A List of prefixes, suffixes and roots
A List of prefixes, suffixes and roots
A List of prefixes, suffixes and roots
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I. A <strong>List</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>prefixes</strong>, <strong>suffixes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>roots</strong><br />
Common Prefixes<br />
Prefix Example Meaning<br />
a-, anab-,<br />
a-, absad-,<br />
ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-,<br />
ap-, ar-, as-, atambiamphianteantiautobicenticircumcon-,<br />
com-, co-, col-, corcontradeamoral,<br />
anaerobic<br />
abhor, abscond<br />
adhere, approach<br />
ambivalence<br />
amphitheater<br />
antebellum<br />
antibiotic<br />
automatic<br />
bisect<br />
century<br />
circumstance<br />
correlate, cooperate, collect<br />
contradiction<br />
descend<br />
dec-, decadidiadisex-,<br />
e-, efforehemiheptahexahyperin-,<br />
il-, ir-, im-<br />
inter-<br />
intra-, introkilomillimismonomultinonnonaob,<br />
oc-, <strong>of</strong>-<br />
oct-<br />
omni-<br />
decade<br />
dicotyledon<br />
diameter<br />
dissatisfied<br />
evict<br />
foreground<br />
hemisphere<br />
heptagon<br />
hexagon<br />
hypersensitive<br />
invisible, illegal, irregular<br />
interact<br />
introvert<br />
kilocycle<br />
millennium<br />
misspell<br />
monopoly<br />
multitude<br />
nonsense<br />
nonagon<br />
obstruct<br />
octagon<br />
omnipotent<br />
not, without, lacking<br />
away from<br />
toward<br />
both<br />
on both sides, around<br />
before<br />
against<br />
self<br />
two<br />
hundred<br />
around<br />
with, in association,<br />
together<br />
against<br />
away from, out <strong>of</strong>,<br />
separation<br />
ten<br />
two, twice, double<br />
through, between, across<br />
not<br />
out <strong>of</strong>, from<br />
before, front, superior<br />
half<br />
seven<br />
six<br />
over, above<br />
not; also means “in” <strong>and</strong> is<br />
used as an intensifier<br />
between, among<br />
within<br />
thous<strong>and</strong><br />
thous<strong>and</strong><br />
wrong, not<br />
one<br />
many<br />
not<br />
nine<br />
toward, to, on, over, against<br />
eight
panperproquadrquinreretrosesemiseptsexsub-,<br />
suc, suf-, sur-,sug-,<br />
sussupersyn-,<br />
symteletetratrans-,<br />
tratriultraununi-<br />
pantheist<br />
perceive<br />
promote<br />
quadrupled<br />
quintuplet<br />
reorganize<br />
retrograde<br />
select<br />
semiannual<br />
septuplet<br />
sextant<br />
supplant<br />
supersede<br />
synchronize<br />
telegraph<br />
tetrameter<br />
traverse<br />
triple<br />
ultramodern<br />
unnatural<br />
unilateral<br />
all<br />
all<br />
through, thoroughly, very<br />
in favor <strong>of</strong>, advancing<br />
four<br />
five<br />
backward, again<br />
backward<br />
apart<br />
half<br />
seven<br />
six<br />
under, below, slightly<br />
above, beyond<br />
with, together<br />
distance<br />
four<br />
across, beyond, through<br />
three<br />
beyond, farther<br />
not<br />
one<br />
Common Suffixes<br />
Suffix Example Meaning<br />
-able, -ible<br />
-acy<br />
-age<br />
durable, visible<br />
piracy, privacy<br />
breakage, orphanage<br />
-al<br />
-ance, -ence<br />
-ant<br />
-arium, -orium<br />
-ary<br />
rental, abdominal<br />
insurance, competence<br />
reliant, servant<br />
aquarium, auditorium<br />
dictionary, elementary<br />
able<br />
quality, state, <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
pertaining to; also a nounforming<br />
suffix<br />
adjective- or noun-forming<br />
suffix<br />
adjective- or noun-forming<br />
suffix<br />
adjective- or noun-forming<br />
suffix<br />
-ate<br />
-ation, -ition<br />
-cle, -icle<br />
-esque<br />
activate, animate<br />
creation, condition<br />
corpuscle, denticle<br />
picturesque<br />
place, instrument<br />
pertaining to, connected<br />
with<br />
verb-forming suffix<br />
combination <strong>of</strong> -ate <strong>and</strong> -<br />
ion used for forming nouns
-ferous<br />
-ful<br />
-fy, -ify<br />
-hood<br />
-ic<br />
-ism<br />
-itis<br />
-ity<br />
-ive<br />
-ize<br />
-ment<br />
-mony<br />
-oid<br />
-or<br />
-ose, -ous<br />
-osis<br />
