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The name Kallikak is a pseudonym used as a family name throughout the book. Goddard coined the name from the Greek words καλός (kalos) meaning good and κακός (kakos) meaning bad. [2] Goddard's Kallikak pedigree
Kalos kagathos or kalokagathos (Ancient Greek: καλὸς κἀγαθός [kalòs kaːɡatʰós]), of which kalokagathia (καλοκαγαθία) is the derived noun, is a phrase used by classical Greek writers to describe an ideal of gentlemanly personal conduct, especially in a military context.
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples cac-, kak-[1]bad: Greek: κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos): cachexia ...
The word "cachexia" is derived from the Greek words "Kakos" (bad) and "hexis" (condition). English ophthalmologist John Zachariah Laurence was the first to use the phrase "cancerous cachexia", doing so in 1858. He applied the phrase to the chronic wasting associated with malignancy.
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.
A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon.The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel.
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Kakos is a village in the former municipality of Çepan in Berat County, Albania. [1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Skrapar. [2]