Latin Root Words: Suffixes and Prefixes
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| 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 |
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Created by:
Carpe Diem
on 2009-07-25