GREEK ROOTS

ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLES
acr, acro
beginning, tip, end, top, peak,suit
acron!, acrop"obia
actin
ra!
actino#og!, actinoid
agog
#ead, #eader
deagogue, s!nagogue
andr
a#e
androg!nous, isandr!
ant"rop
an, ankind
ant"ropo#og!, isant"rope
arc"
$irst, ancient, c"ie$
onarc", arc"aeo#og!
art"r
%oint
art"ritis, art"ropod
aster
star
astro#og!, asterisk
auto
se#$
autoaton, autono!, autocratic
bar
pressure
baroeter, isobar
bib#
book
bib#iop"i#e, &ib#e
bio
#i$e
ap"ibious, bio#og!
cac'o(
"ars", bad
cacop"on!, cac"e)ia
cardi
"eart
cardio#ogist, pericardiu
carp
$ruit
onocarpic, carpop"gous
cep"a#
"ead
encep"a#itis, cep"a#opod
c"ro
co#or
c"roatic, c"roosoe
c"ron
tie
s!nc"roni*e, anac"ronis
c"t"on
eart"
autoc"t"onous, c"t"onic
c#ine
dip, s#ope
isoc#ine, geos!nc#ine
cos
order, +or#d
coso#og!, icrocos
crat
po+er, ru#e, go,ernent
deocrac!, autocrat
cr!
$rost
cr!o#og!, cr!ogenics
cr!pt
secret, "idden
cr!ptic, cr!ptogra
c!c#
circ#e, +"ee#
bic!c#e, c!c#ic, c!c#one
c!t
ce##
c!top#as, c!to#og!
dact!#
$inger
dact!#ic, pterodact!#
de
peop#e
deocrac!, deotic, epideic
der
skin
epideris, "!poderic
deuter
second
-euterono!, -euteriu
do)
be#ie$, teac"ing
ort"odo), do)o#og!
d!n
po+er, strengt"
d!nao, "eterod!ne, d!nast!
eo
da+n
eo"ippis, Eocene
erg
+ork, po+er
erg, energ!, energetic
et"no
race, peop#e, cu#tura# group
et"no#og!, et"nocentric
ga
arr!, ate, se)ua# union
gaete, onogaous, biga!
gen
kind, race, source
genesis, genea#og!
geo
eart"
geograp"!, George
ger
o#d age
geriatrics, geronto#og!
g#ot
#anguage, tongue
po#!g#ot, epig#ottis
gon
corner, ang#e
trigonoetr!, po#!gon
gra
+rite, +riting
graar, te#egra, epigra
grap"
+rite, +riting
grap"ite, ort"ograp"!
g!n
+oan, $ea#e
g!neco#og!, isog!nist
"agi
"o#!
"agiograp"er, "agio#atr!
"e
b#ood
"eorr"age, "eog#obin
"e#io
sun
"e#iotropic, "e#iaca#
"epat
#i,er
"epatic, "epatitis
"etero
ot"er, di$$erent
"eterodo), "eterogeneous
"ier
"o#!
"ierop"ant, "ierarc"!
"oo
sae
"oogeneous, "oograp"
"!dr
+ater
"!drogen, de"!drate, an"!drous
"!gr
oisture
"!groeter
iatr
"ea#, cure
iatric, geriatrics, pediatrics
iso
sae, e.ua#
isosce#es, isotope, isono!
#it"
rock, stone
ono#it", neo#it"ic
#og, o#og!
speec", +ord, stud!, reason
epi#ogue, #ogarit", t"eo#og!
ega
#arge, en#argeent
egap"one, egacep"a#ic
etr, eter
easure
diaeter, etronoe, trigonoetr!
iso
"atred
isoneis, iso#og!
nast"ai
eor!
neonic, eor!
ono, on
one, sing#e
onoga!, onotonous
orp"
$or
orp"o#og!, aorp"ous
necr
dead, die
necro#og!, necrotic
neo
ne+, recent
neo#ogis, neo#it"ic
nep"r
kidne!
nep"ritis, nep"ron
neur
ner,e
neura#gia, neurast"enia
no
#a+, ru#e
autono!, econo!, etronoe
odont
toot"
ort"odontia, peridontics
oeno, eno
+ine
oeno#ogist, oenoania
on!, n!
nae, +ord
anon!ous, pseudon!
