Prefixes Flashcards
What does the latin prefix “A” mean?
Away from. Examples: Against, alone.
What does the latin prefix “ab” mean?
from; away from. Examples: abnormal, absent.
What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?
Not, no. Examples: Asocial, anarchy.
What does the latin prefix “ad” mean?
toward. Examples: address, advance.
What does the latin prefix “alter” mean?
another. Examples: alternate, alter ego, alter.
What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?
around, both. Examples: amphibious, amphibole.
What does the Greek prefix “ana” mean?
up. Examples: anabasis, analogy.
What does latin prefix “ante” mean?
before. Examples: antecedent, anterior.
What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?
against. Examples: antifreeze, antisocial.
What does the latin prefix “circum” mean?
around. Examples: circumference, circumnavigate.
What does the latin prefix “co” mean?
with, together. Examples: cooperate, compress.
What does the latin prefix “con” mean?
with, together. Examples: connect, contain.
What does the latin prefix “contra” mean?
against. Examples: contrary, contradict.
What does the latin prefix “de” mean?
down, down from. Examples: descend, demote.
What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?
through. Examples: diagnose, diameter.
What is the latin prefix “dis” mean?
away, apart from. Examples: disperse, disagree.
What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?
bad. Examples: dysentery, dyslexia.
What does the latin prefix “e” mean?
out of. Examples: express, external.
What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?
outside. Examples: eccentric, ecology.
What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?
in, within. Examples: empathy, emphasis.
What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?
in, within. Examples: endoskeleton, enslaved.
What does the Greek prefix “epi”mean?
upon. Examples: epicycle, epidermis.
What does the latin prefix “ex” mean?
out of, away from. Examples: expel, exclude.
What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?
over. Examples: hyperbole, hyperactive.
What does the latin prefix “in” mean?
in, into, on, against, not. Examples: inhale, invite.
What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?
inside. Examples: introgression, introvert.
What does the latin prefix “ob” mean?
against. Examples: object, obstinate.
What does the latin prefix “omni” mean?
every, all. Examples: omnipresent, omnipotence.
What does the latin prefix “per” mean?
through. Examples: persistent, persuade.
What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?
around. Examples: perimeter, periscope.
What does the latin prefix “post” mean?
after. Examples: postpone, postnatal.
What does the latin prefix “pre” mean?
before. Examples: precede, previous.
What does the latin prefix “re” mean?
back, again. Examples: repeat, reconstruct
What does the latin prefix “retro” mean?
backwards. Examples: retrogression, retrospective.
What does the latin prefix “sub”mean?
beneath. Examples: submerge, subtract.
What does the latin prefix “super”, “sur” mean?
above. Examples: supersede, supernatural, survive, surpass
What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?
with, together. Examples: sympathy,symbolic
What does the greek prefix “syn” mean?
with, together. Examples: synonym, synchronize
What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?
across. Examples: transfusion, transport.
What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?
distant. Examples: telephone, telegram
