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Learning Prefixes and Suffixes
Knowing the Greek and Latin origins of a few prefixes and suffixes (start and endings attached with terms) can help us determine also this is of terms. Ante, as an example, means before, and when we connect bellum with belligerant to find out of the connection with war, we will understand that antebellum is the duration before war. (in the usa, the period that is antebellum our history prior to the Civil War. )
| Prefixes quantity that is showing | Prefixes in English Words | ||
| half | semi annual, hemi sphere | ||
| one | uni period, mon archy, mono train | ||
| two | bi nary, bi month-to-month, di lemma, di chotomy | ||
| hundred | cent ury, centi meter, hecto liter | ||
| thousand | milli meter, kilo meter | ||
| Prefixes showing negation | |||
| without, no, maybe not | a intimate, a nonymous, il legal, im ethical, in legitimate, ir reverent, un talented | ||
| maybe maybe not, absence of, opposing, against | non breakable, ant acid, anti pathy, contra dict | ||
| opposing to, complement to | counter clockwise, counter weight | ||
| do the alternative of, eliminate, reduce | de horn, de vitalize, de value | ||
| do the opposite of, deprive of | dis establish, dis supply | ||
| wrongly, bad | mis judge, mis deed | ||
| Prefixes showing time | |||
| before | ante cedent, fore cast, pre cede, pro logue | ||
| after | post war | ||
| again | re write, re dundant | ||
| Prefixes showing way or place | |||
| above, over | super vise, super erogatory | ||
| across, over | trans port, trans late | ||
| below, under | infra sonic, infra framework, sub terranean, hypo dermic | ||
| in the front of | pro ceed, pre fix | ||
| behind | re cede | ||
| out of | ag e rupt, ex plicit, ec stasy | ||
| into | in jection, im merse, en courage, em power | ||
| around | circum navigate, peri meter | ||
| with | co exist, col loquy, com municate, con series, cor respond, sym pathy, syn chronize | ||