ornit"
bird
ornit"o#og!
ort"
straig"t, correct
ort"odo), ort"odontist
pa#eo
o#d
pa#eonoto#og!, pa#eo#it"ic
pan
a##, entire
panoraa, pandeoniu
pat"
$ee#ing, disease, su$$erer
ps!c"opat", apat"!, pat"o#og!
ped, paed
c"i#d, bo!
ort"opedic, pediatrician
p"an
appearance
p"anto, t"eop"an!
p"i#
#ike, #o,e
p"i#ant"ropic, p"i#o#og!
p"ob
$ear
p"obia, c#austrop"obia
p"on
sound
p"onetics, te#ep"one, eup"on!
p"or
bearing, carr!ing, "a,ing
seap"ore, p"osp"orous
p"os, p"ot
#ig"t
p"osp"orous, p"otograp"
p"!##
#ea$
p"!##opod, c"#orop"!##
p#asi
$oration
neop#as, "oop#as!
p#egia
to strike, para#!sis
parap#egia, "eip#egia
pneu
air, +ine, #ung
pneuatic, pneuonia
pod
$oot
tripod, podiatrics, podiu
po#is
cit!, peop#e
etropo#itan, po#itica#
po#!
an!
po#!gon, po#!ga!
pseudo
$a#se
pseudopod, pseudepigrap"a
ps!c"
ind
ps!c"iatr!, ps!c"o#og!
p!r
$ire
p!re), p!re, p!rotec"nic
r"in
nose
r"inoceros, r"inop#ast!
rr"age, rr"ea
$#o+
"eorr"age, #ogorr"ea
scop
+atc", #ook at
icroscope, te#escope
seis
eart".uake
seisograp"
so
bod!
ps!c"osoatic, soa
sop"
+ise, +isdo
sop"oore, p"i#osop"er
taut
sae
tauto#og!, tautoeris
ta), tact
arrange, arrangeent
ta)ider!, tactics
tec"n
art, cra$t, tec"ni.ue
po#!tec"nica#, tec"nician
te#e
$ar, distant
te#egra, te#epat"!
t"eo
god
t"earc"!, t"eo#og!
t"er
"eat
t"era#, t"eroeter
to
cut, sp#it
ato, appendecto!
trop
turn
p"ototropic, tropic
trop"
nutrition, gro+t"
atrop"!, po#!trop"ic
t!p
ode#, print
t!pe, protot!pe
t"anatos
deat"
t"anatopsis, t"anatap"obia
t"au
irac#e
t"auaturge, t"auatrope
LATIN ROOTS
ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLES
ac, acr
sour, s"arp
acute, acrid, acuen, acrionious
aero
air
aerod!naics, aerod!ne, aeroso#
ag, act
do, dri,e, o,e, ipe#
agi#e, agent, act, agenda, reaction
agr
$ie#d
agricu#ture, agrarian, agrono!
a#b
+"ite
a#bino, a#binis, a#bedo
a#i
ot"er
a#ien, a#ibi, a#ias
a#t
"ig"
a#titude, a#tieter, a#to
a#ter
ot"er, c"ange
a#ter, a#ternate, a#ternant
abu#
+a#k
abu#ator!, abu#ant
aic, a
#o,e, $riend
ait!, aator!, aicab#e
ap#i
#arge
ap#iation, ap#e, ap#i$ication
ani
ind, sou#, spirit
aniate, aniosit!, agnaniit!
ani, enni
!ear
anna#s, anni,ersar!, perennia#
apt, ept
ad%ust, $it
adapt, aptitude, inept
api
bee
apiar!, apian, apiarist
a.u
+ater
a.uatic, a.uariu, a.ueduct
ar
ar, +eapon
ar!, disaring, aror!, araent
art
ski##, cra$t, art
artisan, art$u#, arti$icia#
aud, audit
"ear
audib#e, audience, auditoriu
aug
increase
augent, augentati,e
aur
go#d
aureate, aureo#e, auri$erious
a,i
bird
a,iar!, a,iatri), a,icu#ture
be#, be##
+ar
be##icose, be##igerent, rebe#
bene, ben
+e##, good
bene$it, bene$actor, benediction
bre,
s"ort, brie$
bre,it!, abbre,iate, abridge
bu##
boi#
ebu##ient, ebu##ition
cand
+"ite, g#o+ing
incandescent, cand#e, candent
cant
sing
cantation, cantata, canti#ate
cap, capt, cept, cip
take
capab#e, capacit!, captious, reception, anticipate
capit
"ead
capita#, decapitate, per capita
carn
eat, $#es"
incarnate, carna#, carni,orous
ced, ceed, cess
o,e, !ie#d, go
recede, proceed, concession
cent
"undred
centur!, centennia#, centipede
cern, cert
percei,e, separate, decide
discern, ascertain, certi$!
