Photography, Choreography, Cinematography  (Noun) In a figurative sense, people can “write” using media other than words. The Greek word...

Geography, Cartography, Topography  (Noun) The root “geo” means “earth,” so geography  means “writing about the earth,” or the science of...

Grapheme, Calligraphy (Noun) The word grapheme  combines graph  with the suffix “eme, which means “unit of language.”  A grapheme  is a...

Biography (Noun) A biography  is the story of person’s “bio,” or life. Biographers  sometimes present their subjects in a flattering...

Autograph (Noun) “Auto” means “self” and graph  means “writing,” so an autograph  is a signature made by oneself, a person’s own...

GRAPH, Greek  Many English words contain the Greek root graph, meaning “to write.” It appears specifically in words that have to do with...

Symbiosis  (Noun)  The Greek root  “sym” or “syn” means “with” or “together.”  Symbiosis  is a phenomenon in which two different kinds of...

Amphibian  (Noun)  The Greek root “amphi” means “of both kinds.” When it is a prefix for “bio” (ending the word with “an” makes it a...

Biohack (Verb)  Biohacking  (Noun) The word “hack” is used colloquially to describe gaining unauthorized access to a computer. In the...

Biology  (Noun)  The word biology  combines the root “bio” with the Greek-derived suffix “log,” meaning “the study of.” Biology is a...

Biography, Biographer, Autobiography  (Noun) The word biography  is formed by connecting the Greek root “bio” with another Greek root,...

BIO, Greek The Greek root word BIO means “life,” both in the sense of living things and in the sense of the span of a person’s life.  BIO...

FRIDAY Anachronism  (noun) The prefix “ana” means “against,” so something is called an anachronism if it is “against time,” violating the...

THURSDAY Diachronic, Synchronic  (adjective) The prefix “syn” means “with” or at the same time” and “dia” means “throughout,” or over...

WEDNESDAY Synchronize  (verb) The prefix “syn” means “with.”  To synchronize  is to coordinate events so that they happen at the same...

TUESDAY  Chronicle  (noun and verb) A chronicle  is a narrative, often specifically a historical one, that presents events in the order...

MONDAY Chronic (adjective) Something is described as “chronic” if it persists over a long period of time.  For some reason, only...

The Latin word for time is “chronos”, derived from the Greek word “khronos.” English words containing the morpheme “chron” relate in some...

Phenomenal cosmic power in itty bitty word space. Middle school presents a unique challenge when it comes to learning new words and...

FRIDAY  Idiopathic (adjective) The Greek word-forming element “idio” means “one’s own” or “personal.”  A familiar English word using this...