Root, Prefix or Suffix | Meaning | Examples |
a, ac, ad, af, ag, al, an, ap, as, at | to, toward, near, in addition to, by | aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb |
a, an | not, without | apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, anemia |
ab, abs | away from, off | absolve, abrupt, absent |
-able, -ible | Adjective: worth, ability | solvable, incredible |
acer, acid, acri | bitter, sour, sharp | acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony |
act, ag: | do, act, drive | active, react, agent, active, agitate |
acu | sharp | acute, acupuncture, accurate |
-acy, -cy | Noun: state or quality | privacy, nfancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy |
ag, agi, ig, act | do, move, go | agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action |
-age | Noun: activity, or result of action | courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage |
-al | Noun: action, result of action | referral, disavowal, disposal, festival |
-al, -ial, -ical | Adjective: quality, relation | structural, territorial, categorical |
ali, allo, alter | other | alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism |
alt(us) | high, deep | altimeter, altitude |
am, ami, amor | love, like, liking | amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured |
ambul | to walk | ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist |
-an | Noun: person | artisan, guardian, historian, magician |
-ance, -ence | Noun: action, state, quality or process | resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence |
-ancy, -ency | Noun: state, quality or capacity | vacancy, agency, truancy, latency |
anim | mind, life, spirit, anger | animal, animate, animosity |
ann, annu, enni | yearly | annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial |
-ant, -ent | Noun: an agent, something that performs the action | disinfectant, dependent, fragrant |
-ant, -ent, -ient | Adjective: kind of agent, indication | important, dependent, convenient |
ante | before | anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent antediluvian |
anthrop | man | anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy |
anti(co) | old | antique, antiquated, antiquity |
anti, ant | against, opposite | antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy |
-ar, -ary | Adjective: resembling, related to | spectacular, unitary |
arch | chief, first, rule | archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era |
aster, astr | star | aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut |
-ate | Noun: state, office, fuction | candidate, electorate, delegate |
-ate | Verb: cause to be | graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate |
-ate | Adjective: kind of state | inviolate |
-ation | Noun: action, resulting state | specialization, aggravation, alternation |
auc, aug, aut | to originate, to increase | augment , author, augment, auction |
aud, audi, aur, aus | to hear, listen | audience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculate |
aug, auc | increase | augur, augment, auction |
aut, auto | self | automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph, autonomous, autoimmune |
belli | war | rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose |
bene | good, well, gentle | benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit |
bi, bine | two | biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual |
bibl, bibli, biblio | book | bibliophile, bibliography, Bible |
bio, bi | life | biography, biology, biometricsm biome, biosphere |
brev | short | abbreviate, brevity, brief |
cad, cap, cas, ceiv, cept, capt, cid, cip | to take, to seize, to hold | receive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive, accident, capture, occasion, concept, intercept, forceps, except, reciprocate |
cad, cas | to fall | cadaver, cadence, cascade |
calor | heat | calorie, caloric, calorimeter |
capit, capt | head | decapitate, capital, captain, caption |
carn | flesh | carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal |
cat, cata, cath | down, with | catalogue, category, catheter |
caus, caut | burn, heat | caustic, cauldron, cauterize |
cause, cuse, cus | cause, motive | because, excuse, accusation |
ceas, ced, cede, ceed, cess | to go, to yield, move, go, surrender | succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, succession |
cent | hundred | centennial, century, centipede |
centr, cenetri | center | eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentric |
chrom | color | chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic |
chron | time | chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism, synchronize |
cide, cis, cise | to kill, to cut, cut down | fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision, scissors |
circum | around | circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory |
cit | call, start | incite, citation, cite |
civ | citizen | civic, civil, civilian, civilization |
clam, claim | cry out | exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim |
clin | lean, bend | decline, aclinic, inclination |
clud, clus claus | to close, shut | include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude |
co, cog, col, con, com, cor | with, together | cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene, commitment, compress, contemporary, converge, compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate, conjoin, combine, correct |
cogn, gnos | to know | recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, incognito, prognosis |
com, con | fully | complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess, confirm |
contr, contra, counter | against, opposite | contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal |
cord, cor, cardi | heart | cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage |
corp | body | corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum |
cort | correct | escort, cortage |
cosm | universe, world | cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut |
cour, cur, curr, curs | run, course | occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course |
crat, cracy | rule | autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy |
cre, cresc, cret, crease | grow | create, crescent, accretion, increase |
crea | create | creature, recreation, creation |
cred | believe | creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible |
cresc, cret, crease, cru | rise, grow | crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue |
crit | separate, choose | critical, criterion, hypocrite |
cur, curs | run | current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive |
cura | care | curator, curative, manicure |
cycl, cyclo | wheel, circle, circular | Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic |
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