Comprehensive Guide to Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes

Morphological Prefixes

• Re-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: Back, again

• Ex-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: Out of, from

• En-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: In, on

• Per-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: Through, thoroughly

• Di-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: Apart, not

• Con-

  • Classification: Prefix

  • Primary Meanings: With

Cognition, Thought, and Communication Roots

• Rat

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Think

• Log

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Word, reason, study

• Mon

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Warn, advise, remind

Physical Action, Spatial, and Positional Roots

• Ject

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Throw

• Dot/dit

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Give

• Found

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Pour, spread out

• Medi

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Middle, in half

• Lin

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Line, string, thread

Emotion, Suffering, and Behavioral Roots

• Mor

  • Classification: Root

  • Primary Meanings: Custom, habit, manner

• Path/pathy

  • Classification: Root / Affix

  • Primary Meanings: Feeling, suffering