Words and Word Roots That Have One Meaning From Latin and Another Meaning From Greek
This is a list of scientific words and word roots which have a meanings from Latin and another meaning from Greek.
| word or root | scientific meaning from Latin |
example | Latin word | Latin meaning | scientific meaning from Greek |
example | Greek word | Greek meaning | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alg- | alga | alga | alga | seaweed | pain | analgesic | ἄλγος | pain | |
| crema- | burn | cremation | cremare | to burn (tr.) | hang, be suspended | cremaster | κρεμάννυμι | I hang (tr.) |
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