Common Prefixes Prefix Example Meaning a-, anab-, abhor, abscond adhere, approach

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1 I. A List of prefixes, es and roots Common Prefixes Prefix Example Meaning a-, anab-, a-, absad-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, atambiamphianteantiautobicenticircumcon-, com-, co-, col-, corcontradeamoral, anaerobic abhor, abscond adhere, approach ambivalence amphitheater antebellum antibiotic automatic bisect century circumstance correlate, cooperate, collect contradiction descend dec-, decadidiadisex-, e-, efforehemiheptahexahyperin-, il-, ir-, im- inter- intra-, introkilomillimismonomultinonnonaob, oc-, of- oct- omni- decade dicotyledon diameter dissatisfied evict foreground hemisphere heptagon hexagon hypersensitive invisible, illegal, irregular interact introvert kilocycle millennium misspell monopoly multitude nonsense nonagon obstruct octagon omnipotent, without, lacking away from toward both on both sides, around before against self two hundred around with, in association, together against away from, out of, separation ten two, twice, double through, between, across out of, from before, front, superior half seven six over, above ; also means in and is used as an intensifier between, among within thousand thousand wrong, one many nine toward, to, on, over, against eight

dec-, decadidiadisex-, e-, efforehemiheptahexahyperin-, il-, ir-, im- inter- intra-, introkilomillimismonomultinonnonaob, oc-, of- oct- omni- decade dicotyledon diameter dissatisfied evict foreground

2 panperproquadrquinreretrosesemiseptsexsub-, suc, suf-, sur-,sug-, sussupersyn-, symteletetratrans-, tratriultraununi- pantheist perceive promote quadrupled quintuplet reorganize retrograde select semiannual septuplet sextant supplant supersede synchronize telegraph tetrameter traverse triple ultramodern unnatural unilateral through, thoroughly, very in favor of, advancing four five backward, again backward apart half seven six under, below, slightly above, beyond with, together distance four across, beyond, through three beyond, farther one Common Suffixes Suffix Example Meaning -able, -ible -acy -age durable, visible piracy, privacy breakage, orphanage -al -ance, -ence -ant -arium, -orium -ary rental, abdominal insurance, competence reliant, servant aquarium, auditorium dictionary, elementary able quality, state, office pertaining to; also a nounforming -ate -ation, -ition -cle, -icle -esque activate, animate creation, condition corpuscle, denticle picturesque place, instrument pertaining to, connected with verb-forming combination of -ate and - ion used for forming nouns

again backward apart half seven six under, below, slightly above, beyond with, together distance four across, beyond, through three beyond, farther one Common Suffixes Suffix Example Meaning -able,

3 -ferous -ful -fy, -ify -hood -ic -ism -itis -ity -ive -ize -ment -mony -oid -or -ose, -ous -osis -tude coniferous colorful fortify, magnify childhood, statehood democratic, phonic conservatism,marxism appendicitis acidity, familiarity creative, suggestive memorize, modernize statement testimony, parsimony ellipsoid conqueror, generator verbose, porous hypnosis solitude, altitude sm, diminutive style, manner, distinctive character bearing full of to make, to cause to be station, condition, nature forming adjectives from nouns used to form nouns deing action, practice, principles, doctrines inflammation, abnormal state or condition used to form nouns expressing state or condition of adjectives expressing tendency, disposition, function verb dees an action, resulting state, product result or condition, dees action or condition resembling, like one who does something full of dees action, state, process, or condition indicates nouns formed from adjectives Common Roots Root Example Meaning ag, act anthrop aqua aud auto activate, enact, agile, agency anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope aquifer, aquatic, aqueous audible, audition, auditorium, audience automatic, automation, automaton to do man water to hear self

altitude sm, diminutive style, manner, distinctive character bearing full of to make, to cause to be station, condition, nature forming adjectives from nouns used to form nouns deing action,

4 bene cap, capt, chap ceed, cede, cess chrom chron cogn corp cred dent, dont derm dic, dict don, donat dox duc fac, fic, fy fer fie fluc, flux graph gress ject loc loq, loc mal manu automaton benefit, benevolent, benign decapitate, capture, captain, chapter proceed, precedent, cease chromatic, chromosome synchronize, chronology, chronic cognition, recognize, cognitive corporate, corpulent, corporation credit, incredible, credulous orthodontist, dental, dentifrice dermatology, epidermis, dermatitis dictionary, dictate, predict, indict donate, donor, condone, pardon doxology, paradox duct, reduce, produce, conduct manufacture, factory, verify transfer, ferry, confer, defer, suffer confident, infidel, confide fluctuate, fluxion graphite, telegraph, phonograph transgress, congress, egress deject, rejection, conjecture, trajectory local, locate, location, dislocate eloquent, elocution, interlocutor malevolent, malapropism, malefactor manufacture, manuscript, manacle, manual good head to go, yield color time to know body to believe tooth skin to say to give belief to lead in to make, do to bear faith to flow to write to step to throw place to speak bad hand

corporation credit, incredible, credulous orthodontist, dental, dentifrice dermatology, epidermis, dermatitis dictionary, dictate, predict, indict donate, donor, condone, pardon doxology, paradox

5 miso, misa mit, mis morph mort mov, mot, mob neb omni path ped phil pod scrib, script misanthrope, misogamy emit, permit, dismissal, omit, missile morphology, endomorph, metamorphosis mortician, mortuary, mortify motivate, motion, motile, remove nebulous, nebula omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent sympathy, empathic, pathetic pedestrian, pedometer, pedicure philosophy, philanthropy, philharmonic podiatrist, pseudopod transcript, prescribe, description bad to send shape dead to move cloudy suffering, disease,feeling foot love foot to write

omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent sympathy, empathic, pathetic pedestrian, pedometer, pedicure philosophy, philanthropy, philharmonic

Word Formation: Prefixes & Suffixes

Word Formation: Prefixes & Suffixes ENGLISH FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EXTRA NOTES #3 EHSAN AKHGARI OCTOBER 2007 Introduction Word formation in English: 2 prefix stem suffix Examples: programmer: program + er