* philo- [Greek, philos, loving, dear] love of      philology, love of logos

* -phile one loving    bibliophile, lover of books

• -philous, -philic tending to love
• -philia; -philiac love of > tendency toward > abnormal attraction to; one abnormally attracted to

* miso- [Greek, misos, hatred] hate of

• misology, hatred of logos    
• misocapnist, one who hates smoke

* -meter [Greek, metron, measure] an instrument for measuring, a measure

• barometer, an instrument for measuring pressure
• perimeter, the circumference or measure around

-metry, the measurement of, science of measuring    telemetry, measurement from a distance

* -phone [Greek, phone, voice] sound, sound emitting device     telephone, device for emitting sound from far away

-latry [Greek, latreia, service for pay] worship of     bibliolatry, worship of  a book or books

-later worshipper of

-latrous tending to worship

• heliolater, sun worshipper
• chrematolatrous, tending to worship money

* -logy [Greek logos, word] discourse, speech, the science, theory, study of

• anthropology, the study of mankind
• deontology, the study of duties
• axiology, the study of value judgments

*-phobia [Greek phobos, fear] fear of     agoraphobia fear of the marketplace/open places

-phobe one who fears  skiaphobe one who fears shadows

*-nomy [Greek nomos, law, custom, usage] systematized knowledge of, laws concerning 

astronomy systematized study of the stars

*-scope [Greek skopein, to look at] instrument for observing

periscope instrument for looking around

-gony, -geny [Greek goneia, generation < gonos, offspring, seed] production of

• cosmogony production/creation of the universe
• orogeny, the generation of mountains

-genesis [Greek, genesis, birth, origin] generation, birth

parthenogenesis virgin birth

* -onym [Greek onoma, name] name

• pseudonym false name
• paronyms, words derived from the same root
• heteronyms, words spelled the same, but with different meanings and pronunciation:

  • row, row -- bow, bow
  • lead, lead -- sow, sow

• eponym, a person (real or fictitious) believed to be the source of the name of a place or thing

-mancy [Greek manteia, prophecy] telling the future by

• necromancy divination by means of dead bodies/ghosts
• rabdomancy divining with a rod

-mancer, one who divines

-cracy [Greek kratia, strength, power] government by   democracy government by the people

-iatry [Greek iatreia, healing] medical treatment    psychiatry medical treatment of soul/mind

-iatrist, -iatrician physician who treats

• podiatrist foot doctor
• pediatrician doctor who treats children

* -graphy [Greek graphein, to write] a method of writing; a descriptive science

• iconography method of drawing images
• geography descriptive science of the earth

-graph means of writing/drawing; something drawn/written

-graphic having to do with method of writing / descriptive science

-grapher one who writes about a field; one who uses a specific means of writing or drawing

* -archy [Greek archE, rule, beginning] government, rule     monarchy rule by one

arch- chief, first archbishop

* -mania [Greek mania, madness] madness, exaggerated craving    bibliomania excessive craving for books

-maniac one displaying such an excessive craving