home milestones sources gallery word parts word parts comparisons Here are some common English prefixes:
  • syn (alike)
  • pre (before)
  • post (after)
  • ante (before)
  • trans (across)
  • con (against)
  • tele (far)
  • micro (small)
  • auto (self)
  • aero (air)
  • anti (against)
  • demo (people)
  • mono (one)
  • bi (two)
  • bio (life)
  • mort (death)
  • You'll find these suffixes in many English words:
  • meter (measure)
  • logy (study of)
  • or/er/ator (doer)
  • nym (name)
  • path (feeling)
  • sis (condition)
  • graph (write)
  • cracy (rule by)
  • ation (state of)
  • ment (action)
  • ous (full of)
  • ly (like)
  • These roots appear often in English words:
  • chron (time)
  • bel (war)
  • thermo (heat)
  • dict (say)
  • port (carry)
  • ora (speak)
  • duct (lead)
  • phon (sound)
  • andr (male)
  • gyn (female)
  • vis/vid (see)
  • aud (hear)
  • patr (father)
  • matr (mother)
  • frater (brother)
  • soror (sister)
  • sol (sun)
  • lun (moon)
  • stell (star)
  • mob (move)
  • jud (law)
  • leg (law)
  • bibl (book)
  • gen (type)
  • milit (soldier)
  • cent (hundred)
  • psych (mind)
  • spect (watch)