Morphemes - Roots & Affixes

de- (Prefix)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: Down, remove, or away from | Example: Deconstruct (To take something apart or tear down what was built.)

mis- (Prefix)

Origin: Old English / Germanic | Meaning: Wrongly or badly | Example: Misinterpret (To understand or explain something incorrectly.)

inter- (Prefix)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: Between or among | Example: Interstate (Involving or connecting two or more states together.)

contra- / counter- (Prefix)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: Against or opposite | Example: Counteract (To act in opposition to something to stop it.)

-ful (Suffix)

Origin: Old English | Meaning: Full of | Example: Bountiful (Abundant; full of a large or generous amount.)

-less (Suffix)

Origin: Old English | Meaning: Without or lacking | Example: Peerless (Having no equal; matchless or unrivaled.)

-able / -ible (Suffix)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: Able to be | Example: Plausible (Believable; able to be accepted as true.)

-ation / -ion (Suffix)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: The act, process, or state of | Example: Navigational (Relating to the act or process of directing a course.)

bio (Root Word)

Origin: Greek | Meaning: Life | Example: Biosphere (The zones of the earth where life naturally exists.)

graph (Root Word)

Origin: Greek | Meaning: Write or draw | Example: Autograph (A person's signature written by their own hand.)

chron (Root Word)

Origin: Greek | Meaning: Time | Example: Synchronize (To cause things to happen at the exact same time.)

spec / spect (Root Word)

Origin: Latin | Meaning: Look, see, or behold | Example: Perspective (A specific way of looking at or viewing things.)