cid, dis
cut, ki##
incision, "oocide, $ratricide
cit
suon, ipe#
e)cite, citation, incite
ci,
citi*en, cit!
ci,i#ian, ci,ic, ci,i#i*e, ci,i#it!
c#a, c#ai
s"out, cr!
c#aor, proc#ai, e)c#aation
c#ar
c#ear
c#ari$!, c#arit!, c#arinet, dec#are
c#in
bend, #ean
dec#ine, dec#ension, inc#ination
c#ud, c#us, c#au, c#os
s"ut, c#ose
conc#ude, c#oset, occ#ude, e)c#usion, c#austrop"obia
cogn
kno+, be ac.uainted
incognito, recogni*e, cogni*ant
coun
coon
counit!, counion, counication
copi, op
abundance, +ea#t"
copious, opu#ent
cord
"eart
cordia#, discord, accord, concord
corn
"orn, point
cornucopia, cornea, cornicu#ate
corp
bod!
corpusc#e, corporation, corpu#ent
cred
be#ie$, trust
credib#e, credu#ous, credit
cresc, cret
rise, gro+
crescent, concrete, accretion
cruc
cross
cruci$i)ion, cruci$er, cruci$or
cu#p
$au#t, b#ae
cu#pab#e, cu#prit, e)cu#pate
cupr
copper
cupreous, cuprous, cupric
cur
care, care $or
accurate, securit!, curator
cur, curr, curs
run, cours
curricu#u, concur, recurrent
dec
ten
decia#, deciate, decennia#
dent
toot"
dentist, denture, indent
dict
sa!, speak, +ord
diction, contradict, abdicate
digit
$inger
digitate, digitigrade, digita#
dign
+ort", +ort"!
digni$!, indignit!, condign
doc, doct
teac", pro,e
doci#e, doctrine, indoctrinate
doin
aster
doinate, doain, predoinant
dor
s#eep
dorant, doritor!, dorer
du
t+o
due#, duet, dup#icate
duc, duct
#ead
adduce, seduce, abduct, education
dur
"ard, #asting
durab#e, ob%urate, duration
ego
I, se#$
egotist, egoist, egocentric
e.ui, e.u
e.ua#
e.ua#it!, e.uit!, e.uino)
err
+ander
errata, erratic, aberration
e,
tie, age
edie,a#, #onge,it!, prie,a#
$abu#
stor!
$ab#e, $abu#ous, $ab#iau
$ac, $act, $ec, $ic
do, ake, put
$aci#e, $acsii#e, ca#e$acient, de$ect, e$$icacious, $actote
$er
bear, !ie#d, carr!
con$er, de$er, o$$er, $erti#e
$er,
boi#, bubb#e
$er,or, per$er,id, e$$er,escent
$id
be#ie$, $ait"
$ide#it!, per$idious, in$ide#
$in
end, #iit
$ina#, in$inite, de$initi,e
$ir
strong, stead$ast
con$ir, $iraent, in$irar!, a$$ir
$#or
$#o+er
$#ora#, $#orid, $#orescence, $#ouris"
$#e)t, $#e)
bend, t+ist
$#e)ib#e, circu$#e), genu$#ect
$#u, $#uct
$#o+
in$#uence, $#u), super$#uous
$o#i
#ea$
$o#iate, $o#iage, $o#iaceous
$or
$or, s"ape
con$or, uni$or, re$oration
$ort
strong
$orti$!, $ortitude, e$$ort, $orce
$rag, $ract
break
$ragi#e, $ragent, $raction, re$ract
$rat
brot"er
$raternit!, $raterni*e, $ratricide
$und, $us
pour, e#t
trans$use, su$$use, re$und, $oundr!
