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Word Study


​Prefixes
a, an, in, il, ir, im - not
de, dis – opposite, against
non, un – not
re – again
ob – against
anti – against
pre, pro – before
co, com, con – together
 
People
gen – birth
bio – life
viv, vit – life
mort – death
nom – name
auto – self
anthro – man
pater, patri – father
mater, metri – mother
frater, fratri – brother
dem – people
pop – people
arch – chief, rule
theo – a god
 
Body
digit – finger, toe, inch
cap - head
mani, manu - hand
pod, ped -  foot
brac - arm
oc, opt – eyes
dermo – skin
dens, dent – tooth
cardia – heart
carn, corp – body
psych – mind
 
Emotion
dyna – power
philia – love
amo, ama, ami – love
pathos – feeling
phobos – fear
cred – believe
mal – evil
 
​Actions
kinesis - movement
ject – throw
posit – put or place
thesis – put or place
fig, fix – attach, fasten
cede – go
trop – turn
vert, vers – turn
facio, fact – make, do
rupt – break
pli – fold
morph – form
struct – build
jungo – join, connect
dorm – sleep
hypnos – sleep
cide, cise – kill, cut
 
Senses
vid, vis - see
scope, spec – inspect
sonus - sound
phone – sound
audi – hear
dic, dict – speak
voc – voice
 
Positions
dia – across
trans – across
circ, circum – around
peri – around
hyper – over
hypo – under
sub – under
para – beside
syn, sym – with, together
tele – distance, far away
inter – between
 
Literacy
biblio – book
liber, libri – book
graph – to write or draw
scrib, script – write
ology – study
sci – know

Numbers
uni, mono - one
bi, duo, di – two
tri – three
quad, tetra – four
quint, pent – five
hex, sex – six
sept, hept – seven
oct – eight
non, nov – nine
 

Measurement
deca – ten
centi - hundred
mille, kilo – thousand
meter – measure
hemi, semi, demi – half
equi – equal
poly, multi – many
omni – all
min, micro – small
magni , maxi, mega–
   large
annus – year
chrono – time
 
Elements
photo – light
pyro – fire
ignis – fire
vulcan – fire
thermo – heat
helio – sun
sol – sun
luna, lum – moon
hydro – water
aqua – water

Earth & Nature
poli – city
litho – stone
petro – stone, rock
astro – star
cosmo – universe
dendron – tree
arbor – tree
zoo – animal
sauros – lizard
geo – earth
terra – earth, land
 
Suffixes
ly – characteristic of
   (adv.)
ic, al, ive –  characteristic
   of (adj.)
er, or, ist – person who
ion, tion – act, process
ment – act, process
able/ible – able to
ness – state of (n.)
ance – state or quality of
ous – full of (adj.)
less – without
ful – full of

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