The West Indies, more commonly referred to as the Caribbean, consists of three major island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles include some of the most well-known individual islands, including Cuba and Puerto Rico.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. -chron-, root. -chron- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning time.'' This meaning is found in such words as: anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronology, synchronize.
The part that provides a term's essential meaning is known as the. 1  root.  The root of a word is like the root of a plant in that it's what the meaning of the word grows from. Cardi/o can grow into cardiology or cardiovascular, but the foundation of the wordâits rootâremains the same: heart.