Roots, prefixes, suffixes
Type | Word Part | Meaning |
Prefix | a | without |
Prefix | ab | away |
Suffix | -cious, -uous | abounding in |
Root | acu | sharp |
Root | agri | farming |
Root | alb | white |
Prefix | amb | both |
Root | ambul | walk, move |
Root | amic | friendly |
Prefix | ana | back |
Prefix | anti (ant) | against, opposite |
Root | arche (archi) | primitive, origin |
Root | auto | self |
Root | bel | war, fight |
Root | bene | good |
Prefix | bi | two |
Root | cata | intensive, according to |
Root | cede (cess, ced) | go, withdraw |
Suffix | ceive | take |
Root | cent | hundred |
Root | cerebr | brain |
Root | cert | sure |
Root | chron | time |
Root | cide | kill |
Root | circum | around |
Root | clam (claim) | shout, speak |
Root | clar | clear |
Root | clud (clus) | close |
Root | clin (cline) | lean |
Prefix | co | with, together, joint |
Root | cog | know |
Prefix | con | together, common |
Prefix | contra | against |
Root | corp | body |
Prefix | counter | opposing, contrary |
Suffix | cracy (crat) | rule |
Root | cred | believe |
Root | crypt | hidden, secret |
Root | culp | blame, fault |
Root | cumul | mass, heap |
Root | dem | people |
Prefix | di | twice, two |
Prefix | dia | across, through |
Root | domin | master |
Root | don | give |
Root | dorm | sleep |
Root | dur | harden, long lasting |
Root | dyn | power, energy |
Suffix | ence (ance) | state, condition |
Root | esth (aesth) | beauty, feeling |
Root | ethn | nation, race |
Prefix | eu | good, well |
Prefix | ex | out, former |
Prefix | extra | beyond |
Suffix | fer | carry, bring |
Root | fid | trust |
Root | flect (flex) | bend |
Root | fore | in front of, previous |
Root | fusc | dark |
Root | ger | old age |
Root | grad (gress) | to step, to go |
Root | gyn | woman |
Prefix | homo (homeo) | same, alike |
Prefix | hyper | over, beyond |
Prefix | hypo | under |
Suffix | ian | related to |
Root | idio | peculiar, distinct |
Prefix | in/im | not |
Prefix | infra | beneath |
Prefix | inter | between |
Prefix | ir | not |
Prefix | iso | equal |
Root | lab | work |
Root | lat | broad, wide |
Root | laud | praise |
Root | lex | word, law |
Root | loq | speech |
Root | luc | light |
Prefix | macro | large, great |
Root | mal | bad, evil |
Root | medi | middle |
Root | melan | black, dark |
Prefix | meta | change, beyond, after |
Prefix | micro | small |
Root | migr | move |
Prefix | min | small |
Prefix | mis | wrong, bad |
Root | miss (mit) | send, cast |
Prefix | mono | one |
Root | mort | death |
Root | nat | born |
Root | neg | no |
Prefix | neo | new |
Root | nov | new |
Root | null | none |
Prefix | ob (op) | in the way, against |
Prefix | omni | all |
Root | opt | best |
Suffix | ous | having |
Root | oxy | sharp |
Root | paleo | ancient |
Root | pan | all |
Prefix | para | beside, related |
Root | path | feeling |
Root | pel (puls) | drive, push |
Root | ped | foot, kid |
Root | peri | around |
Root | phil | loving |
Root | phob | fear |
Prefix | poly | many |
Root | pos | put, place |
Prefix | post | after |
Prefix | pre | before |
Root | psuedo | not genuine |
Root | pug | to fight |
Root | pul | urge |
Root | purg | clean |
Prefix | re | again |
Root | reg | guide, rules |
Prefix | retro | back, backward |
Root | san | health |
Root | scend | climb, go |
Root | sci | to know |
Root | scrib | write |
Prefix | se | apart |
Root | sect | cut |
Root | sed | sit |
Root | sol | comfort |
Root | soph | wise |
Prefix | sub | below, under |
Prefix | super | higher in quality or quantity |
Root | syn (sym) | with, together |
Root | tact | to touch |
Root | tax | arrangement |
Root | tele | far |
Root | tort | twist |
Prefix | trans | across, through |
Prefix | un | not |
Prefix | uni | one |
Root | vac | empty |
Root | viv/vit | life |
Root | vor (vour) | eat |
Root | xen | foreign |