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Latin Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | on |
| ab | from, away from |
| a | to, toward, near |
| act | do |
| alg | pain |
| ambi, amphi | both, on both sides |
| ambul | walk, move |
| anim | life, spirit |
| ann | year |
| arbor | tree |
| art | skill |
| aud | hear |
| avi | bird |
| bel/bell | war |
| burs | pouch, purse |
| calc | stone |
| cand | glowing, incandescent |
| capt | take, hold |
| carn | flesh, meat |
| cede, ceed, cess | go, yield |
| celer | fast |
| cept, ceive | take, hold |
| cerebr | brain |
| cert | sure |
| cide, cise | cut, kill |
| clud, clus | close |
| cline | lean |
| co/col | with, together, jointly |
| com/con | together, in common |
| di | apart, away, not, to the opposite |
| don | give |
| duc | lead |
| dur | enduring/harden/to last |
| e | out, away |
| en | inside, inward |
| esth, aesth | feeling, sensation, beauty |
| fac, fact | make, do |
| fer | bear, bring, carry |
| fid | faith |
| flect | bend |
| form | shape |
| fract/frag | break |
| fug | flee, run away, escape |
| funct | perform, work |
| fus | pour |
| grad | to step, to go |
| gran | grain |
| grat | pleasing |
| gress | to step, to go |
| hepa | liver |
| herbi | plant, grass |
| il | in, into |
| ig, il, im, in, ir | not, without |
| infra | beneath, below |
| ject | throw |
| jud | law |
| junct | join |
| juven | young |
| lab | work |
| lact | milk |
| later | side |
| loc | place |
| loqu, locu | speak |
| luc | light |
| lud, lus | to play |
| lumin | light |
| man | hand |
| mand | to order |
| mar | sea |
| merge, mers | dip, dive |
| migr | move |
| milli | one thousandth |
| miss, mit | send, let go |
| mob | move |
| mot, mov | move |
| mut | change |
| my, myo | muscle |
| narr | tell |
| nat | born |
| nav | ship |
| neg | no |
| nom | name |
| noun, nunc | declare |
| ob, op | in the way, against |
| ocu | eye |
| odor | smell, scent |
| pel | drive, force |
| plaud, plod, plaus, plos | approve, clap |
| pon | place, put |
| pop | people |
| port | carry |
| pos | place, put |
| pugn, pung | to fight |
| purg | clean |
| put | think |
| radic, radix | root |
| ram | branch |
| re | again, back, backward |
| reg | guide, rule |
| retro | backward, back |
| rid | laugh |
| rub | red |
| rupt | break, burst |
| scend | climb, go |
| se | apart |
| sect | cut |
| sed, sid, sess | sit |
| sept | seven |
| serv | save, keep |
| sol | sun |
| son | around |
| spec | see, look |
| tact, tang | touch |
| ten, tin, tent | hold |
| ter, trit | rub |
| term, termina | end, limit |
| tetra | four |
| tort | twist |
| tract | pull, drag |
| vac | empty |
| vers, vert | turn |
| vice | acting in place of |
| vor, vour | eat |
| elle, ule, la, le, let, ole | suffix, small/diminutive |
| fer | bearer, producer, carrier |
| gony | something produced |
| ite | a division or part |
| vor, vore | feeding |