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IESL prefixes

common prefixes

TermDefinition
a- without, away, from, not, of, completely
ab- without, away, from
abs- without, from, away
ad- to, toward, addition, increase
af- to
ag- to
ambi- both
amphi- around, both
an- not, in the process of, in a particular state
ana- back(ward)
ant- against, opposite, opposing
ante- before, preceding
anti- against, before, opposite, opposed to
apo- away from
at- to
auto- self
be- all over, all around, completely, having, covered with, cause to be
bi- two
cata- down
circum- around
co- together with
com- with, jointly, completely
con- altogether, together with
contra- against, opposed to
cor- together
counter- opposition, opposite direction
de- down, from, reduce, reverse, away, completely, removal
dec- ten
di- apart, through, across, removal
dia- trough, across
dis- apart, not, opposite, negation, removal
duo- two
dys- bad
e- away, out
ec- away, out
ecto- outside
ef- upward, completely
em- in, out, on, into
en- in, out, on, into
endo- inside
epi- on
equi- equal
ex- away, out, over, upward, completely, previous
extra- beyond, outside
hetero- different, other
hemi- half
hex- six
hexa- six
homeo- same
homo same
hyper- above, over, super, beyond, more than normal
il- not, without
im- in, not, without, inside
in- in, into, not, without, towards, inside
infra- below
inter- between, among
intra- within, inside
ir- not
iso equal
macro- large, great, long
mal- bad, wrong
mega- large, great,
meso- middle
meta- beyond
micro- very small
mini- small
mis- bad, wrong
mono- one
multi- many
non- not connected with, absent
ob- towards, blocking, against, concealing
oct- eight
of- against, blocking
omni- all
op- against
out- surpassing, exceeding, external, away from
over- too much, over, outer
pan- all, overall
pant- all, overall
para- beside
penta- five
per- through, completely done
peri- around, about
poly- many
post- after
pre- before
prime- first
pro- before, in advance, forward, for, forth, favoring
quad- four
re- back, again, down
red- back
se- apart
sed- apart
semi- half, partly
sub- under, lower, nearly, appriximately
super- over, above
supra- above
sym- together, in union
syn- together, in union
tra- across, beyond, different state
trans- across, beyond, different state
tri- three
ultra- beyond, extreme
un- not, reverse
under- too little, below, lower
uni one
Created by: IESL*LCC
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