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CL 3 Think pre-suffi
Albrecht's classic roots 3 prefixes and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| --ic | suffix ADJ "pertaining to" |
| --ism | suffix N "a thing about" |
| --ist | suffix N "a person associated with the thing" |
| --ize | suffix V it's a verb. |
| hetero-- | prefix "other" "different" |
| a-- | prefix "not" "without" |
| physio-- | prefix "nature" - the physical nature of things |
| gnomon-- | prefix "one who know" (ok, so ?: do you think this relates to gnomes? yeah, me either...) |
| pro-- | prefix "before" |
| --ion | suffix turns words into nouns |
| hypo-- | prefix "below" "beneath" |
| schizo-- | prefix "to split" |
| ar-- | prefix "to, toward" (same meaning as the prefix ad--) |
| RATIO, REOR (L) | "to calculate" |
| PHREN (G) | "heart, mind, midriff" |
| MNEMONIKOS (G) | "mindful" |
| KRINEIN (G) | "to separate, to decide, to judge" |
| GIGNOSKEIN (G) | "to know" |
| DOKEIN, DOXA (G) | "to appear, to seem, to think, opinion, judgment" |
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