gest, ger
carr!, produce
gestation, gesture, ingest, gerund
grad, gress
take steps, step, go, +a#k
digress, gradient, aggression, egress, degrade, ingredient
grat
p#ease, $a,or, t"ank$u#
gratitude, gratuit!, congratu#ate
gra,
+eig", "ea,!
gra,it!, gra,itation, aggra,ate
gre), greg
$#ock, "erd
congregate, gregarious, egregious
"er, "es
c#ing, stick
ad"ere, co"erence, ad"esion
"erb
grass
"erbi,orous, "erba#ist, "erbicide
"orr
s"udder at
"orrendous, "orror, ab"orrent
"u
be oist
"uidi$!, "uidit!, "uidor
ig
$ire
igneous, ignite, ignescent
irid, irido
rainbo+, iris o$ e!e
irridescence, iridic, iridecto!
it
go, tra,e#
e)it, transit, circuit, itinerar,
%ac, %ect
t"ro+, "ur#, cast
e%acu#ate, e%ect, re%ection
%ud
%udge
%udicious, ad%udicate, pre%udice
%unct
%oin
%uncture, dis%uncti,e, ad%unct
%ur
s+ear
con%ure, ab%ure, per%ur!
#abor
+ork
#aborator!, e#aborate, #aborious
#act
i#k
#actescent, #acti$erous, #actea#
#angu
$ee# +eak
#anguor, #anguis", #anguid
#atus
+ide, side
#atitudinarian, e.ui#atera#, #atitude
#aud
praise
#audab#e, app#aud, #audation
#eg
#a+
#egis#ate, i##ega#, i##egitiate
#eg, #ig, #ect
gat"er, c"oose, read
#egib#e, e#igib#e, #ectern, co##ege
#e,, #eger
#ig"t, rise
#e,itation, e#e,ate, #e,it!
#ingu
tongue, #anguage
#inguist, #ingu#ate, bi#ingua#
#iter
#etter
#itera#, a##iterate, i##iterate
#oc
p#ace
#ocus, #oca#e, a##ocate, #ocation
#ocu, #o.u
ta#k, speec"
co##o.uia#, ob#o.u!, #ocation
#uc
#ig"t
trans#uscent, #ucid, e#ucidate
#una
oon
#unar, para#un, #unate, #unatic
agn
great, #arge
agnitude, agnanious, agnate
a#
bad
a#ad!, a#e,o#ent, a#ediction
an, anu
"and
anac#e, anicure, anua#
ar
sea
arine, aritie, subarine
ater, atr
ot"er
aternit!, atricide, atriarc"!
edi
idd#e
ediocre, ediate, edie,a#
eor
eor!
eoria#, reeber, eorab#e
erg, ers
dip, p#unge
suberge, eergent, iersion
eso
idd#e
esoorp", esosp"ere, eso*oic
igr
depart
igrator!, iigration, eigrant
in
#ess, #itt#e
inus, inii*e, inorit!
it, iss
send
adit, oit, issi#e, eissar!
ob, o, ot, o,
o,e
obi#e, reote, o,e, otor
on, onit
+arn
adonis", onitor, onis"
onstr
s"o+
deonstrate, reonstrate, onstrate
ont
ountain
ount, aount, disount
or, ort
die, deat"
oribund, ortuar!, iorta#
u#ti
an!
u#titude, u#tip#e, u#ti$arious
ur
+a##
ura#, iure
ut, utat
c"ange
iutab#e, transute, utation
natur
nature
natura#, nati,e, naturopat"!
na,
s"ip, sai#
na,a#, na,igate, circuna,igate
neg
den!
negate, renege, negati,e
noen, noin
nae
noenc#ature, noinee, cognoen
no,
ne+
no,e#t!, inno,ate, reno,ate
no)
"ar$u#
no)ious, obno)ious, no)iousness
nu
arr!
nubia#, connubia#, nuptia#s
ocu#
e!e
ocu#ar, ocu#ist, binocu#ar
o$$ic
dut!
o$$ice, o$$icious, o$$icer
oni
a##
onipotent, oni,orous, oniscient
onus
#oad, burden
onus, onerous
ora
speak, pra!
