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Common Latin Prefixes

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Latin Word
Meaning
Examples
ab-   from; away from   abnirmal, absent  
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ad-   to; motion toward; addition to   adapt, addict  
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aero-   air   aerobic, aerobiology  
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amphi-   both, around   amphibian, amphitheater  
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an-   not   anonymous, anarchy  
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ante-   before   antecede, antedate  
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anti-   against; opposite; reverse   antibiotics, antifreeze  
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ap-   to; nearest to   approximate  
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auto-   self   automatic, autograph  
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bene-   good   benediction, benefactor  
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bi-   two   bifacial, bicycle  
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circum-   around   circumference  
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co-, con-   together   coauthor, coworker  
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contra-   against   contradict  
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de-   opposite of; away from; former   deactive, deform, degrade  
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dis-   opposite   disagree, disarm  
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ex-   out; beyond; away from; former   excel, exclude, exhale  
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extra-   outside; beyond; besides   extraordinary  
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for-   not   forbid, forget, forgo  
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fore-   before   forecast, foreword, forestall  
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hyper-   more than normal; too much   hyperactive,  
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il-   not   illegal, illegible, illiterate  
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im-   into   immediate, immerse, immigrate  
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im-   not   imbalance, immature, immobilize  
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in-   not; go into   inaccurate, inactive  
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inter-   among; between   interaction, intercede, interchange  
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intra-   within   intramural, intrastate  
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ir-   not   irredeemable, irregular, irresponsible  
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mal-   wrong; bad   maladjusted, malfunction  
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mis-   wrong; bad; no; not   misfire, misbehave, misconduct  
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non-   not; opposite of   noncommittal, nonconductor  
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ob-   against   obstacle, obstinate, obstruct  
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per-   through   percolate, perceive  
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post-   after   postgraduate  
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pre-   before   preamble, prearrange  
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pro-   before; for; in support of   prognosis, program  
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pro-   forward   proceed, produce  
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re-   back; again   recall, recede, reflect  
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retro-   backward   retroactive  
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se-   apart   secure, secede, secession  
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self-   of the self   self-taught, self-respect  
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semi-   half, partly   semicircle, semiformal  
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sub-   under; beneath   subcontract, subject  
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super-   over   superabound, superabundant  
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trans-   across; over   transatlantic, transcend  
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ultra-   extremely   ultraliberal, ultramodern  
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un-   not   unable, uncomfortable, uncertain  
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sur-   over; above   surchange, surface  
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