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iasis — Infection.
iatros — Physician.
ichnos — Track, trace, footprint.
ichthys — Fish.
icteros — Jaundice.
idios — Individual.
idros — Sweat.
ilos — Whole.
iris, irid- — Iris.
ischein — To restrain.
ischion — Hip.
isos — Equal.
istos — Tissue.
Note: — The letter K in a Greek root is often replaced by the
letter C in modern English words derived from that root.
kakos — Bad, evil, pernicious.
kalos — Beautiful.
karkinoma — Cancer.
karkinomata — Cancers.
karpos — Fruit, wrist.
karya — Nut, kernel.
kata — Down.
kele — Tumor, hernia.
kentesis — Puncture.
kephale — Head.
keras — Horn.
kerkos — Tail.
kinesis — Motion, movement.
kleis — Key.
kleistos — Closed.
kline — Bed.
kneme — Shin.
knide — Nettle, sea nettle.
koilia — Belly.
koilos — Hollow.
koleos — Sheath.
kolon — Colon.
kolpos — Vagina.
kolyo — To hinder, prevent.
kome — Hair.
konios — Dusty.
konis — Dust.
kopros — Excrement.
kore — Pupil.
krinein — To secrete.
kryos — Freezing cold.
kryptos — Hidden, secret.
kyanos — Dark blue, lapis lazuli.
kyesis — Conception, pregnancy.
kyklos — Circle.
kyon — Dog.
kyphos — Bent forwards, hunchbacked, stooping.
kystis — Bladder, sac.
kytos — Hollow vessel.
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ignis, ignis — Fire.
imber, imbris — Rain.
immunis — Exempt, immune.
incola, incolae — Resident.
infra — Below, lower than, further along; to the south.
inter — Between, among, during.
intra, intro- — Within, inside, during, under.
jejunus, jejuna ejunum — Fasting, hungry.
juba, jubae — Mane, crest (of a helmet).
jugulus, juguli — Throat, neck; collarbone.
jugum, jugi — Yoke.
juvenis, juvenis — Youth; young man or woman.
juxta — Near, next to.
Note: — The letter K was very rarely used in Latin.
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