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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 |