,  kshura: confer  scrupule.
 * se Representing the Indo-European demonstrative pronoun *undefined:, *undefined:, adapted in West Germanic as a definite article by analogy with the t- stem forms (Old English þæt:). Cognate with Old Saxon sē:, Old Norse sá:, Gothic 𐍃𐌰:, Greek ὁ:. See also feminine forms under seo:.
 * Sebastian Name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebasta in Asia Minor, sebastos "august, venerable", a translation of the Roman title Augustus.
 * Selena First found in the seventeenth century, possibly from Greek Selene, goddess of the moon, or Latin Caelina "heavenly".
 * selenodesy From selene, Moon, + daiein, to divide, by analogy with geodesy.
 * selenology Latin & New Latin selenologia from Greek selene moon + -logia (-logy)
 * semasiology From Greek semasia (meaning).
 * Senja Karelian form of the saint's name Ксения:, Latinized as Xenia, ultimately from  "hospitable".
 * seo Representing the Indo-European demonstrative pronoun *siā, *sā, adapted in West Germanic as the definite article by analogy with the t- stem forms (Old English þæt). Cognate with Old Norse sú, Gothic 𐍃𐍉, Greek ἡ.  See also the masculine forms under se.
 * seysmologiya Greek seismos earthquake < seiein shake (plus logy - study of).
 * sgraffito Sgraffito is borrowed from the Italian, which derives from the Greek graphein, meaning "to write or scratch."
 * sigur sighuros
 * Simon New Testament version of Hebrew Simeon ,"hearkening", shaped to look like a Greek name from simos "snubbed nose".
 * sinapis From Greek
 * skedaddle Probably an alteration of British dialect scaddle:, from the adjective scaddle#Adjective:, from scathel:, skadylle:, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skathi:. Possibly related to the Greek undefined:. 🇺🇸 Possibly related to scud or scat.
 * Skioptikon From Greek
 * skole skóli:, via  scol:  or  schole:, after  scoele:; originally from  undefined:.
 * skoramis From
 * sociopath From Greek socius (companion) + pathos (suffering).
 * solastalgia Coined by Australian philosopher and researcher Glenn Albrecht of the roots sōlācium (comfort) and  algia (pain).
 * solea From solum:
 * solon From Solon, the Athenian statesman.
 * Sonya From a pet form  Соня ( Sónja ) of  Sophia,  "wisdom". It was introduced into English through 19th century Russian literature and taken into general use in early twentieth century.
 * sophist Greek: "pursuer of wisdom"
 * sophisticated sophisticatus. (Eng. usg. 1601)
 * sophomore From ?:, from the obsolete ?:, likely influenced by ?: + ?:.

From the Greek word telos meaning "purpose" Greek tragos "male goat" (compare tragedy); Greep Pan (ancient god with goat feet); Latin satyrus "Satyr"
 * spatula From spatula ("a flat piece"), the diminutive form of spatha ("a broad or flat tool") + -ula ("-ule") Compare spatha and spathe. From  spathe ("broad blade").
 * speedometer speed with -metron (cf. thermometer).
 * spermophile From sperm-, "seed" + -philos, "loving", hence, "seed-lover."
 * sphincter From late Latin sphincter, from Greek sphinkter, band, contractile muscle, from sphingein, to bind tight. Compare Sphinx, "the strangler".
 * Sphingobacteria sphinx
 * Sphingobacteriales sphinx
 * sphragistics From Greek sphragis (seal).
 * Spirochaetae Latin spira coil+ Greek khaite long hair
 * spondylosis From Greek spondylos meaning spine + -osis.
 * spore From Modern Latin spora, from Greek. spora "seed, a sowing," related to sporos "sowing," and speirein "to sow," from PIE *sper- "to strew"
 * stater From stater.
 * stearic (stear), tallow
 * Stegosaurus From stego (= plate/roof) + sauros (= lizard)
 * stenographer from Greek stenos 'narrow' + graph- 'to write' + English agentive -er
 * stich stichos a row, line, akin to to go, march
 * stoic From stoicus, from Greek stoikos, from Stoa Poikile (“Painted Portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching
 * stoik From Greek stoikos, from Stoa Poikile&mdash;Painted Portico, the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching
 * stol From stolos
 * stole stole:,  stola:,  a stole, "garment", "equipment", from "to set", "place", "equip", "send", akin to English stall:.
