Prefixes

a, an

without, not

ab, abs, a

apart, away from

ad

toward

agere

act

amphi, ambi

round, both sides

ante

before

anti

against

archos

leader, first, chief

bene

well, favorable

bi

two

caco

bad

circum

around

corpus

body

credo

belief

demos

people

di

two, double

dia

across, through

dis

not, apart

dyn

be able

ego

I, self

epi

upon, over

ex

out

geo

earth

ideo

idea

in

in

in, im

not

inter

between

lexis

word

liber

free, book

locus

place

macro

large

micro

small

mono

one, single

mortis

death

olig

few

peri

around

poly

many

pre

before

solus

alone

subter

under, secret

un

not

utilis

useful

acro

top, tip

aero

air, gas

ana

again, thoroughly

andro, anthropo

man

apo

away

baro

weight

be

completely

biblio

book

cent

hundred

circum

around

contra

against

cosmo

universe

cyto

cell

dactylo

finger

de

from, away

dec, deca

ten

dermo, dermato

skin

ergo

work

eth, ethno

race, nation

eu

well

extra

beyond

fore

before, on the front

gastro

stomach

geronto

old age

hema

blood

hemi

half

hepta

seven

hex

six

hyper

above

hypo

under, below

intra

within

kilo

thousand

meso

middle

meta

beyond, after, changed

metro

measure

mill

thousand

milli

one-thousand; very small

mis

wrong, incorrect

necro

dead, dead body

non

nine

ob

against

oct

eight

osteo

bone

out

from, beyond

over

above, too much

para

beside, close, partial

penta

five

pneumo

lung, air

poly

many

post

after

pro

forward or in favor of

quadr

four

quint

five

re

back, do again

retro

back

se

apart

semi

half

sep

seven