Latin - Sophomore

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10th Grade List of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Prefixes ambi quasi pseudo

about, both having a resemblance to false

ambidextrous quasi­military pseudonym

neo archaeo, archeo

new ancient

neo­Impressionism archaic, archeology

super, sur sub, succ, suff, susp,    supp ad, a, ap, at, as,    acc, app, add, al para peri

above, over under

supervise, surname

an in, ir, il un dis, di, dif

not not not, reverse an act apart, opposite of

com, co, cor, con,    col, cum syn equi

with, joint, equally

to, toward along side of, beyond, against around, about

together equally

for (as opposed to fore) away, off mis, miso wrong, hatred of ob, op, of, opp, off against

Suffixes acy quality or state of ance, ancy, ence, ency quality or state of

<­­­­ STEVE: CHECK DEF.  mistake, misspell, misogyny obverse, opposite

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ment ness ion (tion) ity cy ant at(e)

al, eal, ial ic ile ative fy ize

result of, act of doing, state or quality of state, quality of, degree of act or process of, state of state of state of (n.), quality, office of,    rank of quality of (adj.), one who (n.) cause to be (v.), quality of (adj.),    office (n.) relating to that which pertaining to, belonging to,    connected with, of the nature of appropriate to, connected with tending to, or of the nature of

ism

to make to subject to the action, or treatment    denoted by, the verb to make, to    treat or combine act or fact of doing, or fact of being

ee end est ward

recipient of an action to be superlative degree toward

Roots aqua hydro

water water

aquatic, aqueduct hydroponic, hydrophobia

gyn (G) femina (L) andro (G) masculus (L) anthropos, homo (L)

woman woman man man man (human)

gynecology feminine android, androgynous masculine homicide, philanthropy

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homos (G) heteros

alike, same other

homosexual, homonym heterosexual, heterogeneous

bene malus

good, well bad, ill

beneficial malevolence

micros macros

small large

demos mater pater ped frater soror philos autos

people mother father child brother sister friend self

biblios liber, libri litterae graphos scriptus

book book letter, letters to write or inscribe to write

amare eros

love love

bible, bibliography library, libretto letter, literature graph, phonograph, graphic manuscript

cremo, ignis, incendia, fire    inflammo, flamma lux/luc light thermos heat

cremate, ignite, incendiary,    inflammation, flame

ager avis chroma

agriculture, acre

field bird color

thermometer, hypothermia

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credire deus (L), theos (G) dicere facilis locus metros primo quie spiro telos torqueo

believe god say easy place measure first quiet, rest, repose blow end turn, distort, twist