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Latin Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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a | on |
ab | from, away from |
a | to, toward, near |
act | do |
alg | pain |
ambi, amphi | both, on both sides |
ambul | walk, move |
anim | life, spirit |
ann | year |
arbor | tree |
art | skill |
aud | hear |
avi | bird |
bel/bell | war |
burs | pouch, purse |
calc | stone |
cand | glowing, incandescent |
capt | take, hold |
carn | flesh, meat |
cede, ceed, cess | go, yield |
celer | fast |
cept, ceive | take, hold |
cerebr | brain |
cert | sure |
cide, cise | cut, kill |
clud, clus | close |
cline | lean |
co/col | with, together, jointly |
com/con | together, in common |
di | apart, away, not, to the opposite |
don | give |
duc | lead |
dur | enduring/harden/to last |
e | out, away |
en | inside, inward |
esth, aesth | feeling, sensation, beauty |
fac, fact | make, do |
fer | bear, bring, carry |
fid | faith |
flect | bend |
form | shape |
fract/frag | break |
fug | flee, run away, escape |
funct | perform, work |
fus | pour |
grad | to step, to go |
gran | grain |
grat | pleasing |
gress | to step, to go |
hepa | liver |
herbi | plant, grass |
il | in, into |
ig, il, im, in, ir | not, without |
infra | beneath, below |
ject | throw |
jud | law |
junct | join |
juven | young |
lab | work |
lact | milk |
later | side |
loc | place |
loqu, locu | speak |
luc | light |
lud, lus | to play |
lumin | light |
man | hand |
mand | to order |
mar | sea |
merge, mers | dip, dive |
migr | move |
milli | one thousandth |
miss, mit | send, let go |
mob | move |
mot, mov | move |
mut | change |
my, myo | muscle |
narr | tell |
nat | born |
nav | ship |
neg | no |
nom | name |
noun, nunc | declare |
ob, op | in the way, against |
ocu | eye |
odor | smell, scent |
pel | drive, force |
plaud, plod, plaus, plos | approve, clap |
pon | place, put |
pop | people |
port | carry |
pos | place, put |
pugn, pung | to fight |
purg | clean |
put | think |
radic, radix | root |
ram | branch |
re | again, back, backward |
reg | guide, rule |
retro | backward, back |
rid | laugh |
rub | red |
rupt | break, burst |
scend | climb, go |
se | apart |
sect | cut |
sed, sid, sess | sit |
sept | seven |
serv | save, keep |
sol | sun |
son | around |
spec | see, look |
tact, tang | touch |
ten, tin, tent | hold |
ter, trit | rub |
term, termina | end, limit |
tetra | four |
tort | twist |
tract | pull, drag |
vac | empty |
vers, vert | turn |
vice | acting in place of |
vor, vour | eat |
elle, ule, la, le, let, ole | suffix, small/diminutive |
fer | bearer, producer, carrier |
gony | something produced |
ite | a division or part |
vor, vore | feeding |