ENGLISH ROOT WORD: calli-, calo-, cal, kal- from Greek kalos, kallos, kallistos

【calli-, calo-, cal, kal-】 are word -forming element
usually meaning "beauty"
from Greek "kalos, kallos, kallistos"

 

 

[WORD ROOT]root calli
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] calli, callisto, calo, kal
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) kalos, kallos, kallistos
[MEANING]root beauty

 

 

 

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 kalos beautiful, beauteous, noble, good
• 【Greek】 kallos beauty
• 【Greek】 kallistos [superlative of kalos] beautiful, beauteous, noble, good

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

calisthenics, calli, calligraphy, calliope, callipygian, Callista, Callisto, calomel, kaleidoscope, kalon

 

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

 

calisthenics [noun] from calisthenics < calli
【DEFINITION】 Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ calli; beauty ⑵ sthen; power, ability, might ⑶ ics; noun suffix

calli [combining form] from calli
【DEFINITION】 beauty, beautiful
【ROOTs】 calli; beauty

calligraphy [noun] from calligraphy < graph
【DEFINITION】 Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 calligrapher, calligraphic, calligraphically, calligraphist, calligraphy
【ROOTs】 ⑴ calli; beauty ⑵ graph; draw, write ⑶ y; noun suffix

calliope [noun] from calliope < calli
【DEFINITION】 ① a steam organ
② the Muse of epic poetry
【PRIMARY MEANING】 harsh-sounding steam-whistle keyboard organ
【pl.】 calliopes
【ROOTs】 ⑴ calli; beauty ⑵ ope;

 

 

 

 

callipygian [adjective] from callipygian < calli
【DEFINITION】 having beautifully shaped buttocks
【PRIMARY MEANING】 of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks
【ROOTs】 ⑴ calli; beauty ⑵ pyg; ⑶ ian(an); noun suffix

Callista [proper noun]
【DEFINITION】 Callista comes from the Greek for "most beautiful (fem.)" (καλλ?στη - kalliste). This name is a lesser known name for girls. Callista mostly means the most beautiful among the women. Center of attention because of its itelligence and beautifulness of body and soul, inside and out. Callista also means a person who is loved and tend to be surrounded by people who adore and admire her.
【ROOTs】 calli; beauty

 

Callisto [noun] from calli
【DEFINITION】 the second largest (but faintest) of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Approximate diameter: 4800 km; orbital radius: 1 883 000 km See also Galilean satellite
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera
【ROOTs】 callisto(calli); beauty

 

calomel [noun] from calomel < calli
【PRIMARY MEANING】 old name for mercurous chloride
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ calo(calli); beauty ⑵ mel(melan); black, dark

kaleidoscope [noun] from kaleidoscope < calli
【DEFINITION】 A kaleidoscope is a toy in the shape of a tube with a small hole at one end. If you look through the hole and turn the other end of the tube, you can see a pattern of colours which changes as you turn the tube round.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 optical instrument creating and exhibiting, by reflection, a variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms
【pl.】 kaleidoscopes
【DERIVATIVEs】 kaleidoscopic, kaleidoscopically, kaleidoscope
【ROOTs】 ⑴ kal(calli); beauty ⑵ eido(oid); like, resembling, shape ⑶ scope; see, view

 

kalon [noun] from kalon < calli
【DEFINITION】 Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 the (morally) beautiful, the ideal good
【ROOTs】 calli; beauty

 

 

 

Other word list containing calli-, calo-, cal, kal-; calophyllous, callithumpian

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

calc-, calcul-, cal-
cale-, cal-
cal-, calend-, class-
cad-, cas-, cid-
broad
brev-
bal-, bel-, bol-
bibli-, bibl-
bio
band

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: calc-, calcul-, cal- from Latin calx, calcis, calculus, calculare

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