ROOT WORDS, PREFIX, SUFFIX

are found in everyday language. mostly derived from Latin or Greek

• prefix and suffix are added to change the word meaning

root word

what are some stand alone root words?

dress - clothing

form - shape

normal - typical

phobia - fear of

port - carry

root: ami, amic

love, amicable

root: anni

year, anniversary

root: aud

to hear, auditory

root: bene

good, beneficiary

root: biblio

book, bibliography

root: cap

take/seize, capture

root: cent

one hundred, century

root: chrom

color, chromatic

root: chron

time, chronological

root: circum

around, circumvent

root: cred

believe, credible

root: corp

body, corpse

root: dict

to say, dictate

root: equi

equal, equality

root: fract; rupt

to break, fracture

root: ject

throw, eject

root: mal

bad, malignant

root: min

small, miniature

root: mort

death, mortal

root: multi

many, multiply

root: ped

foot, pedestrian

root: rupt

break, rupture

root: sect

cut, dissect

root: script

write, manuscript

root: sol

sun, solar

root: struct

build, construct

root: terr

earth, terrain

root: therm

heat, thermometer

root: vid, vis

to see, visual

root: voc

voice; to call, vocal

are the letters added to the beginning of a root word to make a new word with a different meaning.

• on their own have meanings , changes root word entirely when added

prefixes

prefix: auto

self (autobiography)

prefix: con

with (conclude)

prefix: hydro

water (hydrate)

prefix: im, in, non, un

not (unimportant)

prefix: inter

between (international)

prefix: mis

incorrect, badly (mislead)

prefix: over

too much (over-stimulate)

prefix: post

after (postpone)

prefix: pre

before (preview)

prefix: re

again (rewrite)

prefix: sub

under/below (submarine)

prefix: trans

across (transcribe)

are the letters added to the end of a root word to make a new word with a different meaning.

• have their own meaning, adding to root word can change the meaning

suffixes

suffix: able, ible

can be done (agreeable)

suffix: an, ean, ian

belonging or relating to (european)

suffix: ed

happened in the past (jogged)

suffix; en

made of (wooden)

suffix: er

comparative (more than); stricter

suffix: est

comparative (most); largest

suffix: ful

full of meaningful (meaningful)

suffix: ic

having characteristic of (psychotic)

suffix: ion, tion, ation, ition

act/process (hospitalization)

suffix: ist

person, who practices (linguist)

suffix: less

without (artless)

suffix: logy

study of (biology)

suffix: ity

state of (normality)