Prefixes Flashcards
Latin prefix “a”
Away from
Examples: against, alone
Latin prefix “ab”
From, away from
Examples: abnormal, absent
Greek prefix “a”
Not, no
Examples: asocial, anarchy
Latin prefix “ad”
Toward
Examples: advance, admit
Latin prefix “alter”
Another
Examples: alternate, altercation
Greek prefix “amphi”
Around, both
Examples: amphibious, amphitheater
Greek prefix “ana”
Up
Examples: anatomy, anabaptist
Latin prefix “ante”
Before
Examples: antechamber, antebellum
Greek prefix “anti”
Against
Examples: antibiotic, antichrist
Latin prefix “circum”
Around
Examples: circumstances, circumference
Latin prefix “co”
With, together
Examples: cooperate, coexist
Latin prefix “con”
With, together
Examples: conference, content
Latin prefix “contra”
Against
Examples: contradiction, contraband
Latin prefix “de”
Down, down from
Examples: derive, depth
Greek prefix “dia”
Through
Examples: diameter, diagonal
Latin prefix “dis”
Apart, away from
Examples: distance, distract
Greek prefix “dys”
Bad
Examples: dysentery, dystrophy
Latin prefix “e”
Out of
Examples: evict, escape
Greek prefix “ec”
Outside
Examples: eccentric, echoe
Greek prefix “em”
In, within
Examples: emotion, eminent
Greek prefix “en”
In, within
Examples: entrance, envelope
Greek prefix “epi”
Upon
Examples: epidemic, epilogue
Latin prefix “ex”
Out of, away from
Episode: exit, execute
Greek prefix “hyper”
Over
Examples: hyperactive, hyperbola
Latin prefix “in”
In, into, on, against, not
Examples: independent, inactive
Latin prefix “intro”
Inside
Examples: introduction, introductory
Latin prefix “ob”
Against
Examples: objectify, obstacle
Latin prefix “omni”
Every, all
Examples: omnipresent, omnivore
Latin prefix “per”
Through
Examples: persist, perpetual
Greek prefix “peri”
Around
Examples: perimeter, peripheral
Latin prefix “post”
After
Examples: postage, post-apocalyptic
Latin prefix “pre”
Before
Examples: previous, prevent
Latin prefix “re”
Back, again
Examples: retreat, repeat
Latin prefix “retro”
Backwards
Example: retrospective, retroactive
Latin prefix “sub”
Beneath
Example: submarine, subsequent
Latin prefix “super, sur”
Above
Examples: superimposed, surpass
Greek prefix “sym”
With, together
Examples: symmetry, symbol
Greek prefix “syn”
With, together
Examples: syndicate, syntax
Latin prefix “trans”
Across
Examples: transit, transfer
Greek prefix “tele”
Distant
Examples: telephone, telepathic
