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) |
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