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egoist
believes in self-advancement
egotist
talks about accomplishments
altruist
is interested in the welfare of others
introvert
turns thoughts inwards
extrovert
turns thoughts outward
ambivert
turns thoughts both inward and outward
misanthrope
hates people
misogynist
hates women
misogamist
hates marriage
ascetic
does not pursue pleasures of the flesh
ego
latin pronoun meaning I
egocentric
one who is excessively fixated on his own needs, desires, etc.
egomaniac
extreme egoism, needs and desires have become a morbid obsession, a mania
alter
latin meaning other
altruism
philosophy practiced by altruists
-al
common adjective suffix. eg. adjective form of egomaniac is egomaniacal
alternate
to skip one and take the other
altruistic
actions that look toward the benefit of others
alternate
in a debate, contest, etc it is the other person who will take over if the original cannot attend
alternative
the other choice
alteration
A change. Making into something other
alter - as in plans
To make other plans
altercation
Verbal dispute caused by other plans, opinions or ideas than the other person.
alter ego
Combines alter - other with ego - I. Refers to someone you are so close to that your temperments are almost a mirror image.
verto
Latin - to turn

introvert
extrovert
ambivert
introvert
thoughts turned inward
intro-
inward
extro-
outward
extrovert
thoughts turned outward
ambi-
both directions
ambivert
thoughts turned inward and outward - both directions
ambidextrous
able to use both hands with equal skill
dexterous
skillful
dexterity
n. skill
-ous
common adjective suffix
famous, dangerous, perilous
-ity
common noun suffix
vanity, quality, simplicity
dexter
Latin for right hand which is traditionally more skillful

in ambidextrous both hands are right hands so to speak
sinister
Latin for left hand

In English it means threatening, evil or dangerous. Further commentary on our early suspiciousness of left handed people.
left-handed
synonym for awkward.
gauche
French for left hand

In English to call someone gauche implies social clumsiness.
Gauche remark - tactless
gaucherie
awkward, clumsy, tactless, embarrasing way of saying things or handling situations.
droit
French for right hand

English word adroit is built on this one.
adroit
skillful, but especially in the exercise of the mental facilities.
misein
Greek root - to hate

misanthrope
misogynist
misogamist
misanthrope
hates mankind

Greek
misein-to hate
anthropos-mankind
anthropos
Greek - mankind
misogynist
hates women

Greek
misein- to hate
gyne - woman
misogamist
hates marriage

Greek
misein - to hate
gamos - marriage
anthropology
study of the development of the human race

Greek anthropos - mankind
philanthropist
one who loves mankind and shows it by donating time and money

Greek anthropos - mankind
gaucherie
awkward, clumsy, tactless, embarrasing way of saying things or handling situations.
droit
French for right hand

English word adroit is built on this one.
adroit
skillful, but especially in the exercise of the mental facilities.
misein
Greek root - to hate

misanthrope
misogynist
misogamist
misanthrope
hates mankind

Greek
misein-to hate
anthropos-mankind
anthropos
Greek - mankind
misogynist
hates women

Greek
misein- to hate
gyne - woman
misogamist
hates marriage

Greek
misein - to hate
gamos - marriage
anthropology
study of the development of the human race

Greek anthropos - mankind
philanthropist
one who loves mankind and shows it by donating time and money

Greek anthropos - mankind
gyne
woman
gynecologist
doctor who treats female disorders

gyne - woman
monogamy
custom of only one marriage (at a time)

mono - one
gamos - marriage
bigamy
two marriages - in actuality the unlawful act of contracting another marriage without divorcing one's legal spouse.

gamos - marriage
polygamy
many marriages

poly - many
gamos - marriage
polygyny
when a man has many wives

poly - many
gyne - woman
polyandry
when a woman has two or more husbands

poly - many
andros - male
andros
Greek for male
-ist
common suffix for a person

eg. misogynist, gynecologist, bigamist, polygamist, etc.
-y
common suffix for a practice

eg. misanthropy, monogamy, bigamy, philanthropy, etc.
-ic, -ous
common suffix for adjectives

eg. misanthropic, monogamous, polygamous, philanthropic
asketes
Greek - monk or hermit
ascetic
person who leads an existence that compares in austerity, simplicity and rigorous hardship with the life of a monk.

