C

English words starting with ‘C’ that have Greek origins:

1. Cacophony – From ‘kakos’ (bad) and ‘phone’ (voice, sound).
2. Caenogenesis – From ‘kainos” (new) and ‘genesis’ (birth)
3. Calligraphy – From ‘kallos’ (beauty) and grafi (to write)
4. Cardiologist – From ‘kardia’ (heart) and logia (to study)
5. Callisthenics – From ‘kalos’ (beautiful) and ‘sthēnos’ (strength).
6. Cartography – From ‘chartis’ (map) and grafi (to write)
7. Catastrophe – From ‘katastrophe’, an overturning.
8. Catatonic – From ‘kata-“(down) and “tonikos” (tonic)
9. Category – From ‘kategoria’,
10. Catharsis – From ‘katharsis’, cleansing, purging.
11. Catholic – From ‘katholikos’, universal.
12. Cemetery – From ‘koimitirion’
13. Centre – From ‘kentro”
14. Cephalic – From ‘kephale’, head.
15. Ceramics – From ‘ceramiki’
16. Character – From ‘kharakter’, a stamping tool.
17. Chaos – From ‘khaos’, meaning gaping void.
18. Charismatic – from charismatikos (with charisma)
19. Chiropractic – From ‘kheir’ (hand) and ‘praktikos’ (practical).
20. Chlorophyll – From ‘khlōros’ (green) and ‘phyllon’ (leaf).
21. Choreography – From ‘khoros’ (dance) and ‘graphein’ (to write).
22. Chorus – from Greek ‘khoros’
23. Chromatic – From ‘khroma’, colour.
24. Chromosome – From ‘khroma” colour and ‘soma’ body
25. Chronicle – From ‘khronos’ (time)
26. Chronological– From ‘khronos’, time.
27. Chronometer – From ‘khronos’ and ‘metron’ (measure).
28. Chrysalis – From ‘khrysallis’, gold-colored pupa.
29. Cinema – Shortened from ‘kinematographia’, movement recording.
30. Circle – from ‘kirkos’, circle
31. Circuit – From ‘kirkos’, circle.
32. Citadel – From ‘kittadion’, little town.
33. Climactic – From ‘klimaktikos’, relating to a climax.
34. Climate – From word ‘klima”
35. Climatology – From ‘klima’ (region) and ‘logia’.
36. Climax – From ‘klimax’, ladder.
37. Clinic – From ‘kline’, bed.
38. Cognitive – From ‘gnosis’, knowledge.
39. Cognoscente – From ‘gnosis’ knowledge
40. Colossal – From kolossos
41. Cosmetic – From ‘kosmetikos’, skilled in ordering or arranging.
42. Cosmopolitan – From ‘kosmopolites’, citizen of the world.
43. Cosmology – From ‘kosmos’, meaning universe and ‘logos’ (word, speech)
44. Cosmonaut – From ‘kosmos’ (universe) and nautes (sailor)
45. Cosmos – From ‘kosmos’, meaning order, universe.
46. Coward – From ancient Greek kothouros (without tail)
47. Crisis – From ‘krisis’, decision.
48. Criterion – From ‘kriterion’, a test.
49. Cryptic – From ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden.
50. Cryptocurrency – From ‘kryptos’ and ‘currency’.
51. Cryptography – From ‘kryptos’ (hidden) and ‘graphein’ (to write)
52. Cryptology – From ‘kryptos’ and ‘logos’ (word, speech).
53. Crystal – From ‘krystallos’, ice, crystal.
54. Cybernetics – From kybernets (governor)
55. Cyclical – From ‘kyklos’, meaning circle, wheel.
56. Cytoplasm – From ‘kytos’ (cell) and ‘plasma’ (formed).
57. Cynic – From ‘kynikos’, dog-like, churlish.
58. Cynicism – Philosophical school, from ‘kynikos’.
59. Cynophobia – From ‘kynos’ (dog) and ‘phobos’ (fear).
60. Cytology – From ‘kytos’ and ‘logia’.
61. Cytoskeleton – From ‘kytos’ and ‘skeleton’.