 * Strepsirrhini bend or wet + nose
 * Streptomyces (streptos), twist + (mukes), fungus
 * Streptomycetaceae (streptos), twist + (mukes), fungus
 * Streptomycineae (streptos), twist + (mukes), fungus
 * sub rosa First attested 1654, from sub rosā, "under the rose", from sub, ("under") + rosā (meaning "rose"). The rose's connotation for secrecy dates back to Greek mythology. Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, the god of love; he, in turn, gave it to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to ensure that his mother's indiscretions (or those of the gods in general, in other accounts) were kept under wraps. In the Middle Ages a rose suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber pledged all present - those under the rose, that is - to secrecy.
 * sui From . Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕ:, Sanskrit स्वतह्:, and perhaps Old English self: (English self:).
 * sumo From Greek
 * Susanna From, the New Testament form of (shushan), lily.
 * swastika From स्वस्तिक:, from सु: + अस्ति:, a verbal abstract of the root of the verb "to be", undefined: thus meanening "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क:; hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". First attestation in English 1871, Sanskritism replacing Greek term gammadion:. From 1932 specifically referring to the emblem of the Nazi party; German Hakenkreuz:.
 * syllabus From Late Latin syllabus list, a misreading of Greek sittybos (pl. of sittyba parchment label, table of contents of unknown origin) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" iv.5 and 8.
 * Synapsida fused + (hapsis), arch or loop
 * synophrys Greek “with meeting eyebrows”
 * synovium From Greek syn- ("with") + oon ("egg"), as synovial fluid resembles the white of an egg.
 * syntagma < French syntagme <  suntagma, suntagmat- "arrangement, syntactic unit"   <  suntassein, suntag- "to put in order"
 * szkielet From
 * tachometer Greek tachy-, 'fast' + -meter
 * tachymeter Greek tachy-, 'fast', 'speedy' + -meter
 * Tamara Greek Orthodox saints' name from the twelfth century, probably a form of biblical Tamar, "date palm".
 * Tatiana Popular saints' name in the Greek Orthodox Church, feminine of Latin Tatianus, derivative of Tatius, a Roman family name of obscure origin.
 * Tau Greek, see tau
 * taumaturgia Greek thaumatourgía.
 * taverna
 * teatteri From teater: &larr;  &larr;  &larr;  theatrum: &larr;.
 * technopoleis From techno- hi-tech, computerised (back-formation from words such as technology) + -poleis cities.
 * technopolis From techno- hi-tech, computerised (back-formation from words such as technology) + -polis city.
 * technopolises From techno- hi-tech, computerised (back-formation from words such as technology) + -polis city + -es English postsibilant pluralising suffix.
 * tectonic (tekton), builder
 * teknonym (teknon), child + (-onym), name
 * tektite (tektos), molten
 * telecine Derived from tele, meaning "far off", and cine, meaning "motion" (the same root as cinema:).
 * teleconference A contraction of the English: telephone conference. Or, from the Greek tele- (distance) and conference.
 * teleology
 * telephoto tele- + a shortening of photograph
 * teleport tele + port. The Greek tele meaning "far" and the Old French porter meaning "to carry", from the Latin portare.
 * teletherapy tele ("distant") + therapy from Greek (therapeia) "attendance, treatment, healing, service".
 * television From tele-: + vision: from  visio:, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus:, from the verb videre: + action noun suffix -io:.
 * telirrhizos Presumably from.
 * tera- From teras, monster.
 * Teresa First recorded as the name of a fourth century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin, suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.
 * terpsichorean From Terpsichore:, the Muse of dance in Greek mythology.
 * tesauro Latin thesaurus, treasure, from Greek
 * tessaracoste From.
 * tetralemma Greek tetra, "four" + lēmma, "auxiliary proposition"
 * tetramerous tetra- four; meros part
 * tetraplicate From Latin plicare, to fold + Greek tetra, four.
 * Tetrapodomorpha (tetra), four + (pod), foot + (morphe), form
 * tetrasyllabic tetra- + syllable + -ic adjectival suffix.
 * thalassic (thalass), or (thalatt) "sea"
 * thalassocracy (thalassa), sea + (kratos), rule
 * thematize From Greek themat- + -ize
 * Theobroma food of the gods
 * Theodora From feminine form of Theodore.
 * theonym From classical Greek theos for god, nym for name.
