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 are abnormal, absent
What does the Greek prefix “A” mean?
Not, no
Examples: asocial, anarchy
What does the Latin prefix “ad” mean?
Toward
Ex: adhere, advance
What does the Latin prefix “Alter” mean?
Another
Ex: alternate, alternative
What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?
Around, both
Ex:amphibian, amphitheater
What doe she Greek prefix “Ana” mean?
Up
Ex: analog, analysis
What does the Latin prefix “ante” mean?
Before
Ex: antecedent, anterior
What the Greek prefix “anti” mean?
Against
Ex: antibiotics, anticipate
What does the Latin prefix “circum” mean?
Around
Ex: circumference, circum navigate
What does the Latin prefix “co” mean?
With, together
Ex: company, coexist
What does the Latin prefix “con” mean?
With, together
Ex: connect, conjugate
What does the Latin prefix “contra” mean?
Against
Ex: contradiction, contrast
What does the Latin prefix “de” mean?
Down, down from
Ex: descend, deflate
What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?
Through
Ex:diameter, dialogue
What does the latin prefix “dis” mean?
Apart, away from
Ex:disperse, disinherit
What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?
Bad
Ex: dysfunction, dyslexia
What does the Latin prefix “e” mean?
Out of
Ex: empty, eclipse
What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?
Outside
Ex: ectoplasm, ecosystem
What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?
In, within
Ex: emblem, empire
What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?
In, within
Energy, enter
What does the Greek prefix “epi” mean?
Upon
Ex: epidemic, episode
What does the Latin prefix “ex” mean?
Out of, away from
Extinct, exterior
What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?
Over
Ex: hyperventelate, hyperactive
