Common Latin and Greek Prefixes Prefix Meaning

Common Latin and Greek Prefixes

Prefix Meaning Examples A(an)– without Atheist, apathy, anarchy Ad (ac, af, al, an, ap, to ag, as, ar, at, a) - Adjoin, accord, affect, allege, appoint, assign, attach Ante (anti, an)- before Antedate, anticipate, ancestor Anti (ant) – against Antipathy, apology Auto – self Autobiography, autograph Bene- well Benediction, benefit Bis (bi, bin)- twice, two Binoculars, bisect Con (col, com, cor)- with, together Contend, correct Contra (counter) – against Contradict, counteract collect, combine,

Prefix Meaning Examples De- down Descend, decrease, decline Di– twice Dilemma Dia– through Dialogue, diagnose Dis (Dys)– bad, not Dysfunctional, disagree Epi– upon Epilogue, epitaph Eu – well Euphemism, euthanasia Ex (ec)- out of Exodus, extract, eccentric Extra beyond, outside of Extraordinary, extravagant Homo (hom) – like Homogeneous, homonym

Prefix Hyper – Meaning over, beyond Examples Hypertext, hypermedia Hypo – In (il, im, ir)- under not Hypocrite, hypothesis Insecure, illegal, imprudent, irregular Inter (Intro) – among, within Intervene, introduce Meta- implying change Metaphor, metonymy Mono – alone, single Monotonous Neo. Non- new not neologism Nonsense

Prefix Meaning Examples Pan- all Pantheism, panacea Philo (phil)– love Philosophy, philanthropy Post – after Postscript, postdate, postpone Pre – before Prefix, prevent, predict Pro – for Pro-European Re – back, again Renew, reproduce Syn (sym, syl, sy ) – with, together Synonym, sympathy, syllable, system Trans (tra, tres)- across Transmit, traverse, trespass