Roots and Affixes Reference Table

Root or Prefix
a, an
ab
acro
act
ad
agon
agri
alg
alt
alter
am
amat
ambi
ambul
amphi
anim
anima
ante
anthrop
anti, ant
aqua
archy
ard
arm
audi
auto
be
bell
bene
bi
bi, di
bio
cap
cede, ceed, cess
cent
chron
cide
circum
cise
clam
clud, clus, claus
cogn
commun
con, com
contra, counter
corp
cred
cycl

Meaning
not, without
away, down, from, off
high, tip, top
do, move
to, toward
to struggle
field
pain
high
other
friend
love
both
to walk
both
alive
soul, life
before
mankind
against, opposite
water
government
always
weapon
to hear
self
thoroughly
war
good, well
two
two
life, living
take
to go, to yield
hundred
time
to kill
around
cut
cry out
to close
know
to share
with, together
against, opposite
body
to believe
circle, wheel

Root or Prefix
de
dec
dei, div
demo
di, bi
dia
dict
dis, dys, dif
dorm
dox
duc, duct
dyn, dyna
e, ex
ecto
endo
equi
eu
ex
exter, extra
flect, flex
flu, flux
fore
geo, terr, terra
germ
giga
graph, gram
greg
hema
hetero
hex, ses, sex
homo
hyper
hypo
in, im
infra
inter
intra
intro
itis
ject, jac
kilo, mill
liber
loco
log, logo, loc, loq
mal
mar
matri
mega

Meaning
from, down, away
ten
God, god
people
two
through, across, between
speak, say
away, not, negative
sleep
opinion
to lead, pull
power
out, away, from
outside, external
inside, within
equal
good, well
out
outside of, beyond
to bend
flow
before, front
land
vital or related
billion
to write
group
blood
other, different
six
same
over, above
below, less than
not
beneath
between
within, into
into
inflammation
to throw
thousand
free
place
word, speech, speak
bad
sea
mother
million, large

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Root or Prefix
meso
meta
meter
micro
mill, kilo
milli
mis
mit, miss
mono, uni
morph
multi
nano
neo
neuro
non
nov
oct
omni
ortho
pan
para
pater
path
penta, quint
per
peri
phobia
phon
phot
plu
poly
pond
pop
port
post
pre
prim
pro
proto
pseudo
punct
put
pyro
quasi
quat, quad
quint, penta
re
retro

Meaning
middle
beyond, change
measure
small or millionth
thousand
thousanth
bad
to send
one
shape
many
billionth
new
nerve
not, nine
new
eight
all
straight
all, whole, general
beside
farther
feeling
five
through, intensive
around
fear
sound
light
more
many
weight
people
to carry
after
before, in front of
first
forward
first, earliest
false
point
think
fire
approximately, to a degree
four
five
back, again
backwards

Root or Prefix
sanct
sangui
scope
scrib, script
sect, sec
semi
sept
ses, sex, hex
son
spect
stell
stereo
string
sub
super, supra
sym, syn
tang
tele
terr, terra, geo
theo, the
therm, thermo
tomy
tract
trans
tri
ultra
un
under
uni, mono
veh, vect, vey
ven, vent
ver
verm
vert, vers
vest
vid
vita, viv
vol

Meaning
holy
blood
look
to write
cut
half
seven
six
sound
to look
star
solid
bind
under, below
above, over
together
touch
distance, far
land
God
heat
cut
to drag, draw
across
three
beyond, extremely
not
beneath, below, too little
one
to carry
to come
true
worm
to turn
clothes
look
life
to will

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Suffixes
Suffix
able, ible
ance, ancy
ator
dom
ee
er, or
ful
ify
ification
ish
ism
it is
ist
ize
ization
less
logy
tion

Meaning
able to be, capable of being
state of, process of
one who does [the verb]
condition, office, state
one who receives
one who does [the verb]
filled with
to make into
process of making into
the nature of, resembling
system, characteristic
inflammation
one who performs
to make into
the process of making into
without, lacking
science, study of
act or state