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, absent
What does the latin prefix “ad” mean?
Toward
Examples: adapt, adhere
What does the latin prefix “alter” mean?
Another
Examples: alternate, alter ego
What does the Greek prefix “amphi” mean?
Around, both
Examples: amphibious, amphitheater
What does the Greek prefix “ana” mean?
Up
Examples: analysis, analogue
What does the latin prefix “ante” mean?
Before
Examples: antedate, antebellum
What does the Greek prefix “anti” mean?
Against
Examples: antichrist, antibody
What does the latin prefix “circum” mean?
Around
Examples: circumference, circumstance
What does the latin prefix “co” mean?
With, together
Examples: connect, collide
What does the latin prefix “con” mean?
With, together
Examples: connect, contain
What does the latin prefix “contra” mean?
Against
Examples: contradiction, contrast
What does the latin prefix “de” mean?
Down, down from
Examples: deflate, descend
What does the Greek prefix “dia” mean?
Through
Examples: diameter, diocese
What does the latin prefix “dis” mean?
Apart, away from
Examples: disperse, disinherit
What does the Greek prefix “dys” mean?
Bad
Examples: dysentery, dystrophy
What does the latin prefix “E” mean?
Out of
Examples: eject, elect
What does the Greek prefix “ec” mean?
Outside
Examples: eccentric, ectoplasm
What does the Greek prefix “em” mean?
In, within
Examples: emblem, emerge
What does the Greek prefix “en” mean?
In, within
Examples: energy, enter
What does the Greek prefix “epi” mean?
Upon
Examples: epidemic, epidermis
What does the latin prefix “ex” mean?
Out of, away from
Examples: exit, exotic
What does the Greek prefix “hyper” mean?
Over
Examples: hyperactive, hypermetric
What does the latin prefix “in” mean?
In, into, on, against, not
Examples: inaction, inflate
What does the latin prefix “intro” mean?
Inside
Examples: introduction, introvert
What does the latin prefix “ob” mean?
Against
Examples: obstacle, object
What does the latin prefix “omni” mean?
Every, all
Examples: omnipotent, omniscient
What does the latin prefix “per” mean?
Through
Examples: perfume, pervert
What does the Greek prefix “peri” mean?
Around
Examples: peripheral, perimeter
What does the latin prefix “post” mean?
After
Examples: postpone, postnatal
What does the latin prefix “pre” mean?
Before
Examples: precede, pretend
What does the latin prefix “re” mean?
Back, again
Examples: repel, record
What does the latin prefix “retro” mean?
Backwards
Examples: retrogressive, retrospect
What does the latin prefix “sub” mean?
Beneath
Examples: subway, submarine
What does the latin prefix “super, sur” mean?
Above
Examples: superior, superhero
What does the Greek prefix “sym” mean
With, together
Examples: sympathy, symbiosis
What does the Greek prefix “syn” mean?
With, together
Examples: synonym, synagogue
What does the latin prefix “trans” mean?
Across
Examples: transport, translate
What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean?
Distant
Examples: telephone, teleport
