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. Cephalic – From ‘kephale’, head.
14. Ceramics – From ‘ceramiki’
15. Character – From ‘kharakter’, a stamping tool.
16. Chaos – From ‘khaos’, meaning gaping void.
17. Charismatic – from charismatikos (with charisma)
18. Chiropractic – From ‘kheir’ (hand) and ‘praktikos’ (practical).
19. Chlorophyll – From ‘khlōros’ (green) and ‘phyllon’ (leaf).
20. Choreography – From ‘khoros’ (dance) and ‘graphein’ (to write).
21. Chorus – from Greek ‘khoros’
22. Chromatic – From ‘khroma’, colour.
23. Chromosome – From ‘khroma” colour and ‘soma’ body
24. Chronicle – From ‘khronos’ (time)
25. Chronological– From ‘khronos’, time.
26. Chronometer – From ‘khronos’ and ‘metron’ (measure).
27. Chrysalis – From ‘khrysallis’, gold-colored pupa.
28. Cinema – Shortened from ‘kinematographia’, movement recording.
29. Circle – from ‘kirkos’, circle
30. Circuit – From ‘kirkos’, circle.
31. Citadel – From ‘kittadion’, little town.
32. Climactic – From ‘klimaktikos’, relating to a climax.
33. Climatology – From ‘klima’ (region) and ‘logia’.
34. Climax – From ‘klimax’, ladder.
35. Clinic – From ‘kline’, bed.
36. Cognitive – From ‘gnosis’, knowledge.
37. Cognoscente – From ‘gnosis’ knowledge
38. Cosmetic – From ‘kosmetikos’, skilled in ordering or arranging.
39. Cosmopolitan – From ‘kosmopolites’, citizen of the world.
40. Cosmology – From ‘kosmos’, meaning universe and ‘logos’ (word, speech)
41. Cosmonaut – From ‘kosmos’ (universe) and nautes (sailor)
42. Cosmos – From ‘kosmos’, meaning order, universe.
43. Coward – From ancient Greek kothouros (without tail)
44. Crisis – From ‘krisis’, decision.
45. Criterion – From ‘kriterion’, a test.
46. Cryptic – From ‘kryptos’, meaning hidden.
47. Cryptocurrency – From ‘kryptos’ and ‘currency’.
48. Cryptography – From ‘kryptos’ (hidden) and ‘graphein’ (to write)
49. Cryptology – From ‘kryptos’ and ‘logos’ (word, speech).
50. Crystal – From ‘krystallos’, ice, crystal.
51. Cybernetics – From kybernets (governor)
52. Cyclical – From ‘kyklos’, meaning circle, wheel.
53. Cytoplasm – From ‘kytos’ (cell) and ‘plasma’ (formed).
54. Cynic – From ‘kynikos’, dog-like, churlish.
55. Cynicism – Philosophical school, from ‘kynikos’.
56. Cynophobia – From ‘kynos’ (dog) and ‘phobos’ (fear).
57. Cytology – From ‘kytos’ and ‘logia’.
58. Cytoskeleton – From ‘kytos’ and ‘skeleton’.