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roots & affixes
Greek and Latin roots & affixes
| Term | Definition | Sentences/ Examples |
|---|---|---|
| en-, em- (latin) | to cause to be/ to put into | Ex-: Encounter Sentence: I encountered a spider. |
| de- (Latin) | reduce/ away from | Ex-: Defeat/ decrease Sentence: I defeated the final boss. |
| trans- (Latin) | across/change/through | Ex-: Transform Sentence: The cocoon transformed. |
| anti- (Greek) | against/ opposite | Ex-: Antifreeze/antibiotic Sentence: She needs to take antibiotics. |
| di-,dia- (Greek) | two/through/across | Ex-: Dialogue/diagonal Sentence: You are diagonal from her. |
| ex- (Latin) | out of/ away from | Ex: Exhale Sentence: She exhaled so she can be calm. |
| auto- (Greek) | self | Ex: Automatic/autograph Sentence: He asked for an autograph. |
| in-,il-,I'm-,ir (Latin) | not | Ex: Irregular Sentence: My dad's behavior was irregular. |
| inter- Latin) | between | Ex: Interstate/internet Sentence: Our internet wasn't working. |
| bio- (Greek) | life | Ex: Biography Sentence: He made a biography. |
| mini- (Latin) | small | Ex: Miniature/minimum Sentence: Her dog was so miniature! |
| micro- (Greek) | small/miniature | Ex: Microscope Sentence: I looked through a microscope! |
| uni- (Latin) | one/single | Ex: Unicycle/uniform Sentence: My school has to wear a uniform |
| semi- (Latin) | half | Ex: Semicircle Sentence: The event is semiyearly. |
| tele- (Greek) | distant/far | Ex: Television/telephone Sentence: They were on their telephone. |
| -ity (Latin) | state of/quality of | Ex: Quality Sentence: The quality is very good! |
| -al,-ial (Latin) | related to/characterized by | Ex: Comical/jovial Sentence: That book was very comical. |
| -able,-ible (Latin) | can be done | Ex: Sensible Sentence; That noise was sensible. |
| -an (Latin) | one having a certain skill/relating to/ belonging to | Ex: Musician/electrician Sentence: We need to hire an electrician. |
| -ence,-ance (Latin) | act/condition of | Ex: Importance Sentence: The importance is very simple. |
| -ent,-ant (Latin) | causing a specific action | |
| -logy,-ology (Greek) | study of | |
| -ment (Latin) | act process | |
| -ous,-eous,-ious (Latin) | full of/characterized by | |
| aqua (Latin) | water | |
| act (Latin) | set into motion/process of doing | |
| mit (Latin) | to send | |
| anni,annu,enni (Latin) | year | |
| arch (Greek) | chief/ruler | |
| duct/duc (Latin) | lead | |
| geo (Greek) | earth/ground/soil | |
| man (Latin) | hand | |
| nym,oynm (Greek) | name/word | |
| phon (Greek) | voice/sound | |
| therm (Greek) | heat | |
| tox (Latin) | poison | |
| scope (Greek) | to watch or see |
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