concurrent-along with, at the same time.Some examples using words made with co-, com-, & con- to show how prefixes combine with roots to form words: There are many other prefix examples on the pages mentioned below the prefix list. See 50 Word Roots from Latin for prefixes combined with the Latin verb mittere, and then with other useful roots. Others will make more sense as you learn more words. abduct- to “lead away” (move your arm or leg away from the body, or to kidnap someone from their home),.(You can find more complete lists on the Internet or in a good dictionary.)Īfter you read the definition and the examples for each prefix, try to think of another word or two made from it. I tried to limit this list of prefixes to the most useful of all, so it would be short enough to learn easily. There are many more commonly-used prefixes. These includeĭrops the ‘d’ and may double the consonant of the root word) Ĥ.
That's usually because a different ending sounds better before certain letters. Several prefixes have more than one form.
quantity (mono, uni, bi, tri, quad, multi, poly),.Many words there can also be used as prefixes: bio-, photo-, tele-, etc.) See Common Greek and Latin Prefixes to compare these and other prefixes in alphabetical order by English meanings. They make the common English word 'hyperactive.' 'Hyper,' (‘over’ or ‘excessive’ in Greek) can be combined with ‘active,’ from Latin. They both combine a prefix meaning ‘with’ and the idea of setting something down. So we have ‘synthesis’ originally from Greek and ‘composite’ from Latin. Often- but not always- they are used with a root from the same language. (See sub- and hypo-, along with 'under-'.) Sometimes there's also an Anglo-Saxon prefix. One may come from Latin and one from Greek. There are often several prefixes with the same meaning. ( Click here to go straight to the prefix list and save the explanations for later and here for links to more prefix examples and practice.)ġ.
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