orate, oratorio, oracu#ar
ord
order
disorder, ordinance, ordinar!, ordain
orn
decorate
ornate, adorn, ornaent
pac, pa)
peace
paci$!, Pa) Roana, paci$ic
par
e.ua#
par, disparit!, disparate, separate
par
ake read!, s"ie#d
prepare, repair, pare
pater, patr
$at"er
paterna#, patrion!, patristic
pecuni
one!
percuniar!, ipecunious
ped
$oot
peda#, centipede, .uadruped
pe#, pu#s
dri,e, urge
repe#, copu#sion, ipu#se
pend, pens
"and, +eig", pa!
e)pensi,e, pension, suspend, pendant
pet
seek, ask, stri,e $or
copetitor, petu#ant, petition
petr
rock
petri$ied, petrograp"!, petrog#!p"
pisci
$is"
Pisces, piscar!, piscicu#ture
p#an
#e,e#
p#ane, e)p#ain, e)p#anation
p#en
$u##
p#ent!, p#entitude, rep#enis"
p#ic, p#i, p#!
$o#d, bend
dup#icit!, rep#ica, ip#!
p#ub
#ead'eta#(
p#ubi$erous, p#ub, p#ubeous
poi
app#e, $ruit
poander, poade, poe#
pon, pos
p#ace, put
postpone, proponent, deposit
port
carr!
porter, e)port, portab#e, coportent
popu#
peop#e
popu#ar, popu#ous, popu#ation
pot
po+er
ipotent, onipotent, potentia#it!
pre"end,pre"ens
sei*e
pre"ensi#e, appre"end, copre"ension
press
press, $orce
press, pressure, oppress, e)pression
pri
$irst
prier, priiti,e, prie,a#
prob
good
probation, opprobriu, pro,e
propr
one/s o+n, $itting
propert!, probit!, proper
.uir, .uis
ask, seek
in.uire, in.uistion, re.uisition
.uasi
soe+"at, seeing#!
.uais%udica#, .uasi, .uasipub#ic
radi
ra!
radiant, radia#, irradiate
reg
straig"ten, ru#e
regient, rega#, interregnu, regicide
rid, ris
#aug"
ridicu#ous, deride, derision
rog
ask
interrogate, rogation, derogati,e
rupt
break
rupture, abrupt, interrrupt
sa#,
sa$e
sa#,ation, sa#,age, sa#,o
sanct
"o#!
sanction, sanctuar!, sanctionious
sang
b#ood
sanguine, consanguinit!, sanguinar!
sci
kno+
science, conscious, prescient
scrib, script
+rite
inscribe, transcribe, scriptures
sed, sid, sess, se%
sit, seat
sedentar!, supersede, se%ant, sessi#e, session, assiduous
seg, sect
cut
segent, sector, dissect
sein
seed
seina#, seini$erous, disseinate
sen
o#d
senior, seni#e, senescence, senate
sens, sent
$ee#
sensor!, sensuous, sentienta#, sentient
se., secut, sue
$o##o+
se.ue#, conse.uence, ensue, persecute
ser,
keep, sa,e, ser,e
conser,e, preser,e, ser,ice, ser,ant
si#,
$orest
s!#,an, si#,a, si#,icu#ture
sii#
#ike
sii#ar, sii#itude, assii#ate
sist
stand
insist, persistence, desist
so#, so#i
a#one
so#itude, so#itaire, deso#ate
so#id
copact
so#id, conso#idate, so#der
so#,, so#u, so#ut
#oosen, $ree
so#,ent, so#ub#e, abso#ute
soni
s#eep
sonabu#ate, soni$erous, soni$ic
son
sound
unison, resonance, dissonance
spec, spic, spect
#ook, see
specien, despicab#e, circuspect
spir
breat"e
aspire, perspiration, spirit
sta
stand, $ir
stab#e, estab#is", station, status
string, strict
bind tig"t
stringent, restrict, stricture
stru, struct
bui#d
structure, construe, destruction
suad, suas
ad,ise
persuade, dissuade, suasion
sud
s+eat
sudori$ic, sudatoriu, sudator!
