Prefixes Flashcards
What does the Latin prefix “A” mean?
Away From
Examples: against, alone
What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?
Not, no. Examples: Asocial, anarchy
What does the Latin prefix “ab” mean?
From; away from. Examples: abnormal, abstract
What does the Latin prefix “AD” mean?
Toward. Example: Adventure, advise
What does the Latin prefix “Alter” mean?
Another. Examples: Alter-ego, alteration
What does the Greek prefix “Amphi” mean?
Around, both. Examples: amphitheater, amphibias
What does the Greek prefix “Ana” mean?
Up, Examples: Analytic, anabasis
What does the Latin prefix “Ante” mean?
Before Examples: antecedent, antebellum
What does the Greek prefix “Anti” mean?
Against Examples: Anticlimactic, anti clockwise
What does the Latin prefix “Circum” mean?
Around. Examples: circumference, circumstantial
What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?
With, together. Example: coexist, collide
What does the Latin prefix “Con” mean?
With, together. Example: conjoined condominium
What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?
Against. Example: contradict, contractions
What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?
Down, down from. Examples: descend, deduct
What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?
Through. Examples: diameter, diagonal
What does the Latin prefix “dis” mean?
Apart, away from. Example: discomfort, disadvantage
What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?
Bad. Example: dysfunctional, dyslexia
What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?
Out of. Example: exit, external
What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?
Outside. Examples: eczema, ecosystem
What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?
In within. Example: empowered, empathy
What does the Greek root “en” mean?
In within. Examples: entire, entity
What does the Latin root “epi” mean?
Upon. Examples: epitome, epidermis
What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?
Out of away from. Examples: expel, exile
What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?
Over. Examples: hyperactive, hyper
What does the Latin prefix “in” mean?
In, into, on, against, not. Examples: inhabited, inhale
What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?
Inside. Examples: introduction, introspect
What does the Latin prefix “ob” mean?
Against. Examples: object, obliterate
What does the Latin prefix “omni” mean?
Every, all. Examples: omnipresence, omniscient
What does the Latin prefix “per” mean?
Through. Examples: persist, persevere
What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?
Around. Examples: perihelion, perphyton
What does the latin prefix “post” mean?
After. Examples: post-apocalyptic, postponed.
What does the Latin prefix “pre” mean?
Before. Examples: prepaid, prehistoric.
What does the Latin prefix “re” mean?
Back, again. Examples: retrace, replace
What does the Latin prefix “retro” mean?
Backwards. Examples: retroactive, retro
What does the Latin prefix “sub” mean?
Beneath. Examples: submarine, subconscious.
What does the Latin prefix “super, sur” mean?
Above. Examples: surf, superb, surreal
What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean?
With, together. Examples: symbol, symphony
What does the Greek prefix “syn” mean?
With, together. Examples: synthesis, synthesizer.
What does the Latin prefix “trans” mean?
Across. Examples: transmit, transit
What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?
Distant. Examples: telegram, telegraph