-tude<br />
coniferous<br />
colorful<br />
fortify, magnify<br />
childhood, statehood<br />
democratic, phonic<br />
conservatism,Marxism<br />
appendicitis<br />
acidity, familiarity<br />
creative, suggestive<br />
memorize, modernize<br />
statement<br />
testimony, parsimony<br />
ellipsoid<br />
conqueror, generator<br />
verbose, porous<br />
hypnosis<br />
solitude, altitude<br />
small, diminutive<br />
style, manner, distinctive<br />
character<br />
bearing<br />
full <strong>of</strong><br />
to make, to cause to be<br />
station, condition, nature<br />
suffix forming adjectives<br />
from nouns<br />
used to form nouns<br />
denoting action, practice,<br />
principles, doctrines<br />
inflammation, abnormal<br />
state or condition<br />
used to form nouns<br />
expressing state or<br />
condition<br />
suffix <strong>of</strong> adjectives<br />
expressing tendency,<br />
disposition, function<br />
verb suffix<br />
denotes an action, resulting<br />
state, product<br />
result or condition, denotes<br />
action or condition<br />
resembling, like<br />
one who does something<br />
full <strong>of</strong><br />
denotes action, state,<br />
process, or condition<br />
indicates nouns formed<br />
from adjectives<br />
Common Roots<br />
Root Example Meaning<br />
ag, act<br />
anthrop<br />
aqua<br />
aud<br />
auto<br />
activate, enact, agile,<br />
agency<br />
anthropology,<br />
anthropomorphic,<br />
misanthrope<br />
aquifer, aquatic, aqueous<br />
audible, audition, auditorium,<br />
audience<br />
automatic, automation,<br />
automaton<br />
to do<br />
man<br />
water<br />
to hear<br />
self
ene<br />
cap, capt, chap<br />
ceed, cede, cess<br />
chrom<br />
chron<br />
cogn<br />
corp<br />
cred<br />
dent, dont<br />
derm<br />
dic, dict<br />
don, donat<br />
dox<br />
duc<br />
fac, fic, fy<br />
fer<br />
fie<br />
fluc, flux<br />
graph<br />
gress<br />
ject<br />
loc<br />
loq, loc<br />
mal<br />
manu<br />
automaton<br />
benefit, benevolent, benign<br />
decapitate, capture, captain,<br />
chapter<br />
proceed, precedent, cease<br />
chromatic, chromosome<br />
synchronize, chronology,<br />
chronic<br />
cognition, recognize,<br />
cognitive<br />
corporate, corpulent,<br />
corporation<br />
credit, incredible, credulous<br />
orthodontist, dental,<br />
dentifrice<br />
dermatology, epidermis,<br />
dermatitis<br />
dictionary, dictate, predict,<br />
indict<br />
donate, donor, condone,<br />
pardon<br />
doxology, paradox<br />
duct, reduce, produce,<br />
conduct<br />
manufacture, factory, verify<br />
transfer, ferry, confer, defer,<br />
suffer<br />
confident, infidel, confide<br />
fluctuate, fluxion<br />
graphite, telegraph,<br />
phonograph<br />
transgress, congress, egress<br />
deject, rejection, conjecture,<br />
trajectory<br />
local, locate, location,<br />
dislocate<br />
eloquent, elocution,<br />
interlocutor<br />
malevolent, malapropism,<br />
malefactor<br />
manufacture, manuscript,<br />
manacle, manual<br />
good<br />
head<br />
to go, yield<br />
color<br />
time<br />
to know<br />
body<br />
to believe<br />
tooth<br />
skin<br />
to say<br />
to give<br />
belief<br />
to lead in<br />
to make, do<br />
to bear<br />
faith<br />
to flow<br />
to write<br />
to step<br />
to throw<br />
place<br />
to speak<br />
bad<br />
h<strong>and</strong>
miso, misa<br />
mit, mis<br />
morph<br />
mort<br />
mov, mot, mob<br />
neb<br />
omni<br />
path<br />
ped<br />
phil<br />
pod<br />
scrib, script<br />
misanthrope, misogamy<br />
emit, permit, dismissal,<br />
omit, missile<br />
morphology, endomorph,<br />
metamorphosis<br />
mortician, mortuary,<br />
mortify<br />
motivate, motion, motile,<br />
remove<br />
nebulous, nebula<br />
omnipresent, omniscient,<br />
omnipotent<br />
sympathy, empathic,<br />
pathetic<br />
pedestrian, pedometer,<br />
pedicure<br />
philosophy, philanthropy,<br />
philharmonic<br />
podiatrist, pseudopod<br />
transcript, prescribe,<br />
description<br />
bad<br />
to send<br />
shape<br />
dead<br />
to move<br />
cloudy<br />
all<br />
suffering, disease,feeling<br />
foot<br />
love<br />
foot<br />
to write
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