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Latin Root Words Pt1

Latin Root Words: Suffixes and Prefixes

Question	Answer
ab-, a-, abs-	away, from
ad-, ac-	to, toward
ambi-	both, around
ante-	before, in front of
circum-	around
con-, com, co-	with, together, very
contra-	against
de-	down, off, thoroughly
dis-, di-, dif-	apart, in different directions, not
en-, em-	in, into, against
ex-, e-, ef-	out, from, completely
extra-, extro-	outside, beyond
in-, im-	in, into, against; not
infra-	below, beneath
inter-	between, among
intra-	within
non-	not
ob-	toward, against, completely
per-	through, wrongly, completely
post-	after, behind
pre-	before, in front of
pro-	forward, in front of, for
re-, red-	back, again
retro-	backward, behind
se-, sed-	aside, away
sub-, sus-, suc-	under, up from under, secretly
super-	above, over
trans-, tran-, tra-	across, through
ultra-	beyond, exceedingly
-able	able to be
-acious	tending to
-acity	quality of being, inclined to
-acy	quality of being or having
-ain	pertaining to
-al, -ial, -eal	pertaining to
-an, -ian	quality of __ing
-ance, -ancy	that which must be __-ed
-and(um), -(i)end(um)	pertaining to
-ane	pertaining to
-ant	__ing
-ar	pertaining to
-ary	pertaining to
-ary, -arium	place for
-at(e)	(verbal suffix)
-ate	possessing
-ate	office of
-cle, -icle	little
-cule, -icule	little
-el	little
-ence, -ency	quality of __ing
-ent, -ient	__ing
-esce	to begin
-et, -ette	little
-ific	making
-ify, -efy	to make
-ible	able to be
-ic	pertaining to
-id	tending to
-il	little
-il	pertaining to
-ile	pertaining to
-ile	able to be
-ine	pertaining to
-ion	act of
-it(e)	possessing
-it(e)	(verbal suffix)
-itude	quality of
-itious	tending to
-ity, -ety, -ty	quality of
-ive	tending to
-le	little
-(u)lence, -(o)lence	state or quality of
-(u)lent, -(o)lent	full of
-men	result of
-ment	result of
-(i)mony	quality of
-ole	little
-or	one who does
-or, -our	state of
-ory	tending to
-ory, -orium	place for
-ose, -iose	full of
-ous, -ious, -eous	full of
-rix	she who does
-tic	pertaining to
-ule	little
-ulous	tending to
-uous	tending to
-ure	act of
-y	quality of

Created by: Carpe Diem

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