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 |