Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

Flashcards of Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

a-, an-

without

ab-

from

abs-

away

ad-

to, toward, near

ambi-

both, around

ana-

backward, reversed; according to

Anglo-

England, English

ante-

before

anti-

against

auto-

self; same

bene-

well

circum-

around

co-

together

com-, con-

together, with

contra-

against

de-

down, away; off; reversal, undoing

di-

double

dis-

apart, aside

e-, ex-

out

em-, en-, in-

in

epi-

over, on

equa-

even, equal

eu-

good

ex-

out, out of; completely

extra-

beyond

homo-

same

hypo-

under

im-, in-

in; toward; not; against

inter-

between; at intervals

ir-

not

magna-

great

meta-

involving change

miso-

indicating hatred

mono-

one

ob-

to, toward; against

omni-

all

para-

alongside

per-

through; thoroughly, completely; throughout; destruction

peri-

around

pre-

before; in front

prima

first

pro-

forward; before

re-

back, again

sub-

under, below

super-

above, over

sun-, syn-

same, similar

trans-

across

ubi-

where

un-

not

uni-

one

alien

other

alter

other

amicus

friend

anima

soul, mind

annus

year

anthropos

man, human

audi

to hear

bel

beautiful

bellum

war

bunk

nonsense

cap, caput

head

capere

to take, seize

card

heart

carn

body, flesh

cedere

to come or go

centr, kentron

center; point

chron

time

cidere

to cut

cilium

lower eyelid

cognitus

to know

corp

body

cred, credere

believe

currere

to run

dent

teeth

derm

skin

dicere

to speak

digit

finger, toe

diligere

to love; to choose

dolere

to give pain; to feel pain

domare

to tame or subdue

donare

to give

ego

self

ept

apt

equi

equal

ethos

moral custom

facere

to make or do

fervere

to boil

fides

faith

finis

border, boundary

flagrare

to burn or blaze

gen, genus

birth, race, kind

fungi

to perform

gignoskein

to know

glot

tongue

grad

to go

gratia

grace

gratus

please, satisfy

grex

flock, herd

haerere

to stick

ira

anger