Greek - asketes monk or hermit
internus
Latin - inside
internist
specialist in internal medicine, the exploration of your insides

Latin - internus (inside)
intern
medical school graduate serving and apprenticeship inside a hospital

Latin - internus (inside)
logos
science
gynecologist
the science of women

gyne - woman
logos - science
obstetrix
Latin - midwife, which in turn has it's source in a Latin verb meanin to stand - midwives stand in front of the woman in labor to aid in the delivery of the infant.
-ician
suffix that means expert.

eg. physician, musician, magician, electrician, etc.
paidos
Greek - child
iatreia
Greek - medical healing
pediatrician
doctor who specializes in children

paidos - child
iatreia - medical healing
-ician - expert
pedis
Latin - foot

seen in words like pedestal, pedal, pedestrian
pedagogy
etymologically the leading of children, refers actually to the principles and methods of teaching.

paidos - child
agogos - leading
agogos
leading
pedagogue
person versed in pedagogy, current meaning is narrow-minded, straight-laced, old-fashioned dogmatic teacher.
demagogue
leader of the people, but current meaning is someone who attempts to mislead the people and cause discontent among the masses.

demos - people
agogos- leader
demos
people
derma
Greek - skin
dermatologist
doctor that specializes in skin

Greek - derma (skin)
hypodermic (needle)
a needle that penetrates under the skin

Greek - hypos (under)
Greek - derma (skin)
epidermis
outer most layer of skin

Greek - dermis (skin)
taxidermy
preparation, stuffing and mounting of skins of animals

Greek - derma (skin)
pachyderm
an animal with unusually thick skin, like an elephant, hippo or rhinoceros.

Greek - derma (skin)
ophthalmos
Greek - eye
ophthalmologist
a doctor who studies and treats eyes.

Greek - ophthalmos (eye)
Greek - logos (science or study
oculist
another word for ophthalmologist.

Latin - oculus (eye)
oculus
Latin - eye
ocular
adjective that refers to the eye

Latin - oculus (eye)
monocle
a lens for one eye

mono - one
Latin - oculus (eye)
binoculars
field glasses that increase the range of two eyes

bi- two
Latin - oculus (eye)
inoculate
when you are inoculated against a disease an "eye", puncture of hole is made in your skin through which serum is injected.

Latin - oculus (eye)
optometrist
not physicians, measure vision, test for glaucoma and prescribe and fit glasses.

Greek - opsis, optikos (sight or vision)
metron - measurement
opsis, optikos
Greek - sight or vision
metron
measurement
optician
fill an optometrist's or ophthalmologist's prescription grinding lenses according to specifications.

Greek - opsis, optikos (sight of vision)
-ician - expert
orthos
Greek - straight or correct
orthopedist
by etymology straightens children
Greek - ortho (straight), paidos (child)

Term was coined in 1741 by the author of a textbook on the prevention of childhood diseases - at that time curvature of the spine was a major concern. Today the specialty treats deformities and injuries to bones and joints in both adults and children.
orthodontia
straightening of teeth

Greek - orthos (straight or correct)
odontos (tooth)
odontos
tooth
kardia
Greek - heart
cardiologist
doctor that specializes in the heart

Greek - kardia (heart)
logos (science)
neuron
Greek - nerve
neurologist
doctor that specializes in nerve disorders.

Greek - neuron (nerve)
logos (science)
neuralgia
acute pain along the nerves and their branches

Greek - neuron (nerve)
algos (pain)
algos
pain
neuritis
inflammation of the nerves

Greek - neuron (nerve)
-itis (inflammation)
neurosis
combines neuron with -osis a suffix meaning abnormal or diseased condition. Despite etymology does not mean a disorder of the nerves, but rather an illness characterized by excessive use of energy for unproductive purposes so that personality development is hindered or stopped.
-osis
abnormal or diseased condition
psychosis
full blown mental disorder

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
-osis
psyche
Greek - spirit, soul or mind
psychotic
person who has lost contact with normal reality.
psychiatrist
by etymology a mind healer

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
iatreia - medical healing
geras
Greek - old age
geriatrics
specialty dealing with medical needs of the elderly

Greek - geras (old age)
iatreia - medical healing
nostos
Greek - return (home)
psychologist
one who studies the mind

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
logos - science or study
pathos
Greek - suffering or disease
psychopathic
someone suffering from a severe mental or emotional disorder
soma
Greek - body
psychosomatic
adjective that describes the powerful influence that the mind, especially unconscious has on bodily disease.

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
soma - body
psychoanalysis
technique of deep probing into the unconscious developed by Sigmund Freud that guides the patient to an awareness of deep-seated unconscious fears, anxieties, tensions, conflicts, etc.

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
psychogenic
physical ailments of psychic (emotional) origin rather than organic.

Greek - psyche (spirit, soul, mind)
genesis - birth or origin
genesis
Greek - birth or origin
pedontist
specializes in the care of children's teeth.

Greek - paidos (child)
odontos - tooth
periodontist
gum specialist

peri- (around, surrounding)
odontos (tooth)
peri-
around, surrounding
endodontist
specializes in work on the pulp of the tooth and root canals.

