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790 Appendix B<br />

A suffix is a syllable or syllables added to the end of a word to change the meaning of the root word or to form<br />

a new word. Table B.2 is a list of common Greek and Latin technical suffixes.<br />

Finally, Table B.3 is a short list of common technical Greek and Latin root words and their normal connecting<br />

vowels.<br />

There are also many hybrid technical words, such as automobile, which is composed of the Greek word aut<br />

(“self”), a connecting vowel o, and the Latin word mobilis (“movable”).<br />

Table B.1 Common Greek and Latin Technical Prefixes<br />

Prefix Meaning Example<br />

a- without or not asymmetric<br />

dia- through diameter<br />

hemi- half hemisphere<br />

hyper- above hypersonic<br />

hypo- under hypodermic<br />

infra- below infrared<br />

is- equal or constant isothermal<br />

para- beside paramagnetic<br />

peri- around perimeter<br />

semi- half semicircle<br />

syn- with or together synthetic<br />

trans- across transport<br />

Table B.2 Common Greek and Latin Technical Suffixes<br />

Suffix Meaning Example<br />

-e noun-forming, often means instrument metronome<br />

-er one who worker<br />

-ic, -al, -ar pertaining to electric, electrical<br />

-ist one who specializes scientist<br />

-graph instrument to record polygraph<br />

-graphy process of recording xerography<br />

-gram record electrocardiogram<br />

-meter measuring instrument psychrometer<br />

-ology the study of technology<br />

-ologist one who studies technologist<br />

Table B.3 Common Technical Greek and Latin Root Words<br />

Root Word Meaning Example<br />

aer/o air aeroplane<br />

bar/o air weight barometer<br />

electr/o electricity electromagnetic<br />

therm/o heat thermodynamics<br />

phon/o sound or voice phonograph<br />

lith/o stone lithographer<br />

flu/+i flow fluid, flux<br />

hydr/o water hydrodynamic<br />

hygr/o moist hygrocyst<br />

psychr/o cold psychrometer<br />

cry/o extreme cold cryogenic<br />

xer/o dry xerography<br />

meteor/o weather meteorology

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