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