Old English Origin
PREFIX
MEANING
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MEANING
EXAMPLES
| a in, on, of, up, to, at afire, abed, astride, afoot back back backstroke, backward be around, about, away, completely beset, besprinkle, beware by near, secondarily, incidental by-play, by-product, by-stander for away, from, off, apart forswear, forsake, forfend fore before, previous forethought, foreword mis badly, poorly, not misfit, misfire, misbelieve off off offside, offspring, offhand out better, greater, going away outbound, outpatient, outrun over over, excessively, above overthrow, overcast, overrun un not, no, a reversal unfold, unknown, ungodly under below undershirt, undergraduate with away, against withdraw, withstand, withhold Latin Origin ab (a, abs) from, off, away abdicate, abnormal, averse ad (ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at) to, toward, near, very adverse, advocate, accede, affiliate, aggression, allude, annul, appear, arrogate, assent ambi both ambidextrous, ambivalent ante before, previous antecedent, antedate, ante bene well, good benison, benefit, beneficiary bi two, twice biennial, bilateral, bisect circum around circumvent, circumspect com (co, col, con, cor) with, together, very, jointly compare, complicate, coexist, collate, concentrate, corrupt contra (contro, counter) against, opposing contradict, contravene, contrast, controversy, counter de away, opposed, off, down demure, demolish, debark demi half demigod, demitasse, demimonde dis (di, dif) away, out, apart from, reversal of, opposite of, down dissent, dispel, digress, divert, diffuse, diffident, discourse, discuss, dislike ex (e, ec, ef) away, from, out, without, missing, former excise, eccentric, expel, eject, efface, ex-wife extra (extro, exo) outside, beyond extramural, extrovert, exoskeleton, extravagant in (ig, il, im, ir) not, opposing incapable, insoluble, illicit, improvident, irrational, ignoble in (il, im, ir) in, into, within induct, irrigate, immigrate inter among, between intercede, intermittent intro, intra inwardly, to the inside, within introvert, introduce, intravenous, intrastate mal bad, evil, wrong, ill malady, malignant, malcontent multi many multimillionaire, multiply non not nonentity, nonessential ob (oc, of, op) over, against, toward, very, upon obtrude, obstruct, occlude, offend, oppose, obloquy per through, thoroughly, completely permeate, perspicuous, pernicious, percolate post after, later, behind, following postlude, postpone, postscript pre before, earlier, in front of preclude, prevent, predicate, precursor pro earlier, before, in front of, in place of, favoring, forward protract, proponent, pronoun, profuse, proceed, pro-Anglo re back, backward, again revoke, recede, recur, repeat retro back, backward retrospect, retroactive | se away, aside, away from secede, seduce, seclude semi half, partly semiannual, semicircular sub (suc, suf, sub, sum, sup, sus) under, beneath, lower, less subjugate, subsist, succinct, suffuse, suggest, supplant, sustain, subsidy, subtle super, sur over, above, extra, to a degree greater than normal superscript, supersede, supervise, surtax, surname trans, tra across, beyond, through transfuse, transient, traduce ultra beyond, excessive ultramodern, ultraviolet uni one unicellular, unicorn, unite Greek Origin a, an lacking, without, not amorphous, anemic, amoral, anarchy, aphasia amphi both amphitheater, amphibiotic ana up, against, back anagram, analysis, anachronism anti against, opposing, opposite antipathy, antitoxin, antithesis apo from, off, separate apostate, apology, apostle cata, cath down, away, thoroughly catalyst, catastrophe dia through, across, apart diameter, diaphanous, diagnose dys ill, bad, difficult dysentery, dysphasia exto, ect outside, external ectoderm, ectomorph, ectogenic en, em in, within, among endemic, empiric, empathy endo, end within, inside endobiotic, endoderm, endoblast epi on, over, outside, outer epigram, epidermis, epitome eu good, pleasant, true, well eugenics, eulogy, euphemism hemi half hemisphere, hemiplegis hetero different heterogeneous, heterolite hyper above, excessive, over hyperbole, hypercritical hypo under, down, lower, less hypodermic, hypothesis iso equal, alike isomagnetic, isonomy, isosceles macro large, long macrocosm, macroeconomics mega great, million megacycle, megalith, megascopic mes, meso middle, intermediate mesomorph, mesosphere meta, met later, with a change in metabolism, metamorphosis micro small microscope, micron, microsown mono one monoplane, monopoly ne, neo new neogenesis, neology, neophyte olig few oligarchy, oligopoly para beside, beyond, related parallel, paradox, paraphrase peri around, near, enclosing perimeter, periscope poly many polygon, polytechnic pro earlier, before, in front of, forward progress, prophesy, prognosis, program proto first prototype, protopathic pseudo false pseudonym, pseudo, pseudopod syn (sym, syl, sys) with, together, at same time synchronize, synthesis, sympathy, system, syllogism tele far telepathy, telephone, telegony |
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