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English words with Greek origin beginning with letter s:

1. Sarcasm – From ‘sarkasmos’ (to tear flesh, speak bitterly).
2. Sarcoidosis – From ‘sarka’ flesh
3. Sarcophagus – From ‘sarkophagos’ (flesh-eating).
4. Scandal – From ‘skandalon’ meaning animal trap
5. School – From Greek ‘scholē’, meaning leisure, philosophy, lectures.
6. Schizophrenia – From ‘schizein’ (to split) and ‘phren’ (mind).
7. Scope – From ‘skopein’ (to look)
8. Semantic – From ‘semantikos’ (significant).
9. Sepsis – From ‘sepsis’ (putrefaction).
10. Seismology – From ‘seismos’ (earthquake) and ‘logos’.
11. Seismometer – From ‘seismos’ (earthquake) and meter
12. Seismophobia – From ‘seismos’ (earthquake) and phobia
13. Siphon – From siphon (tube)
14. Sisyphean – From ‘Sisyphos’ an ancient Greek king
15. Skeleton – From ‘skeletos’
16. Sophist – From ‘sophistes’ (wise man, teacher).
17. Sophomore – From ‘sophos’ (wise) and ‘moros’ (foolish).
18. Somatic – From ‘soma’ (body).
19. Sperm – From sperma (seed)
20. Spermatozoon – From sperm (seed) and zoon (animal)
21. Sphere – From ‘sphaira’ (globe, ball).
22. Sphinx – From ‘sphinx’ (strangler).
23. Sphygmomanometer – From ‘sphygmos’ (pulse) and ‘manometer’.
24. Stereoscope – From ‘stereos’ and ‘skopein’.
25. Stereoscopic – From ‘stereos’ and ‘skopein’.
26. Stereotype – From ‘stereos’ (solid) and ‘typos’ (impression).
27. Stenography – From ‘stenos’ (narrow) and ‘graphein’ (to write).
28. Stethoscope – From ‘stethos’ (chest) and ‘skopein’ (to examine).
29. Stigma – From ‘stigma’ (mark, puncture).
30. Stoic – From ‘stoa’ (porch), where Zeno taught.
31. Stoichiometry – From ‘stoikheion’ (element) and ‘metron’ (measure).
32. Story – From Greek ‘historia”
33. Stratosphere – From ‘stratos’ (army, layer) and ‘sphaira’.
34. Strategy – From ‘strategia’ (generalship).
35. Stenography – From ‘stenos’ (narrow) and ‘graphein’ (to write).
36. Sycophant – From ‘sykophantes’ (fig shower, informer).
37. Symphony – From ‘symphonia’ (sounding together).
38. Symptom – From ‘symptoma’ (a happening).
39. Sympathy – From ‘sympatheia’ (fellow-feeling).
40. Symbiosis – From ‘sym’ (together) and ‘biosis’ (living).
41. Symbiotic – From ‘sym’ and ‘biosis’.
42. Symbol – From ‘symbolon’ (token, watchword).
43. Syndrome – From ‘syndromos’ (running together).
44. Synagogue – From ‘synagoge’ (meeting, assembly).
45. Synergetic – Related to ‘synergy’.
46. Synergy – From ‘synergos’ (working together).
47. Synoptic – From ‘synoptikos’ (seeing the whole together).
48. Synopsis – From ‘synopsis’ (general view).
49. Synthesis – From ‘synthesis’ (putting together).
50. Synthesizer – From ‘syn” together + ‘thesis’ putting
51. Synthetic – Related to ‘synthesis’.
52. Syntax – From ‘syntaxis’ (arrangement).
53. System – From word systima
54. Systematic – From ‘systematikos’ (combined in a system).
55. Syphilis – From ‘Syphilos’, a character in a poem.