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From atoms to democracy, English leans on ancient Greek for the vocabulary of science, thought, and everyday life.
2,729 words · 0 Greek roots
160 words in Politics & Society
Agora
Politics“gathering place”
Amnesty
Politics“not remembering”
Anabasis
Politics“a going up”
Anarchism
Politics“without a ruler”
Anomie
Politics“lawlessness”
Anthropology
Politics“study of humankind”
Archive
Politics“the house of the magistrates”
Archon
Politics“the one who rules”
Aristocracy
Politics“rule by the best”
Asylum
Politics“not to be seized”
Autarky
Politics“self-sufficiency”
Autocracy
Politics“self-power”
Autocrat
Politics“self-ruler”
Autonomy
Politics“self-law”
Ballista
Politics“thrower”
Barbarian
Politics“one who says bar-bar”
Bigamy
Politics“twice-married”
Bomb
Politics“a booming noise”
Bureaucracy
Politics“rule by the writing desk”
Cadastre
Politics“line by line”
Caravel
Politics“crayfish, small light vessel”
Cartel
Politics“little paper”
Cataphract
Politics“fenced in all over”
Catapult
Politics“hurled against”
Cenotaph
Politics“empty tomb”
Charter
Politics“little papyrus sheet”
Chirograph
Politics“hand-writing”
Chrematistics
Politics“the art of getting money”
Clerk
Politics“one of the allotted share”
Cosmopolitan
Politics“citizen of the world”
Demagogue
Politics“leader of the people”
Democrat
Politics“people-power man”
Demography
Politics“writing about the people”
Demos
Politics“the people of a district”
Despot
Politics“master of the house”
Despotism
Politics“house-master rule”
Diadem
Politics“a binding round”
Diarchy
Politics“rule of two”
Diaspora
Politics“a scattering across”
Diplomacy
Politics“a folded document”
Diplomat
Politics“one who carries the folded paper”
Drachma
Politics“a handful”
Draconian
Politics“of Draco the serpent”
Dromon
Politics“the runner”
Duopoly
Politics“two-selling”
Dynasty
Politics“the holding of power”
Dystopia
Politics“bad place”
Emphyteusis
Politics“a planting-in”