phono - sound
auto - self
centi - hundredth
kilo - thousand
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2007-01-24 14:40:15
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answered by ecolink 7
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This is off the top of my head, so you may want to check them, but I speak Modern Greek and am a card-carrying member of the grammar police, so they may be reasonably accurate.
phono - voice
xylo - wooden
auto - self
biblio - book
phon - voice
para - outside of
auto - self
dia - through, across
centi - hundred
kilo - thousand
gram - weight, equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
baro - weight
cycle - circle, wheel
2007-01-25 01:45:00
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answered by Martha E 2
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also any thing with Poli in it. Police, politics, policy...
acacia,, abyss is latin & greek,
Drastic, Echo (of course) Loads more....
Go round the second hand shop and buy an old dictionary. Many of htere have word origins in them.
2007-01-24 22:54:08
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answered by sylvia a 3
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phonos = sound
xylem = wood
autos = self
biblos = book
para = beside
dia = through
chilia = thousand
barus = heavy
Greek vowel 'u' often ends up in English as 'y'.
kuklos = wheel
2007-01-25 06:35:48
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answered by bh8153 7
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phono (ÏÏνο-) >ÏÏνή=voice >(phonographer -voice recorder)xylo (ξÏ
λο-) >ξÏλο=wood >(xylophone -wood sound (mus. instr.))
auto (αÏ
Ïο-) >(ε)αÏ
ÏÏÏ=he, selfr > (automatic -self-moved)
biblio (βιβλιο) >βιβλίο=book > (bibliophagus -book"eater")
phon [Bellerophon, for example. ΦÏνοÏ=murder, killing]
para > ÏαÏά =beside > ÏαÏάνοια==paranoia (beside thought)
dia > δια =through > diaphragm (barrier between)
centi > (Latin, =one hundred. Greek Equivalent hecaton)
kilo> Ïίλια =one thousand
gram> γÏάμμα=letter, γÏάÏÏ=write, γÏαÏή=writing, εÏιγÏαÏή=epigraph, εÏίγÏαμμα=epigram (written on)
baro > βάÏÎ¿Ï =weight (barometer)
cycle >κÏÎºÎ»Î¿Ï (obvious)
2007-01-25 07:34:45
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answered by supersonic332003 7
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