 * Theophilus "loved by God".
 * Thermidor From thermos (heat)
 * thermo- From thermos.
 * thermos From 'thermos', « warm».
 * thermotropic From the Greek stem thermo meaning heat
 * thief in the night A calque from Greek.
 * thuris Greek thyos, sacrifice.
 * Tiffany From a surname based on a medieval given name Theophania, from theos "god"+phainein"to appear", traditionally given to girls born at Epiphany.
 * timocracy < Medieval Latin timocratia < Greek tīmokratíā < tīmē valuation; honor + -kratíā a rule, reign < krateîn to rule
 * Timothy (timan), to honour + (theos), god
 * tirano Latin tyrannus, from Greek
 * Tobias From the form of  biblical Tobiah,  "Yahweh is good".
 * tomography Greek tomo (slice, section) + Greek Graphos (that describes)
 * topiary From the Latin topiarius, from Greek (topos), which means place. The adjective use dates to 1592, the noun use dates to 1908.
 * tornus From Greek
 * toro From torus, from Greek
 * tortuga Latin Tartarucchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin.
 * toxine From toxikon 'poison'
 * Tragopan satyra All three parts have to do with goat:
 * trapezium Recorded since 1570, from Late Latin trapezium, from trapezion  (trapezion) "irregular quadrilateral," literally "a little table", diminutive of trapeza "table", itself from tra- "four"  + peza "foot, edge"
 * trephination trupanon: bore
 * Triceratops From Ancient Greek (tri) "three" + (ceratos) "horn".
 * trichophilia From Greek tricho, "hair" + Greek philia, "love"
 * trigonometry trigonometria from  (trigonon), a triangular harp
 * triptych Greek tri- "three" + ptyche "fold".
 * triskaideka- tris, three + kai, and + deka, ten.
 * triskelion New Latin, from Greek triskeles, three legged
 * Troglodytes
 * Troglodytidae
 * tropic (trope), a turning
 * troposphère Coined by French meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort from tropos "turn, change" and sphaira.
 * truncated icosahedron From icosa- + -hedron
 * typhus From the Greek typhos, meaning smoky or hazy, describing the state of mind of those affected with typhus.
 * Tyrannosauridae (tyrannos), tyrant + (suuros), lizard
 * Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrannos), tyrant + (sauros), ''lizard
 * Tyrannosaurus (tyrannos), tyrant + (suuros), lizard
 * tărăboi Substratum word. Has an ancient Greek cognate.
 * uaine Irish uainne, uaithne, Early Irish úane. Strachan suggests the possibility of a Gadelic *ugnio-, root ve@g, be wet, Greek u@`grós, wet (see feur).
 * ultra- From the word meaning 'beyond', its  equivalent being 'meta'.
 * Urania From the Greek ouran(os), (heaven) + -ia, (common feminine ending)
 * uranography
 * Urochordata (ouro) urine +  chorda, cord
 * urophilia From uro- (from ouron) 'urine -' + -philia 'love for'
 * vega Perhaps chosen arbitrarily as a word beginning with "v" (for "volatility") that sounds as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related risk parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)
 * Vesta From the vestale, (to dwell, stay, similar in idea to the Greek hestia.)  Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.
 * vial viole:, fiole:,  fiole:. From  word undefined:. See also phial:.
 * Volaticotherium antiquus volaticus, winged or flying +  (theri), beast +  antiquus, ancient
 * vín From vīnum ("wine"), which is derived from the  word oǐnos.
 * wildfire Wild + fire. In the Middle Ages, the term referred to Greek fire.
 * wolfsbane From wolf + bane, calque of lycoctonum, from  ? (lykotonon), from  ? (lykos) "wolf" + base of ? (kteinein) "to kill".
 * xenelasy Greek
 * xeriscaping From the verb xeriscape, itself from xeric (from xeros 'dry') + (land)scape.
 * xerophagy Greek xeros (dry) and -phagy
 * xesturgy Greek
 * xiphiplastron (xifos), sword + plastron
 * xoanon Greek
 * xylogenesis xylon wood; genesis birth
 * Xylokastro Greek, lit. the wooden castle
 * xyster From xūstēr (scraper), from xūein (scrape).
 * Yolanda Spanish form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and Greek ion + anthos "violet flower".