su, supt
take, spend, take
consuption, presue, assue
tang, ting, tig, tact
touc"
tangib#e, tacti#e, contingent, contiguous, contact
tepor
tie
conteporar!, tepora#, e)teporaneous
teg, tect
co,er
integuent, protect, tegu#ar
ten, tin, tent
"o#d
tenure, retenti,e, continence
tend, tens, tent
stretc"
distend, tendenc!, pretense
tenu
t"in
tenuous, attenuate, e)tenuate
terr, ter
#and
terrestria#, subterranean, disinter
test
+itness
testi$!, testion!, testaent
torp
nub
torpid, torpor, torpedo
tort, tors
t+ist
distort, contortion, torsion
tract, tra
dra+, pu##, drag
traction, distract, train
trib
assign
attribute, distribute, contribute
trud, trus
t"rust
intrusion, protrude, abstruse
turb
agitate
turbid, turbu#ence, disturbance
turg
s+e##
turgid, turgescent, turgor
ubr
s"ade
ubre##a, adubrate, penubra
und
+a,e
undu#ant, inundate, abundant
uni
one
unit!, uni$or, unison
urb
cit!
urbanit!, suburban, urbane
,ac
ept!
,acant, ,acuous, e,acuate
,ad, ,as
go
per,ade, e,asion, per,asi,e
,en, ,ent
coe, go
inter,ene, con,ene, e,ent, pre,ent
,er
true
,eri#!, ,eracit!, ,erisii#itude
,erb
+ord
,erba#, ,erbose, ,erbiage
,er
+or
,ericu#ar, ,ericu#ate
,ert, ,ers
turn
a,ersion, inad,ertent, con,ent
,est
dress
,esture, di,est, ,estent
,id, ,is
see
,isua#, e,ident, super,isor
,inc, ,ict
con.uer
con,ince, ,ictor, in,incib#e, e,ict
,it, ,i,
#i$e, #i,e#!
,ita#it!, ,itain, ,i,id
,oc, ,ok
ca##
,ocation, in,oke, ad,ocate
,o#
+is"
,o#ition, ,o#unteer, a#e,o#ent
,o#,, ,o#u, ,o#ut
ro##, turn
e,o#,e, de,o#,e, e,o#ution, con,o#ution
,u#g
coon
,u#gar, ,u#gate, di,u#ge
Old English Origin
PREFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLES
a
in, on, of, up, to, at
afire, abed, astride, afoot
ba!
ba!
ba!stro!e, ba!"ard
be
around, about, a"a#, o$pletel#
beset, besprin!le, be"are
b#
near, seondaril#, inidental
b#%pla#, b#%produt, b#%stander
for
a"a#, fro$, off, apart
fors"ear, forsa!e, forfend
fore
before, pre&ious
forethought, fore"ord
$is
badl#, poorl#, not
$isfit, $isfire, $isbelie&e
off
off
offside, offspring, offhand
out
better, greater, going a"a#
outbound, outpatient, outrun
o&er
o&er, e'essi&el#, abo&e
o&erthro", o&erast, o&errun
un
not, no, a re&ersal
unfold, un!no"n, ungodl#
under
belo"
undershirt, undergraduate
"ith
a"a#, against
"ithdra", "ithstand, "ithhold
Latin Origin
ab (a, abs)
fro$, off, a"a#
abdiate, abnor$al, a&erse
ad (a, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at)
to, to"ard, near, &er#
ad&erse, ad&oate, aede, affiliate, aggression, allude, annul, appear,
arrogate, assent
a$bi
both
a$bide'trous, a$bi&alent
ante
before, pre&ious
anteedent, antedate, ante
bene
"ell, good
benison, benefit, benefiiar#
bi
t"o, t"ie
biennial, bilateral, biset
iru$
around
iru$&ent, iru$spet
o$ (o, ol, on, or)
"ith, together, &er#, *ointl#
o$pare, o$pliate, oe'ist, ollate, onentrate, orrupt
ontra (ontro, ounter)
against, opposing
ontradit, ontra&ene, ontrast, ontro&ers#, ounter
de
a"a#, opposed, off, do"n
de$ure, de$olish, debar!
