Morpheme Set 3 Flashcards
ac
‘sharp’
root
acr
‘height, tip’
root
aden
‘gland’
root
ambi- / amphi-
‘both’
prefix
aster / astr
‘star’
root
aur
‘ear’
root
auto / tauto
‘self’
root
axill
‘armpit’
root
bell
‘war’
root
bene / bon
‘good, well’
root
brach / brachy
‘short’
root
card / cord
‘heart’
root
caud / cod
‘tail’
root
cens
‘judge, assess’
root
cent
‘hundred’
root
cephal
‘head’
root
cervic
‘neck’
root
chili
‘thousand’
root
crat / crac
‘govern’
root
-cule / -cle
‘little’
suffix
cur
‘care’
root
cut
‘skin’
root
decem / deca
‘ten, tenth’
root
-itis
‘inflammation’
suffix
icosa
‘twenty’
root
kilo-
‘thousand’
prefix
lab
‘lip’
root
lacrim / lachrym
‘tear’ (from eye)
root
lact
‘milk’
root
laryng
‘voice box, vocal cords’
root
loc
‘place’ (a place or to place)
root
lic / lumen / lumin
‘light’
root
mamm
‘breast’
root
man
‘hand, handle’
root
mille / milli-
‘thousand (th)’
root / prefix
mon
‘one’
root
mult
‘many’
root
myri
‘countless, 10,000’
root
nas / nar
‘nose’
root
nephr
‘kidney’
root