 * Zacharias From the New Testament Greek form of Old Testament Zachariah and Zechariah, Hebrew secharyah "Yahweh has remembered".
 * Zaglossus
 * Zebedee From the form of Zebadiah
 * zenzic From via  censo property and  zenzi a number squared.
 * zeon boiling
 * zephyr From the Zephyros, (also transliterated as Zephuros) meaning "the West Wind" (as a personification or god). It is probably derived from Greek zophos meaning "black" or "dark," hence "the West."
 * zmeură Greek
 * zoaea < zoea < Ancient Greek zōē life
 * zoo Shortened form of zoological garden, and now the usual form. See zoology, combining form of Greek zoion an animal, literally a living being, from PIE base * gwei- to live, life (cf. Greek bios life, Old English cwicu living; see bio-) + -logia study, from logos word.
 * zootic an animal
 * zoöphaga New Latin, from Greek animal + to eat
 * zoöphagous Greek; an animal + to eat
 * zoöphilist Zoö- + Greek to love
 * zyg- From Greek zygon yoke
 * zygapophysis Greek a yoke + English apophysis
 * zygo- From Greek zygon meaning yoke
 * zygodactylic From
 * zygodactylous From zygo "paired" + dactyl "toe"
 * zym- From Greek zyme leaven
 * zyme From.
 * zyophyte From
 * απορριμάτων Of native Greek origin.
 * γέφυρα Uncertain. Compare Armenian կամուրջ: and Hattic hammuruwa . Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * δειράς Liddell and Scott propose Sanskrit दृषद्: as a cognate. However, Pokorny argues for an origin from, citing Sanskrit गिरि: as a cognate.  Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * εἶμι From . Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳:, Latin eo:, Sanskrit एति:, Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫:, Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹:, Old Church Slavonic ити:.
 * κάμπτω While most argue for a PIE origin, citing possible cognates such as Latin campus: and Lithuanian kampas:, kumpas:, Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * λουλούδι Medieval Greek, from lilium:, lily.
 * νύμφη Unclear. Attempts have been made to link with Latin nubo:, but are problematic, not only because of a wide semantic difference, but also because of the internal nasal.  Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * Σεβαστός Greek calque of Latin Augustus
 * τύραννος Uncertain. Perhaps a Mediterranean borrowing?  Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * χώρα Uncertain. No apparent cognates outside of Greek.
 * ψιττακός Likely of non-Greek origin.
 * Гордей From undefined:.
 * милъ From, from , from.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mielas:, Latvian mĩl̨š:, Old Prussian mijls:.

Other Indo-European cognates include Latin mitis: and Greek meília.
 * јефтин From.
 * ابجدي From the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet arranged in the old style, which is similar to the Greek and Hebrew order. This is the standard alphabetical order used in lists and for numbering paragraphs. The alphabet is divided into these eight barbarous words, as memorialized in a popular children’s song:


 * अप From . Indo-Iranian cognates include Old Persian 𐎠𐎱: and Avestan undefined:.

Other Indo-European cognates include Myceanean Greek 𐀀𐀢:, Latin ab:, Gothic 𐌰𐍆:, Old English æf:,.
 * पाति From, from . Cognates include Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹:, Latin pasco: and Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀕:.
 * ἀγρός From . Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀫:, Latin ager:, Sanskrit अज्र: and Old English æcer: (English acre:).
 * ἀμυγδάλη Pre-Greek
 * ἄλβος The transliteration into Greek of the word albus:.
 * Ὀρνεαί Named after Orneus (Greek spelling needed)
 * ῥάβδος Origin unclear. Perhaps from a, with cognates such as  virbas:,  вєрба: and  verbenae:.  Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
 * ケンタウルス {ME}; Latin Centaurus; Greek (Kentauros);'' (Eng. usg. ca. 14c)
 * 고대 그리스어 From +.
 * 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 From, from . Cognate with Sanskrit एति:, Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳:, Latin eo:, Luwian 𒄿𒋾:, Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫:, Old Church Slavonic ити:.
 * 𐎠𐎱 From . Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢:, Sanskrit अप:, Latin ab:.
 * 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 From, from . Cognates include Sanskrit पाति:, Latin pasco: and Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀕:.
 * 𒄿𒋾 From . Cognate with Sanskrit एति:, Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳:, Latin eo:, Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫:.
 * 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 From . Cognate with Sanskrit एति:, Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳:, Latin eo:, Luwian 𒄿𒋾:.