Latin Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes!

All you need to know for your english students when it come to english words with latin derived roots

bi

two

hyper-

over,above

hypo

under,below

mono-

one

chrom(o/e)

color

gen

birth,race

poly*

many

scope

view,examine

-ia

condition

-ic

like, related to

-ium

chemical element

dia

through,across

epi-

on,outside

derm

skin

meso

middle

pachy

thick

-al

like,related to

-ic

like,related to

-is

that which

-oid

resembling

ana-

back,against

syn-

with,together

chron(o)

time

geo

Earth,ground

meter

to measure

-ism

a state of being

-logy

study of,science

-ous

having the quality of