Roots and Affixes Reference Table

A comprehensive list of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes including their meanings based on the reference table.

a, an

not, without

ab

away, down, from, off

acro

high, tip, top

act

do, move

ad

to, toward

agon

to struggle

agri

field

alg

pain

alt

high

alter

other

am

friend

amat

love

ambi

both

ambul

to walk

amphi

both

anim

alive

anima

soul, life

ante

before

anthrop

mankind

anti, ant

against, opposite

aqua

water

archy

government

ard

always

arm

weapon

audi

to hear

auto

self

be

thoroughly

bell

war

bene

good, well

bi

two

bi, di

two

bio

life, living

cap

take

cede, ceed, cess

to go, to yield

cent

hundred

chron

time

cide

to kill

circum

around

cise

cut

clam

cry out

clud, clus, claus

to close

cogn

know

commun

to share

con, com

with, together

contra, counter

against, opposite

corp

body

cred

to believe

cycl

circle, wheel

de

from, down, away

dec

ten

dei, div

God, god

demo

people

di, bi

two

dia

through, across, between

dict

speak, say

dis, dys, dif

away, not, negative

dorm

sleep

dox

opinion

duc, duct

to lead, pull

dyn, dyna

power

e, ex

out, away, from

ecto

outside, external

endo

inside, within

equi

equal

eu

good, well

ex

out

exter, extra

outside of, beyond

flect, flex

to bend

flu, flux

flow

fore

before, front

geo, terr, terra

land

germ

vital or related

giga

billion

graph, gram

to write

greg

group

hema

blood

hetero

other, different

hex, ses, sex

six

homo

same

hyper

over, above

hypo

below, less than

in, im

not

infra

beneath

inter

between

intra

within, into

intro

into

itis

inflammation

ject, jac

to throw

kilo, mill

thousand

liber

free

loco

place

log, logo, loc, loq

word, speech, speak

mal

bad

mar

sea

matri

mother

mega

million, large

meso

middle

meta

beyond, change

meter

measure

micro

small or millionth