Greek - endon (inner, within)
odontos (tooth)
endon
Greek - inner, within

used as endo-
ex-
out
exodontist
specializes in removing teeth

ex- out
odontos - tooth
thermometer
an instrument to measure heat

Greek - therme (heat)
metron (measurement)
barometer
instrument to measure atmospheric pressure

Greek - baros (weight)
metron (measurement)
therme
Greek - heat
baros
Greek - weight
sphygmomanometer
device for measuring blood pressure

Greek - sphygmos (pulse)
metron (measurement)
sphygmos
Greek - pulse
metric (system)
decimal system of weights and measures

Greek - metron (measurement)
osteopathy
specialty arising from the theory that pressure of the bones on nerves and blood vessels may cause disease

Greek - osteon (bone)
pathos (suffering)
osteon
Greek - bone
podiatrist
specializes in treating minor ailments of the foot.

Greek - pous, podos (foot)
iatreia - medical healing
octopus
eight armed (etymologically footed) sea creature

Greek - okto (eight)
pous, podos (foot)
platypus
water mammal with a duck's bill, webbed feet and a beaver tail that reproduces by laying eggs.

Greek - platys (broad, flat)
pous, podos (foot)
podium
a speaker's platform, etymologically a place for the feet.

Greek - pous, podos (foot)
-ium (place where)
okto
Greek - eight
platys
Greek - broad, flat
-ium
suffix that often signifies "place where"

eg. gynmasium, stadium, auditorium, etc.
tripod
a three-legged (footed) stand for a camera or other device

tri - (three)
Greek - pous, podos (foot)
tri-
three
chiropodist
earlier title for a podiatrist

Greek - podos (foot)
cheir - (hand) spelled chiro- in English words

coined in the days when more people developed calluses on the hands and feet
cheir
Greek - hand

spelled chiro- in English words
chiropractor
specialist that heals with their hands

Greek - cheir (hand)
graphein
Greek - to write
graphologist
handwriting analyst

Greek - graphein (to write)
logos (science, study)
chirographer
expert in writing by hand or penmanship.

Greek - graphein (to write)
cheir (hand) spelled chiro- in English words
-mancy
suffix that comes from a Greek word meaning foretelling or prediction
chiromancy
palm reading

Greek - cheir (hand)
-mancy (foretelling, prediction)
calligraphy
by etymology beautiful writing

Greek - graphein (to write)
kallos (beauty)
kallos
Greek - beauty
cacography
bad, scrawly, or illegible handwriting.

Greek - kakos (bad, harsh)
graphein (to write)
kakos
Greek - bad, harsh
cardiograph
etymologically, a heart writer

Greek - kardia (heart)
graphein (to write)
photograph
etymologically, written by light

Greek - photos (light)
graphein (to write)
photos
Greek - light
phonograph
etymologically, a sound writer

Greek - phone (sound)
graphein (to write)
phone
Greek - sound
telegraph
etymologically, a distance writer

Greek - tele (distance)
graphein (to write)
tele
Greek - distance
biography
etymologically, life writing

Greek - bios (life)
graphein (to write)
bios
Greek - life
geron
Greek - old man

derived form of geras (old age)
gerontologist
specialist in the problems of the aged.

Greek - geron (old man)
senex
Latin - old
senile
showing signs of the physical and or mental deterioration that generally marks very old age.

Latin - senex (old)
senescent
aging, growing old.

Latin - senex (old)
senior
older

Latin - senex (old)
senate
originally a council of older, and presumably wiser citizens.

Latin - senex (old)
-escent
growing, becoming
adolescent
growing into an adult

-escent (growing, becoming)
convalescent
growing healty again

-escent (growing, becoming)
obsolescent
growing or becoming obsolete

-escent (growing, becoming)
-er
one who
pyge
buttocks
callipygian
beautiful buttocks

Greek - kallos (beauty)
pyge (buttocks)
astronomer
scientist interested in the arrangement of stars and other celestial bodies.

Greek - astron (star)
nomos (arrangement, law, order)
astron
Greek - start
nomos
Greek - arrangement, law order
anthropologist
scientist who studies human development

Greek - anthropos (mankind)
logos (science, study)
astrology
discipline which assesses the influence of planets and stars on human events.

Greek - astron (star)
logos - science study
astronaut
by etymology, a sailor among the stars.

Greek - astron (star)
nautes - sailor
nautes
Greek - sailor
cosmonaut
etymologically, sailor of the universe

Greek - kosmos (universe)
nautes - sailor
kosmos
Greek - universe
nautical
relating to sailors, sailing ships or navigation.

Derives from nautes and nautes is from Greek for ship naus.
naus
Greek - ship
nausea
etymologically, ship sickness or seasickness.

