Latin & Greek Prefixes (Group I) Flashcards
What does the prefix ‘a’ mean? (Greek)
Not, No
Examples : atheist, asocial
What does the prefix ‘a’ mean? (Latin)
Away from.
Examples : abduct, apart, alone, against
What does the prefix AB mean? (Latin)
Away from.
Examples: Abnormal, Absent
What does the prefix ‘AD’ mean? (Latin)
Toward.
Examples : Adjacent , Advantage
What does the prefix ‘Alter’ mean? (Latin)
Another
Example: Alternative, alter ego
What does the prefix ‘Amphi’mean? (Greek)
Around; both.
Examples: Amphibians, Amphitheater
What does the prefix ‘Ana’ mean? (Greek)
Up.
Examples: Analysis, Analog
What does the prefix ‘Antes’ mean? (Latin)
Hint: The word Antes in spanish
Before.
Examples : Antecede, Antebellum
What does the prefix ‘Circum’ mean? (L)
Around.
Examples : circumference , circumstance
What does the prefix ‘co’ mean? (Latin)
With, together
Examples: Cooperate, communicate
What does the prefix ‘Con’ mean? (Latin)
With, together.
Examples : convent, contest
What does the prefix ‘contra’ mean? (Latin)
Against.
Examples : Contradictory, contra positive
What does the prefix ‘De’ mean? (Latin)
Down, down from.
Examples: decrease, degrade
What does the prefix ‘Dia’ mean? (Greek)
Through.
Examples : Diagram, Dialogue
What does the prefix ‘Dis’ mean? (Latin)
Bad.
Examples : Disappointed, disappear
What does the prefix ‘e’ mean? (Latin)
Out of.
Examples: emerge, eject
What does the prefix ‘Ec’ mean? (Greek)
Outside.
Examples: eccentric, ecosystem
What does the prefix ‘Em’ mean? (Greek)
In, within.
Examples: embrace, empathy
What does the question ‘Anti’ mean? (Greek)
Against
Antisocial , antibiotic
