GREEK AND LATIN BASED ON THE SLIDE SHOW

Prefixes:

• a- → not, without

• acro- → height, top

• amphi- → both, around

• an- → not, without

• ana- → back, against

• andr/o- → man, male

• ant/i- → against, opposite

• ab- → away, from

• ac- (ad-) → to, toward, near

• bene- → good, well

• bi- → two

• cent- → hundred

• circum- → around

• com- (con-, cor-) → with, together

• contra- → against, opposite

• counter- → against, opposite

• de- → away, down

• di- → apart, away, not

• dis- → apart, opposite of

• e- → out, away, from

• en- → in, into

• ex- → out, away, from

• extro- → outside of

• ii- (il-, im-, in-, ir-) → in, into, not

• infra- → beneath

• inter- → between

• intro- → within

• mis- → bad, wrong

• ob- (op-) → against

• per- → through

• post- → after

• pre- → before

• pro- → for, before, forward

• re- → back, again

• retro- → backward

• se- → apart

• sub- (sur-) → under

• tra- → across, through

• ultra- → beyond

• uni- → one

Suffixes:

• -able → able to be

• -acious → having the quality of

• -acity → the quality of

• -al → of, related to

• -ance → state, quality, act

• -aneous → having the quality of

• -ant → that which

• -ary → of, related to, belongs to

• -ate → to make, to act

• -ation → an action or process

• -cide → kill

• -ence → state, quality, act

• -ent → like, related to

• -er → one who, that which

• -ferous → producing

• -fy → to do, to make

• -ible → able to be

• -ic (-id) → like, related to

• -ice → that which

• -ile → of, related to

• -ine → like, related to

• -ion → state, quality, act

• -ity → state, quality, act

• -ive → performing/tending towards

• -ize → to make, to act

• -ment → that which

• -ous → having the quality of

• -tion → state, quality, act

• -trix → feminine

• -ulous → having the quality of

• -ure → process, condition

• -y → state, quality, act
  
  
  
  Roots:
  
  act → do, drive

• anim → spirit, life

• aqua → water

• audi → hear

• avi (avia) → bird

• brev (brevi) → short

• capt (cept) → take, hold

• carni → flesh, meat

• cede (ceed, cess) → go, yield

• celer → fast

• claim (clam) → call out, shout

• clud (clus) → close

• cogn (cogni) → know

• cred → believe

• cumul → mass, heap

• dict → speak

• duct → lead

• dur → harden, to last, lasting

• enni → year

• equ (equi) → equal, fair

• fract (frag) → break

• gress → step

• herbi → grass

• juven → young

• later → side

• loqu → speak

• lumin → light

• manu → hand

• mar → sea

• memor/i → remember

• miss (mitt) → send, let go

• mob (mot, mov) → move

• nom/in → name

• nov → new

• pos (posit) → place, put

• pugn/a → fight

• rupt → break, burst

• scrib (script) → write, written

• sect → cut

• son → sound

• spec/t → look, examine

• struct → build

• tact → touch

• tempor → time

• termin/a → end, limit

• tort → twist

• tract → drag, draw out, pull

• ven/t → come

• ver/i → truth

• vers (vert) → turn

• vinc → conquer

• vis → see

• viv → live, life

• voc/i → voice, call

• vol (voli) → will, wish

• vor (vour) → eat