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The Loom of Language

GREEK ELEMENT
ESPERANTO
NOVIAL

hetero
different
heterosexual
difera
diferenci

homo
same
homosexual
same*
sami*

ISO
equal
isosceles
egala
egah

micro
small
microscope
malgranda
mikn*

mono
alone, single
monoplane
sola
soh

neo
new
neolithic
nova
novi

palaeo
old
palaeology
malnova
oldi*

pan
all
panchromatic
tuta
toti

poly
many
polygamous
multa
multi

pseudo
false
pseudonym
malvera
falsi

therm
heat
thermometer
varma*
varmi*

derma
skin
dermatitis
hauto*
pele

hypno
sleep
hypnosis
dormo
dormio

chron
time
chronometer
tempo
tempo

chrom
colour
chromosome
koloro
kolore

tele
distance
television
malproksima
distant!

erg
work
allergic
laboro
labore

demo
people
democracy
popolo
popule

bio
life
biology
vivo
vivo

physi
nature
physiology
naturo
nature

krati
government
autocracy
rego
regiro

kosmo
world
cosmopolitan
mondo
monde

heho
sun
hehotropic
suno*
sune*

morph
form
morphology
formo
forme

astr
star
astronomy
stelo
stele

phon
sound
phonetics
sono
suone

geo
earth
geology
tero
tere

hydr
water
hydrodynamics
akvo
hidra

anthrop
man
anthropology
viro
viro

gyne
woman
gynaecology
virino
fema

akoust
hearing
acoustics
audi
audi

graph
writing
telegraph
skribi
skripte

skop
seeing
telescope
vidi
vide

kine
moving
kinetic
movi
mova

ball
throwing
ballistics
jeti
lansa

phob
fearing
xenophobia
timi
tuna

phil
loving
philately
ami
ama

game
marrying
polygamy
edzigo*
mariteso

phag
eating
phagocyte
mangi
manja

mnemo
remembering
mnemonic
memon
memora

An analysis of the geographical distribution of roots derived from
scientific and technical terms, suck as telegraph, megaphone, micro-