Hellenisms: Definition and examples

Hellenisms

A Hellenism It is a word of Greek origin that has been integrated into the Spanish language. Many Hellenisms make up prefixes that we use daily in our language. For example: anti- (means "against"), antiBody, antiendowed.

Examples of Hellenisms

1. a-, an- It means "lacking of" or "without."

For example: tomorpho, analgesic, analogo.

1. Ana- It means "against" or "about."

For example: Anachronism, Anaalphabet

1. amphi- It means "around."

For example: anfitheater, anfibio.

1. anti- It means "against."

For example: antiBody, antiendowed.

1. support It means "out of" or "that is far away."

For example: apócryphon, apócope.

1. arch- It means "the best", "most" or "first". It is most often used in informal language or writing.

For example: archknown, archdeacon.

1. car- It means "oneself."

For example: carmatic, carmobile, carenough, carnome, cardidact, caresteem.

1. tasting- It means "having a downward direction."

For example: tastingrat, tastingplasma, tastingclism.

1. day- It means "through."

For example: daygonal, daypositive, daylogar.

1. dis- It means "having or presenting difficulty."

For example: disaccording, discordante, disto bring, disadd.

1. ecto- It means "something that is out of."

For example: ectoplasma.

1. endo- It means "internally" or "inwardly."

For example: endocarpio, endocardio, endogeno.

1. epi- It means "about".

For example: epiglottis, epidermis, epiof me, epílogo.

1. exo- It means "that is out of."

For example: exobiology, exodo, exonera, exogeno.

1. hemi- It means "medium."

For example: hemiplejia, hemisphere.

1. heme- It means "blood."

For example: hemebleeding, hemeglobin.

1. hyper- It means "excess" or "over."

For example: hypertension, hypermarket, hiccuprbole.

1. hiccup- It means "below."

For example: hiccupcenter, hiccupgeo, hiccupgastrio.

1. iso- It means "equal".

For example: isosceles, isothermos.

1. goal- It means "beyond."

For example: goalphysical, goallinguistic.

1. monkey- It means "one" or "one only."

For example: monkeytheism, monkeycord, monkeythematic.

1. neo- It means "new" or "novel".

For example: neonatology, neóphyto, neologism, neoclassic.

1. in order to- It means "next to", "in opposition" or "against".

For example: in order tonormal, in order tophrasis, in order todoja.

1. peri- It means "around."

For example: pericardio, perinative, persubway, perihelium.

1. without-. It means "with".

For example: withoutchronic, withoutesthesia.

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