Greek - naus (ship)
aster
star shaped flower

Greek - astron (star)
asterisk
star shaped symbol *

Greek - astron (star)
astrophysics
branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies

Greek - astron (star)
disaster
Greek - astron (star)
dis- (against)

Long ago it was believed that stars ruled human destiny, any misfortune or calamity therefore happened to someone because the stars were in opposition
dis-
prefix with many meanings one of which is against
autonomy
self-law, self-government

Greek - nomos (law)
autos - self
autos
self
metronome
instrument that governs or orders the timing of a musician

metron - measurement
nomos - arrangement, order, law
geologist
scientist that studies the earth's compostion

Greek - ge (earth)
ge
Greek - earth

spelled as geo- in English
geometry
by etymology, measurement of the earth more specifically the branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement of spaces on the earth.

Greek - ge (earth)
metron (measurement)
geography
writing about or mapping the earth

Greek - ge (earth)
graphein - to write
George
Derived from ge (geo-) earth, plus ergon, work. The first George was an earth worker or farmer.
ergon
work
biologist
scientist that studies living matter

bios - life
logos - science study
biography
writing about someone's life

bios - life
graphein - to write
autobiography
story of one's life written by one's self

autos - self
bios - life
graphein - to write
biopsy
medical examination or view

bios - life
opsis, optikos - view vision
autopsy
medical examination of a corpse to discover the cause of death.

autos means self, in an autopsy etymologically speaking the pathologist determines by actual view or sight rather than theorizing. ie.by viewing or seeing for oneself
botanist
scientist that studies plants

Greek - botane (plant)
zoologist
scientist that studies animals

Greek - zoion (animal)
zodiak
diagram used in astrology of the paths of the sun, moon and planets. It contains Latin names for various animals. Hence it's derivation from zoion (animal).
scorpio
Latin - scorpion
leo
Lation - lion
cancer
Latin - crab
taurus
Latin - bull
aries
Latin - ram
pisces
Latin - fish
entomology
branch of zoology dealing with insects

Flies, beetles, wasps and bees are segmented creatures. Where these parts join there appears to the imaginative eye a "cutting in" of the body.
Greek - en- (in)
tome (a cutting)
tome
a cutting
insect
built on Latin

in- (in)
sectus (to cut)
ec-
from Greek ek- means out

(Latin prefix is ex-)
tonsillectomy
procedure in which the tonsils are cut out

ec- out
tome - a cutting
appendectomy
procedure in which the appendix is cut out

ec- out
tome - a cutting
mastectomy
procedure in which the breast is removed (cut out)

ec- out
tome - a cutting
hysterectomy
procedure in which the uterus is cut out

ec- out
tome - a cutting
prostatectomy
procedure in which the prostate is cut out

ec - out
tome - a cutting
eccentric
etymologically, out of the center, deviating from the norm in behavior, attitudes, etc.

ec- out
kentron - center
kentron
Greek - center
atom
was so named at a time when it was considered the smallest possible particle of an element. One that could not be cut any further.

Greek prefix a- makes a root negative
tome - a cutting
a-
Greek prefix that makes a root negative

eg. atomic

a-
tome
anatomy
the cutting up of a plant or animal to determine it's structure.

Greek - ana- (up)
tome - a cutting
ana-
Greek prefix with many meanings, one of which is up
tome
originally any book that was part of a larger work of many volumes. etymologically, a part cut from the whole.
dicha-
Greek - prefix in two
dichotomy
a splitting in two, technical term used in the science of logic. as a non-technical term black and white, good and bad, democrat and republican etc.

Greek - dicha- (in two)
tome - a cutting
epi-
on, upon
epitome
imagine a book, now figuratively cut on or through it so that you can get to its essence, the very heart of the idea contained in it.

epi- on, upon
tome- a cutting
philology
love of words

Greek - philein (to love)
logos - science or study, but also word or speech
philein
Greek - to love
linguistics
the science of language

Latin - lingua (tongue)
lingua
Latin - tongue
philander
to "play around" sexually, be promiscuous, or have extramaritial relations.

Greek - philein (to love)
andros - male
philosophy
by etymology, the love of wisdom

Greek - philein (to love)
sophos - wise
Philadelphia
City of Brotherly Love

Greek - philein (to love)
adelphos - brother
adelphos
Greek - brother
philharmonic
love of music or harmony

Greek - philein (to love)
harmonia - harmony
harmonia
Greek - harmony
philter
rarely used word, means love potion
aphrodisiac
things that arouse sexual desire

from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty
bibliophile
one who loves books, book collector

Greek - biblion (book)
philein - to love
biblion
Greek - book
Anglophile
a person who is fond of British people, customs, culture, etc.

Latin - Anglus (English)
Anglus
Latin - English