de$i
half
de$igod, de$itasse, de$i$onde
dis (di, dif)
a"a#, out, apart fro$, re&ersal of, opposite of, do"n
dissent, dispel, digress, di&ert, diffuse, diffident, disourse, disuss, disli!e
e' (e, e, ef)
a"a#, fro$, out, "ithout, $issing, for$er
e'ise, eentri, e'pel, e*et, effae, e'%"ife
e'tra (e'tro, e'o)
outside, be#ond
e'tra$ural, e'tro&ert, e'os!eleton, e'tra&agant
in (ig, il, i$, ir)
not, opposing
inapable, insoluble, illiit, i$pro&ident, irrational, ignoble
in (il, i$, ir)
in, into, "ithin
indut, irrigate, i$$igrate
inter
a$ong, bet"een
interede, inter$ittent
intro, intra
in"ardl#, to the inside, "ithin
intro&ert, introdue, intra&enous, intrastate
$al
bad, e&il, "rong, ill
$alad#, $alignant, $alontent
$ulti
$an#
$ulti$illionaire, $ultipl#
non
not
nonentit#, nonessential
ob (o, of, op)
o&er, against, to"ard, &er#, upon
obtrude, obstrut, olude, offend, oppose, oblo+u#
per
through, thoroughl#, o$pletel#
per$eate, perspiuous, perniious, perolate
post
after, later, behind, follo"ing
postlude, postpone, postsript
pre
before, earlier, in front of
prelude, pre&ent, prediate, preursor
pro
earlier, before, in front of, in plae of, fa&oring, for"ard
protrat, proponent, pronoun, profuse, proeed, pro%Anglo
re
ba!, ba!"ard, again
re&o!e, reede, reur, repeat
retro
ba!, ba!"ard
retrospet, retroati&e
se
a"a#, aside, a"a# fro$
seede, sedue, selude
se$i
half, partl#
se$iannual, se$iirular
sub (su, suf, sub, su$, sup, sus)
under, beneath, lo"er, less
sub*ugate, subsist, suint, suffuse, suggest, supplant, sustain, subsid#, subtle
super, sur
o&er, abo&e, e'tra, to a degree greater than nor$al
supersript, supersede, super&ise, surta', surna$e
trans, tra
aross, be#ond, through
transfuse, transient, tradue
ultra
be#ond, e'essi&e
ultra$odern, ultra&iolet
uni
one
uniellular, uniorn, unite
Gree! Origin
a, an
la!ing, "ithout, not
a$orphous, ane$i, a$oral, anarh#, aphasia
a$phi
both
a$phitheater, a$phibioti
ana
up, against, ba!
anagra$, anal#sis, anahronis$
anti
against, opposing, opposite
antipath#, antito'in, antithesis
apo
fro$, off, separate
apostate, apolog#, apostle
ata, ath
do"n, a"a#, thoroughl#
atal#st, atastrophe
dia
through, aross, apart
dia$eter, diaphanous, diagnose
d#s
ill, bad, diffiult
d#senter#, d#sphasia
e'to, et
outside, e'ternal
etoder$, eto$orph, etogeni
en, e$
in, "ithin, a$ong
ende$i, e$piri, e$path#
endo, end
"ithin, inside
endobioti, endoder$, endoblast
epi
on, o&er, outside, outer
epigra$, epider$is, epito$e
eu
good, pleasant, true, "ell
eugenis, eulog#, euphe$is$
he$i
half
he$isphere, he$iplegis
hetero
different
heterogeneous, heterolite
h#per
abo&e, e'essi&e, o&er
h#perbole, h#perritial
h#po
under, do"n, lo"er, less
h#poder$i, h#pothesis
iso
e+ual, ali!e
iso$agneti, isono$#, isoseles
$aro
large, long
$aroos$, $aroeono$is
$ega
great, $illion
$ega#le, $egalith, $egasopi
$es, $eso
$iddle, inter$ediate
$eso$orph, $esosphere
$eta, $et
later, "ith a hange in
$etabolis$, $eta$orphosis
$iro
s$all
$irosope, $iron, $iroso"n
$ono
one
$onoplane, $onopol#
ne, neo
ne"
neogenesis, neolog#, neoph#te
olig
fe"
oligarh#, oligopol#
para
beside, be#ond, related
parallel, parado', paraphrase
peri
around, near, enlosing
peri$eter, perisope
pol#
$an#
pol#gon, pol#tehni
pro
earlier, before, in front of, for"ard
progress, prophes#, prognosis, progra$
proto
first
protot#pe, protopathi
pseudo
false
pseudon#$, pseudo, pseudopod
s#n (s#$, s#l, s#s)
"ith, together, at sa$e ti$e
s#nhroni,e, s#nthesis, s#$path#, s#ste$, s#llogis$
tele
far
telepath#, telephone, telegon#